I have a mess on my light yellow siding, white soffit, and white vinyl deck. . I put 3 tons of wood pellets through the stove this year (just moved in, this was my second winter) and the pellet soot is a mess. I know there are some factors, improper venting, plugged chimney, bla bla bla and I’m not here to talk about that. I wanna talk cleaning. I’ll deal with revamping the chimney later this summer so I don’t have this mess again. For now, let’s talk about soot.
How do you remove it? I’ve done some searches and decided to gather a short list that might help out future searchers of soot problems… And it’ll help me too. Any advice would be great. For example, what are the difference in these products? There seem to be some keywords like PH, Butyl, biodegradable, degreaser, dilution, ect… It would not surprise me if some of these products are basically the same or similar chemistry just different labels.
So that’s one question I have. I wanna used a couple different ones to see how they work, but if hate to try two really similar products. I used Bd-20 last year. Worked well, but why not look for something better. I see F-13 says it’s not a Butyl product whereas I think bd-20 is. First thought is maybe I’ll try that this year along side the bd-20 spray have here. That way I got a multi pronged attack.
One last side note. As you can see in the pic, my soffit and gutters are missing some paint. that would be from 5 gallons of BD-20 last year, un-diluted.
I mean ya know… Who’s got patience to soak and scrub? I hit that sucker with all I had and didn’t look back! #murica Back to cleaning. What are your thoughts??? And other cleaners to add stuff the soot list here?
BD-20
https://shop.pressurewasherky.us/BD20-Butyl-Degreaser-5-Gallon-Pail-SEBD20-5.htm
Bob’s F-13
Purple Power
Eliminator
Not sure where to find this one people have talked about. There are multiple places that have stuff called eliminator.
EBC Restorer
Spray 9 Grez off
https://www.spraynine.com/product/spray-nine-grez-off-heavy-duty-degreaser-5/
—PRS Fire and Content Cleaner
PRS Fire and Content Cleaner is a biologically based cleaning agent built specifically for fire residues and heavy-duty content cleaning on hard surfaces.
- Powerful biologically based degreaser
- No harsh fumes
- Ideal for fire damage restoration
—Benefect Atomic Degreaser
Atomic Degreaser is a solvent-free, high-performance botanical degreaser and cleaner concentrate formulated to remove particulate at the atomic level with minimal agitation.
- Botanically based ingredients
- Ideal for fire- and smoke-damaged contents and surfaces
- pH: 10.9–11.0
- Safe for use around people and pets
- Dilute 2–4 ounces per gallonl
