Hello, I’m new here. I have a power washer but I feel like its useless for washing tall outdoor siding. I’m not using pressure to wash the siding. I would like to use the sh stuff to get it clean. It makes since. I assume there is no way to get it up there with a power washer. I did try it trough a foam cannon with no soap (feel free to laugh). It seemed like it was to diluted. Id also imagine downstreaming it is a bad idea for the pump. I feel like it would be to diluted as well. I am guessing the professionals use a “12v system” to pump that stuff up to the top of the siding with almost straight concentrate 5% or so.
Do those 12v systems really reach that high?
Does the product they sell for power washing siding really work or should I just use the sh for mold? is there even a point to using a foam on siding at all? How far off am I on my assumptions about soft washing siding? Don’t worry you wont hurt my feelings this stuff is interesting to me and want to do better work.
Best thing you can do at this point is start using the search function (the magnifying glass icon) and do a lot of reading on the subject. Everything you asked has already been answered.
One key word that will help is ‘downstreaming’. You only need 1% SH strength to kill most algae and mold on houses.
You’ll have to define “high” siding. Are you cleaning a 2 story home, 4 story? Is it vinyl, painted wood?
Just for what it’s worth, I am able to hit 2.5 - 3 stories on a non-windy day from the ground without a wand extension or even the wand for that matter. That’s using a machine that has considerably less flow than majority of the others here. Downstreaming (as someone had previously suggested) is a super efficient and common way to soft wash with a pressure washer and can be added to most washers very easily and with minimal costs.
Check out the newbie section - take no offense to that - and be ready to do a deep dive into world of washing. Everything from setting up a truck or trailer, why choose one over the other, which machines/accessories/chemcials are best for certain situations, and even tips and tricks to improve your technique and efficiency.
Use that search bar and be ready to have your mind blown.
Welcome to the forum and the wash world. Hope you are able to stick around, do some research and then are able to determine what would best work for YOU based upon what YOU are hoping to achieve. There’s guidance and opinions from so many folks here - people that just wash a few a month to companies that wash a few an hour.
