Power Washing With Baking Soda On Wood Siding

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Power washing with baking soda on wood siding.

To reach the nooks and crannies you find with vinyl siding whether in the texture or below the panel use your small scrub brush or tooth brush. But there is good reason not to powerwash a wood sided exterior. Use approximately one part baking. Both use water under high pressure to clean surfaces but power washing has a heating element to heat the water and pressure washing does not.

Baking soda paste powerful natural vinyl siding scrub cup baking soda 1 3 to 1 2 cup of water to form a paste. Measure out 8 tablespoons of baking soda and add it to the detergent. Use the wooden spoon to stir it until the baking soda is dissolved. Rinse your scrub brush out as mildew or dirt accumulates.

Pour 1 gallon of hot water into a bucket. Natural baking soda siding scrub cup baking soda to cup of water. Add the baking soda to the chemical attachment or to the portable water unit. Pressure washers save a lot of time and energy and produce clean results but can also damage siding and cause more problems if used incorrectly.

How to use baking soda with a pressure washer step 1. Pressure washing can also remove many stains but care must be taken. Step 2 add water with the other ingredients combined you can now add warm water to help dissolve the previous components. If you reach a tough stain use your baking soda paste and smaller scrub brush to tackle the blemish.

Add the dish detergent. Add the baking soda a little at a time stirring well with a long handled spoon following each addition until all baking soda has dissolved. Wood siding can benefit from a pressure wash as the grit that accumulates can be totally removed. Some things should be power or pressure washed with added chemicals like baking soda vinegar citric acid or commercial power washing soaps.

Do an initial pressure cleaning of the area with plain water to remove loose dirt and debris. Pour in 1 quart of household bleach and stir well. 1st cedar is a relatively soft wood. Whether it is white or red cedar or clapboard or even alaskan yellow cedar it is still wood has longitudinal pores running its length from butt to feathered edge on a shingle as well as on cedar clapboard.

The jet of a pressure washer can actually damage the wood.