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love on a deck?

gutterdog · Jun 9, 2010

Sodium hydroxide is best for wood. Sodium hypochlorite damages the wood. Come to Tampa and take the PWNA boot camp for wood restoration! And REpresent the RCIA like I'm gonna do!

Midtown · Guest

Don't mess with decks unless you have a pressure washer + know what you are doing.

If you just want a light clean, you can however use diluted love and then wash it off. Don't let it dry. But I don't recommend it. That deck is pretty well maintained, aside from the bad stain job.

Pristine Roof Cleaning New Jersey · Premium Member Roof Cleaning Institute of America

spray it full wait 5min then power wash then do it agian

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I would love to go to Florida and take the PWNA boot camp. I just don't have the finances at this time. I do have a power washer. I have done a few decks. they were painted though and I just used some light love. then power washed them off from a distance. didn't use much psi. well thanks for the input.

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that deck needs to have a stain remover applied then power washed off. then you need to use a brightner to restore the natural look of the wood. then it needs to be stained or sealed using a quality product like woolmans or even a sherwin williams product.

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and this is why I love this site. the knowledge that people have on here is priceless. Thank you for the info. I have had several calls to clean decks.

Roof Cleaning Katy Texas (281) 392-2304 · Jun 9, 2010

This is a roof cleaning forum. Lets not degrade it with non roof cleaning posts. There are plenty of those forums out there.

-- Edited by Roof Cleaning Katy Texas (281) 392-2304 on Wednesday 9th of June 2010 11:15:04 PM

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no problem. thanks to the guys who answered my question.

Roof Cleaning Raleigh NC · Jul 14, 2010

Sodium percarbonate and a cup of potassium hydroxide in a 5 gallon bucket. My potassium is 45%. Might need more than a cup it all depends on the stain.

guest

Bob wood restoration is completely different than roof cleaning. The only thing I would use my roof mix for would be to clean a solid stain deck, or a composition deck. Any thing more than that would be getting into using wood cleaners or strippers and using a low pressure cleaning system and applying wood preservatives.

Roof Cleaning Raleigh NC · Jul 15, 2010

If you aren't doing a lot of decks and don't want to buy a 50# bag of Sodium percarbonate. Wolman Deck Brightner is great. Just don't have your water to warm when you mix it in or it will foam up to much and waste a lot.

Baltimore MD Roof Cleaning 410-482-4367 · guest

Hi and Welcome to the Roof Cleaning Institute David. I like your Bio.

Glen · Guest

I agree with Miked. I have been doing decks for a long time. The stain needs to come off, if not you will have dark and light spots. That is a nice deck. The customers will not be happy with that. what I would use is Wolman Deck Strip.

Glen · Guest

Oh yah, I forgot to tell you. Use a power washer set your psi around 300 and use a # 40 tip. If you have not done decks before I would go to

www.wolman.com and get educated before you take on something that nice. Good Luck.

Roof Cleaning Raleigh NC · Jul 19, 2010

Thanks Bill. I better go look at my Bio so i can remember what lies I wrote. lol

Roof Cleaning Raleigh NC · Jul 19, 2010

Glen wrote:

Oh yah, I forgot to tell you. Use a power washer set your psi around 300 and use a # 40 tip. If you have not done decks before I would go to
www.wolman.com and get educated before you take on something that nice. Good Luck.

Spoken like a true Wolman Certified Contractor. :}

Washed-up · guest

Looks like you should sell them a roof cleaning

Roof Cleaning Raleigh NC · Jul 20, 2010

Washed-up wrote:

Looks like you should sell them a roof cleaning

LOL. Your eyes are better than mine. How can you tell? confuse

-- Edited by hoovermaneuver on Tuesday 20th of July 2010 09:23:54 AM

BCRoofClean · Guest

hoovermaneuver wrote:

Sodium percarbonate and a cup of potassium hydroxide in a 5 gallon bucket. My potassium is 45%. Might need more than a cup it all depends on the stain.

Look at the new guy throwing out the secret stash of pot ash! Impressive.

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