How-To & Pro Tips
Protecting Your Property: Essential Precautions for a Safe Soft Wash
Protecting Your Property: Essential Precautions for a Safe Soft Wash Soft washing is a fantastic way to restore your home’s beauty, gently removing algae, mildew, and grime. But like any exterior cleaning method, it’s crucial to ensure the process is safe for your property. While no method is 100% foolproof, taking proactive steps to protect…
Read MoreSoft Washing Away Summer Pests – Including Black Widows
Soft Washing Away Summer Pests – Including Black Widows! Oh, the joys of a Tallahassee summer! Sunshine, blooming magnolias, and… well, let’s just say a thriving insect population. If you’ve spent any time on a porch or patio around here, especially if you’re near one of our beautiful lakes or nestled amongst the trees, you…
Read MoreRemove Lichen from a Painted Metal Fence
How to Remove Lichen from a Painted Metal Fence with Low Pressure In many cases, the most effective way to tackle organic invaders like moss, lichen, and mildew on sensitive surfaces such as siding, shingles, and fences is through soft washing, typically involving chemicals like sodium hypochlorite. This method is excellent for delicate materials. However,…
Read MoreBest Efflorescence Cleaner for Brick
Taming the White Menace: Our Efflorescence Removal Project Efflorescence on brick can be a real headache, sometimes seeming impossible to remove. We recently tackled a project involving several brick columns covered in this unsightly white mineral deposit, and I’m excited to share our successful approach. For this particular job, we used EF-Fortless by EaCo Chem.…
Read MoreA Professional’s Guide to Stopping Artillery Fungus with Pine Straw
The #1 Way to Prevent Artillery Fungus Damage in 2025: Ditch Your Mulch Getting ready to refresh your landscape for 2025? Before you order another yard of wood mulch, stop. This year, the smartest decision you can make for your home’s exterior has nothing to do with paint colors or pressure washing—it’s about what you…
Read MoreDo I Need to Have My Windows Cleaned After My Home is Soft Washed?
Do I Need to Have My Windows Cleaned After My Home is Soft Washed? Soft washing is a terrific way to clean your home’s exterior without damaging the siding or paint. But what about your windows? Do they need to be cleaned separately after a soft wash? The short answer is: it depends. What Happens…
Read MoreProtect Your Stained Door: Soft Wash Without the Tarp
Avoid Stain Damage: Essential Care Soft washing is a powerful tool for cleaning exterior surfaces, but it can be tricky around delicate areas like stained front doors. The common approach of using a tarp can actually do more harm than good, trapping cleaning solution and potentially damaging the stain. In this post, we’ll share a…
Read MoreSoft Washing: Addressing the Chemical Smell
Soft Washing: Addressing the Chemical Smell We understand that the chemical scent from a soft wash can be a concern. While we do add a surfactant that has a lemon cover scent to our soft wash soap to make the washing process more pleasant, it’s important to understand that this is temporary. The cover scent…
Read MoreTime to Clean Your Roof Shingles? Here’s How to Know (and What to Do!)
Time to Clean Your Roof Shingles? The Importance of Roof Shingle Cleaning Living in a humid area with lakes and trees? You might soon notice black streaks on your roof shingles. These streaks are most likely caused by algae, a type of microscopic plant that thrives in moist, shaded environments. While unsightly, algae itself doesn’t…
Read MoreWill Soft Washing Clean My Windows?
Soft Washing & Windows: Is a Separate Professional Cleaning Necessary? For pressure washing contractors and avid DIY homeowners in humid climates like North Florida, cleaning a home’s exterior presents a common challenge: what to do about the windows. A house wash is meant to remove the pervasive layers of algae, pollen, and organic growth, but…
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