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Default Soap for power washer

On 4/27/2019 9:16 AM, Thomas wrote:
Now that I have the hose issue figured out, the pw has a tank for soap. I checked amazon and they offer several brands averaging 15 bucks a gallon. Hose is out for delivery, got premium gas, need soap. Doind aluminum siding on house. Is there someting regular people have that can be used ie dawn dishwashing soap? Other? Should i just buy amazon recommendations?


Combine 1/3 to 2/3 cups of trisodium phosphate with 1 gallon of cold
water in a bucket. Stir the solution until the trisodium phosphate
dissolves. For tough dirt add 1 quart of bleach to the cleaning solution.

Spray the solution on the pre-wetted wall with a garden sprayer.
Pre-wetting will help avoid dirt running down and penetrating porous dry
paint leaving stains.

Clean the house exterior with a long-handled scrub brush or power washer
and rinse it thoroughly with a garden hose. This works just fine with
just a scrub brush and garden hose rinse.

Clean areas small enough that you can finish the rinse before any part
dries.