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This UA-cam channel is dedicated to being self-employed. We focus on Softwashing and Pressure Washing services for residential customers.
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Softwashing and pressure washing are two methods used to clean the exterior surfaces of homes, but they differ in terms of technique, pressure, and the types of surfaces they’re suited for.
Softwashing:
Low Pressure: Softwashing uses low-pressure water combined with cleaning solutions to remove dirt, mold, mildew, and algae from surfaces. The pressure is typically around 100-500 PSI (pounds per square inch).
Cleaning Solutions: It relies heavily on biodegradable cleaning detergents, often including sodium hypochlorite (bleach), surfactants, and water, to break down contaminants on surfaces.
Surface Application: Softwashing is ideal for delicate surfaces such as:
Roofs (asphalt shingles, tile)
Vinyl siding
Stucco
Wood (decking or fencing)
Screens or windows
Long-lasting Results: The cleaning solutions used in softwashing not only clean the surface but also help to prevent the regrowth of mold, mildew, and algae, offering longer-lasting results.
Less Risk of Damage: Because it uses lower pressure, there's less risk of damage to surfaces like roofing or siding that can be harmed by high-pressure washing.
Pressure Washing:
High Pressure: Pressure washing involves blasting water at high pressure, typically ranging from 1,500 to 4,000 PSI, to remove dirt, grime, and surface stains.
No Detergents Needed: While detergents can be used, pressure washing often relies purely on the power of water to scrub surfaces clean.
Surface Application: It’s best for hard, durable surfaces like:
Concrete (driveways, sidewalks, patios)
Brick
Stone
Metal
Risk of Damage: If used on more delicate surfaces, high-pressure water can cause significant damage, such as stripping paint, denting siding, or damaging roofing materials.
Instant Results: Pressure washing offers immediate visual results, as it can quickly remove visible dirt and stains.
Which Should You Use?
Softwashing is better for more delicate or treated surfaces that need cleaning but could be damaged by high pressure.
Pressure washing is ideal for heavy-duty cleaning of hard surfaces that can withstand the force of high-pressure water.
Many professional cleaning services use both methods depending on the surface and the level of grime buildup.
Softwashing: Detailed Overview
How It Works:
Cleaning Solutions: Softwashing primarily relies on chemical cleaning agents to do the work, while the low-pressure water helps to rinse away the loosened dirt and contaminants.
Detergents: These solutions typically include surfactants (to loosen dirt), sodium hypochlorite (to kill mold, mildew, algae), and water. These biodegradable solutions are usually left on the surface for a few minutes, allowing them to break down contaminants before being rinsed off.
Ideal Uses:
Roofs: Asphalt shingles and tile roofs are prone to mold, algae, and moss growth. Softwashing safely removes these without causing physical damage.
Vinyl Siding: Vinyl can warp or crack under high pressure, making softwashing the safer option.
Stucco and Brick: Delicate stucco surfaces or soft bricks can be damaged by high pressure. Softwashing helps clean them without chipping or breaking.
Wood Surfaces: Softwashing can gently clean wooden decks and fences without splintering or gouging the material.
Windows: The low pressure prevents damage to glass and seals, while still effectively cleaning grime, mold, and mildew.
Pros:
Safe for Delicate Surfaces: Minimal risk of damage to delicate materials.
Long-lasting Results: Because softwashing kills organisms like mold and algae, it provides a longer-lasting clean.
Environmental Friendly Options: The detergents used are often biodegradable.
Lower Water Usage: Softwashing typically uses less water than pressure washing.
Cons:
Slower Process: Because softwashing relies on chemicals and low pressure, it can take longer than pressure washing to complete.
Requires Chemical Application: The use of chemicals means you must ensure proper dilution and avoid overuse, especially near plants and landscaping.
Pressure Washing: Detailed Overview
How It Works:
High Pressure: Pressure washing uses highly pressurized water, without relying much on cleaning agents. It is best for removing surface-level dirt, grime, and stains through sheer force.
Pressure Levels: The pressure can range from 1,500 PSI for lighter jobs to over 4,000 PSI for heavy-duty cleaning.
Ideal Uses:
Concrete Surfaces: Driveways, sidewalks, patios, and parking lots can easily be cleaned using pressure washing. It’s powerful enough to remove tough stains like oil, rust, and deep-seated grime.
Softwashing and pressure washing are two methods used to clean the exterior surfaces of homes, but they differ in terms of technique, pressure, and the types of surfaces they’re suited for.
Softwashing:
Low Pressure: Softwashing uses low-pressure water combined with cleaning solutions to remove dirt, mold, mildew, and algae from surfaces. The pressure is typically around 100-500 PSI (pounds per square inch).
Cleaning Solutions: It relies heavily on biodegradable cleaning detergents, often including sodium hypochlorite (bleach), surfactants, and water, to break down contaminants on surfaces.
Surface Application: Softwashing is ideal for delicate surfaces such as:
Roofs (asphalt shingles, tile)
Vinyl siding
Stucco
Wood (decking or fencing)
Screens or windows
Long-lasting Results: The cleaning solutions used in softwashing not only clean the surface but also help to prevent the regrowth of mold, mildew, and algae, offering longer-lasting results.
Less Risk of Damage: Because it uses lower pressure, there's less risk of damage to surfaces like roofing or siding that can be harmed by high-pressure washing.
Pressure Washing:
High Pressure: Pressure washing involves blasting water at high pressure, typically ranging from 1,500 to 4,000 PSI, to remove dirt, grime, and surface stains.
No Detergents Needed: While detergents can be used, pressure washing often relies purely on the power of water to scrub surfaces clean.
Surface Application: It’s best for hard, durable surfaces like:
Concrete (driveways, sidewalks, patios)
Brick
Stone
Metal
Risk of Damage: If used on more delicate surfaces, high-pressure water can cause significant damage, such as stripping paint, denting siding, or damaging roofing materials.
Instant Results: Pressure washing offers immediate visual results, as it can quickly remove visible dirt and stains.
Which Should You Use?
Softwashing is better for more delicate or treated surfaces that need cleaning but could be damaged by high pressure.
Pressure washing is ideal for heavy-duty cleaning of hard surfaces that can withstand the force of high-pressure water.
Many professional cleaning services use both methods depending on the surface and the level of grime buildup.
Softwashing: Detailed Overview
How It Works:
Cleaning Solutions: Softwashing primarily relies on chemical cleaning agents to do the work, while the low-pressure water helps to rinse away the loosened dirt and contaminants.
Detergents: These solutions typically include surfactants (to loosen dirt), sodium hypochlorite (to kill mold, mildew, algae), and water. These biodegradable solutions are usually left on the surface for a few minutes, allowing them to break down contaminants before being rinsed off.
Ideal Uses:
Roofs: Asphalt shingles and tile roofs are prone to mold, algae, and moss growth. Softwashing safely removes these without causing physical damage.
Vinyl Siding: Vinyl can warp or crack under high pressure, making softwashing the safer option.
Stucco and Brick: Delicate stucco surfaces or soft bricks can be damaged by high pressure. Softwashing helps clean them without chipping or breaking.
Wood Surfaces: Softwashing can gently clean wooden decks and fences without splintering or gouging the material.
Windows: The low pressure prevents damage to glass and seals, while still effectively cleaning grime, mold, and mildew.
Pros:
Safe for Delicate Surfaces: Minimal risk of damage to delicate materials.
Long-lasting Results: Because softwashing kills organisms like mold and algae, it provides a longer-lasting clean.
Environmental Friendly Options: The detergents used are often biodegradable.
Lower Water Usage: Softwashing typically uses less water than pressure washing.
Cons:
Slower Process: Because softwashing relies on chemicals and low pressure, it can take longer than pressure washing to complete.
Requires Chemical Application: The use of chemicals means you must ensure proper dilution and avoid overuse, especially near plants and landscaping.
Pressure Washing: Detailed Overview
How It Works:
High Pressure: Pressure washing uses highly pressurized water, without relying much on cleaning agents. It is best for removing surface-level dirt, grime, and stains through sheer force.
Pressure Levels: The pressure can range from 1,500 PSI for lighter jobs to over 4,000 PSI for heavy-duty cleaning.
Ideal Uses:
Concrete Surfaces: Driveways, sidewalks, patios, and parking lots can easily be cleaned using pressure washing. It’s powerful enough to remove tough stains like oil, rust, and deep-seated grime.
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Thank you for posting this. Having buffed concrete, this is awesome.
I tried 3 parts bleach to 1 part water left it on 30 mins then reapplied to get it wet again & used a scrub brush. It barely lightened.
What bleach did you use? Clorox low splash is not as good. Regular clorox is 7.5% SH. Cutting that in half should work great to kill the living stuff but a pressure washer will be needed to get most of the remaining stuff off the brick
@ I used regular bleach, thought pressure wash would be necessary but don’t have one so was hoping… thank you so much for your advice 😎
Great stuff. Thank you!
That tank looks small for batch mixing a house wash
I normally half to refill it once. About 50 gallons gets most regular houses done. A 60 gallon tank would work better but it costs more to get and have shipped unless you find it in a store
@@CEOof1 I been downstreamin with a 5.5 and changing my injector orfice as needed to suit the weather and house.Love it!!
Is a tank this size big enough to do a large house?
I often had to mix a second batch. They make a 60 gallon tank but it is twice as much. Just depends if money is an option. Mixing a batch takes 5 to 10 minutes
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This is the content I want ….
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That looks so satisfying!! Something I’m very interested in were I live. Thanks 🙏
Like new !
Cool 😎
Thanks for sharing Jon
Hey Jon, Thanks a ton for showing me how to pressure wash and soft wash houses and driveways. I’m actually thinking about making a career change and exploring new options. I’ve been a truck driver for 15 years, but I’m getting tired of being on the road all the time. By the way, I make music as a hobby, and I have a channel with some tracks you might like for your timelapse videos. Feel free to use them if you'd like! Thanks again for your help!
I will have to check out your channel bud
Thanks for the info and video Jon👍😎✌️
You are the best man. Thank you for watching sir
8:14 😂😂😂
Question, why is washing a roof important? Just looking for responses for when a customer might ask me
Gleocapsmaga eats the limestone in the shingles, brick mortor and driveways. Might want to Google that for the correct spelling
Let’s go
Looking good
Looking good 👍
Thanks sir
Jonny Getting Paid😎💪💪
Trying to make it happen brother. Good to see you
What up Jon, I am checking out your working videos as well. I am thinking of starting my own business as well.
Go for it. Anyone can do it and you can make more money than working for someone else
Let’s go …. This is the survival content that I’ve been looking for
Thank you so much
Thanks for the video. I got lost with the taping things up. Will it carode it? What should I not put bleech on with your experience? I know about plants and lawn. Cheers
Great job and awesome video!!! What chemical did you use to clean with???😎
Sodium hypochlorite
This is probably one of the more common questions you get so i apologise, but this is obviously seasonal work, say from around March to October? Do you work a second trade or job in the downtime? Im interested in working for myself running some kind of washing business like this, but then I would need the full year to be covered. I can potentially drive trucks in the downtime if i decided to go with this, i guess im just curious what your particular situation is or how you explain it.
I don't work anywhere else. We are busy from February until middle of November. We still get some jobs in December but mostly we just take that month off now
The first year was so slow during then but I worked somewhere else then.
i think that tank wouldn't be enough to do a whole house. Correct me if i'm wrong. I only watched 9:30 minutes of your presentation
It's refillable. Most take about two tanks. Some take 4 tanks. A 60 gallon tank is available but it is 300 for that tank so I just refill this. Or did before we build the trailer
I appreciate the content Jon it's very helpful
Do you have a link for the wands at HD? Thanks.
I used the turbo jet. www.homedepot.com/p/Turbo-Jet-High-Spray-Hose-Nozzle-Attachments-1000243/307629414?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&pla&mtc=SHOPPING-BF-CDP-GGL-D28I-028_010_WATERING-NA-NA-NA-PMAX-NA-NA-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-PMAX&cm_mmc=SHOPPING-BF-CDP-GGL-D28I-028_010_WATERING-NA-NA-NA-PMAX-NA-NA-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-PMAX-71700000104372722--&gad_source=1&gclsrc=ds
Will be watching
Your ability to explain is outstanding,thank you for sharing this video,will definitely subscribe
How often do you have to charge your battery
It's a 12 volt trolling motor battery. Everstart dc27 I think. I charge it every time I use it with a trickle charger. I could wash maybe 4 houses before the battery was dying. Maybe more. I have never ran the battery below 60 percent. Just never need to.
Hi. I just built this unit. Im excited to get started which my first job is a combination of brick and siding. Im having a hard time figuring out the solution mix for this job. I did purchase 2 gallons of pool essentials from Walmart for under 6 bucks a piece. Could u please share with me mix ratio for rougbly 2 story condo about 1800 sq. Ft.. And also 2 gallon pump sprayer for detacted siding shed. Would be great! Thank u so much
2 and a half gallons in this 24 gallon tank will make a nice 1 percent house wash. I fill the take to about 25 gallons total. Add sh first. One tank should be enough. Fill your 2 gallon from the tank if needed or use the mix calculator at southeast softwashs website. Also watch some southeast soft wash videos of the process
Thanks, just the info I needed@@CEOof1
Thanks for the video. What would you name a good quality hose?
I use the zero g hoses. I don't have hose reals and they are light weight and have worked well for a year. You just need to straighten them out on jobsites before use
They are easier to move around than flexzilla
Does the hose length affect the strength of the water coming out? For example, if I connect a 200 ft garden hose to the pump, and I'm high up on a roof, is there still good enough pressure to push through the very long hose?
That's a good question. You would think so, and maybe a tiny bit. As long as you don't have air leaks in the hose and your pump is in good shape you should be fine. 60 or 70 psi is still 60lbs or pressures pushing fluid out. I use a 12 volt 5.5 gallon per minute pump and it seems to work well. You can also use a pressure washer with a low pressure jrod to downstream with more power but less chem strength since downstreaming doesn't allow the mix to be as strong as batch mixing. I use a 200 hose off my wash tank. As long as it's air tight I have no issue. If the hose leaks a bit sometimes, I have a longer day to make the money 💰
I also use a turbo jet hose nozzle from home depot to increase the water pressure coming out by 40%. This will let me shoot higher and farther with a shooter tip on. Then I can change the tip to a wide spray for less pressure and a wall of SH coming out of the tip
i built this and i have cleaned 2 roofs so far one for 400 and the second for 350 it works great
That's awesome. You are taking control of your life and making some real money. Congratulations
I’m finally going to buy the north star system for $499 today. I have two jobs coming up that randomly fell into my lap, but I’m a little lost on how much to charge. Only 1 local company told me they charge .30¢ a square foot. Is that about average?
I am normally at about .25 to .30 per square foot . That's a fair price. Don't go much higher that 1 percent sh for a house wash. Rinse well and you should do great
@@CEOof1 thank you so much! I’ll be doing a 10,000 sqf commercial plaza for my first job and the secretary at the business that owns the plaza wants her house done too. That’s about 2,800 sqf feet. Hopefully I can add on my carpet/tile&grout cleaning service on top of that!
I'm curious... If you're packing only the batch-tank, how do you rinse once you've applied? My garden hose won't reach the peak of my two-story house...and it's built on a slab. Add a crawl space and I'd really have an issue. Love the idea of the wheelbarrow, by the way, I've been thinking about a vertical tank and a hand-truck, but the wheelbarrow seems like a great idea!
Great question. We now leave the tank in the truck. 200 feet of wash hose off the tank and a separate 100 of rinse hose off the customers house. I use a turbo jet (as seen on tv) from home depot. It increases the pressure by 40% ish. I have one for each wash and rinse. I have a 24 for extendable window wash pole thatvi can duct tape one of the wash or rinse and turn it on and hold it high in the air to spray the hard to reach stuff. 15 up then it sprays 20 maybe 25 feet up from there. You can reach out. Just remember the higher up the less pressure because it's pushing all that water or sh upward so much
Awesome video!
Thanks!
How do you price your house washing by the square ft ?
Yeah, maybe I add a bit if its a taller hour or going to have to move a bunch of their stuff. I have a minimum of 250 on a house wash unless it's a trailer. I do .20 per square foot. It's very low compared to the national average and customers can google that and see that they are getting a good price. 2,000 sf house for 400.00. I can wash and rinse that by myself in 3 hours max
@@CEOof1 thanks
CEO of 1 Jon (haha) love the content binging all of your videos
Hey man, what would you do for a fiber cement stucco building? I primarily do tile & grout/carpet cleaning, but was asked to “pressure” wash a small shopping plaza. It has a lot of dark black/green stains from the roof run off. I tried ecolab from homedepot and I had to really pressure wash it to come off, but it also started to eat away at the paint. So then I went back and put a mix of bleach and dawn dish soap in a spray bottle to do a small test. Rinsed off with the water hose and that didn’t do anything at all. I don’t know if it’s my lack of having a soft wash system, the fact that the spray bottle isn’t ideal, or my chemical mix. That’s money sitting there that I could make, but I just don’t know where I’m going wrong. Any advice? I was considering buying the northern tool soft wash system for $500 but I don’t want to invest in it until I know where I’m going wrong chem wise. That would be a great add on to my steam cleaning business.
No pressure on stucco. SOFTWASH ONLY. Apply a 2 to 3 percent sodium hypochlorite and let sit for 5 to 10 minutes or until the black or green is gone. Re apply if needed. Rinse well with fresh water after
@@CEOof1 thank you so much! Should I put in a surfactant to help hold it against the building Or just SH and water?
Bleach or sodium hypochlorite (same) should work without pressure. No dawn...... go to Walmart and get pool essentials 10 percent from the pool area. Cut in in a bit less than half with water. Than will be 4 to 5 percent for getvit of with rinse from a regular hose. If that doesn't work the build may just need to be painted. Once gleo capsamaga had been on long enough the paint is damaged from the bacteria eating the top layers and thus discoloring it
Also just get a 55 gallon heavy duty trash can and you can but the pump and battery separately and make a 50 gallon tank system for a less money.
@@CEOof1 thank you for such detailed advice. I truly appreciate it. I’ll try this and see what happens
Looks like a great, simple set up! Thanks for the video!
This looks like a ridiculously inefficient use of time the way you are spraying. It would be a lot quicker to carry the mix in a bucket and use a mop to quickly coat the walkway.
Okay you have no idea what you are doing
@@CEOof1 Well, I washed my entire driveway and front walkway today using a bucket of bleach mix and dipping in a rectangular nylon scrub brush attached to a broom stick so I know a brush application is effective. If I was intending to spray only with no agitation, I can see how using a wet mop dipped into a bucket of solution to apply would be a lot faster. I always believe in working smarter, not harder. I have used a sprayer before , so I know how inefficient they are for large areas.
Got to love when the city decides to cut water off. Looks good
I think advice and stories on handling customer disputes would be super helpful because that can be very challenging. Thanks Jon
Thanks Jon your a boss 💪 I been doing this stuff for years as a corporate property management maintenance worker. Im so inspired to go independent now and quit dealing with the headaches of having a job mostly managed by feminists and corporate hypocrisy.
Always full of good tips and tricks . Thanks Jon
Jon were you using a spinner tip on that gun?
Yeah a turbo nozzle. Just never use it on wood and not too close to the brick
Great advice Jon