Hi all!, need suggestions/recommendations for removing stain left by ivy removal on stucco wall (Sorry the customer provider pic is not the greatest) . Thanks in advance!
Sometime good old fashioned elbow grease is the only way.
1. 3% mix with GW, TW mix. 2. Allow to dwell for 10 minutes keeping wet with new coats of chem. 3. Use a deck brush to scrub away the organic remainers of the roots. 4. Rinse and repeat until gone. (may require no-no blaster)
Hope this helps.
AC
Steve Mazzuca said
Oct 20, 2015
Thanks AC- it's another little opportunity from ****** but its pretty clear we're the 'go to' company now for exterior cleaning. Baby steps..... : )
-- Edited by AC Lockyer on Tuesday 20th of October 2015 11:11:37 PM
Chris Mozick said
Oct 21, 2015
Elbo grease
Chad Eneix said
Oct 21, 2015
I would set the expectation that what you must do to remove that may require re-painting afterwards. Often on painted surfaces, the aggressive scrubbing and/or pressure washing will remove or wear the surface enough that a paint touch-up will make it look much better. I would also point out that if you clean the whole wall, the new paint will match the old better, which can be a secondary advantage for SoftWashing.
Steve Mazzuca said
Oct 30, 2015
RESULTS-Pretty much followed all of the excellent advice you guys provided, including lowering the customers expectations. Reversed the order a bit- Soaked with GW/TW out of pump up sprayer (no SH), let dwell about 10 minutes. Brushed. Rinsed. Repeated. No no blaster got the big stuff but stain still visible. Softwashed with 3% mix (incl GW and TW) and poof.......stain gone. Manager thrilled, no painting necessary and unless you knew the ivy stain was there and got really close you would never know. Area about 100 sq ft. Took about 1 1/2 man hours.
Hi all!, need suggestions/recommendations for removing stain left by ivy removal on stucco wall (Sorry the customer provider pic is not the greatest) . Thanks in advance!
Steve,
Sometime good old fashioned elbow grease is the only way.
1. 3% mix with GW, TW mix.
2. Allow to dwell for 10 minutes keeping wet with new coats of chem.
3. Use a deck brush to scrub away the organic remainers of the roots.
4. Rinse and repeat until gone. (may require no-no blaster)
Hope this helps.
AC
Thanks AC- it's another little opportunity from ****** but its pretty clear we're the 'go to' company now for exterior cleaning. Baby steps..... : )
-- Edited by AC Lockyer on Tuesday 20th of October 2015 11:11:37 PM
RESULTS-Pretty much followed all of the excellent advice you guys provided, including lowering the customers expectations. Reversed the order a bit- Soaked with GW/TW out of pump up sprayer (no SH), let dwell about 10 minutes. Brushed. Rinsed. Repeated. No no blaster got the big stuff but stain still visible. Softwashed with 3% mix (incl GW and TW) and poof.......stain gone. Manager thrilled, no painting necessary and unless you knew the ivy stain was there and got really close you would never know. Area about 100 sq ft. Took about 1 1/2 man hours.
Great job.
AC