Deck Cleaner (stains, best, remove, salt)

[AADAD]

Anybody want to weigh in on the best non toxic cleaner for a large cedar deck?

[K'ledgeBldr]

https://www.owatrolusa.com/product/n...QaAs5tEALw_wcB

But it also depends on what the current condition is, and what you ultimately want to achieve.

[harry chickpea]

Originally Posted by AADAD

Anybody want to weigh in on the best non toxic cleaner for a large cedar deck?

<rant on>

Pardon my ignorance, but I didn't realize decks were alive and needed to be concerned about toxicity in cleaners. It makes me wonder if they get sick when birds poop on them. If the deck is pressure treated wood, guess what??? That treatment is INTENTIONALLY toxic to insects and fungus and other things. Cedar itself is toxic to many of the same. That is why it lasts. Can we please skip the PC enviroBS?

If you want non-toxic - pressure wash with plain water. Oh wait, it will remove some of the pressure treating, making the water toxic.

<rant off>

Many decent cleaners are detergents that ask you to add bleach to the wash mix. They work well, and the bleach degrades into compounds and salts that are less toxic - to the point that weeds happily grow around my deck. I use a combination of one and a low pressure pressure wash.

[AADAD]

Originally Posted by harry chickpea

<rant on>

Pardon my ignorance, but I didn't realize decks were alive and needed to be concerned about toxicity in cleaners. It makes me wonder if they get sick when birds poop on them. If the deck is pressure treated wood, guess what??? That treatment is INTENTIONALLY toxic to insects and fungus and other things. Cedar itself is toxic to many of the same. That is why it lasts. Can we please skip the PC enviroBS?

If you want non-toxic - pressure wash with plain water. Oh wait, it will remove some of the pressure treating, making the water toxic.

<rant off>

Many decent cleaners are detergents that ask you to add bleach to the wash mix. They work well, and the bleach degrades into compounds and salts that are less toxic - to the point that weeds happily grow around my deck. I use a combination of one and a low pressure pressure wash.

It's for the garden lovingly caressing the deck harry.

<response off>

[AADAD]

Originally Posted by K'ledgeBldr

https://www.owatrolusa.com/product/n...QaAs5tEALw_wcB

But it also depends on what the current condition is, and what you ultimately want to achieve.

Thanks

[harry chickpea]

Originally Posted by AADAD

It's for the garden lovingly caressing the deck harry.

<response off>

Eating veggies grown next to pressure treated lumber would not be my first dietary choice. Hopefully, yours is a flower garden, at least in the closest three feet or so. Rain alone will allow some chemical drift.

[grampaTom]

I just use TSP and a stiff scrub brush, then hose off.
Maybe I'm just lucky but the flowers don't seem affected by it.

[Flamingo13]

I use a deck mop (basically a string mop) and a solution of Dawn and OxiClean (doesn't hurt plants). I will take a scrub brush or plastic scrubbie to stubborn stains.

[AADAD]

We care for our family of flowers.

[K'ledgeBldr]

You still haven’t answered my questions-

Pics of flowers doesn’t really resolve anything- a couple of current pics of the deck itself would be better!