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Our garage's vinyl siding is going to need a good scrubbing once the weather warms up this spring. What is the best way to accomplish this? I was thinking some good scrubbing pads and hot, soapy water should do the trick. However, the town's water is notorious for being incredibly hard. Is this something I need to be concerned about? Is there a better alternative than using sudsy water?
SCRUBBING IS BAD IDEA!!! I would NOT use anything that is any rougher than a SOFT paintbrush to "suds up" any vinyl siding. You probably don't even want to use a soft brush if you don't have to. A scrubbing pad is WAY TOO HARSH. Vinyl will show scratches and anything that pushes against it risks popping the locking tabs that keep it from flapping in the wind...
I live where there is hard water. Everyone has irrigation systems and if you are not careful the over spray will leave rust stains on the siding. It is also a moist area so that mold mossy stuff will appear on the siding. Depends on the direction of the house. Ours shows up on the side, the neighbor next door has it on the front. We invested in a power washer. Just make sure you don't use the wrong setting otherwise you blast the finish off.
If a small reachable area then the bottle on the hose house wash works quite well. Also a soft scrub brush such as a car washing type brush can be used with no fear of damage.
It depends on the contents of the water. A high iron content may leave rust stains that you cannot get rid of. High calcium may be ok if you do nto leave it wet. High lyme I am not sure. Try it in the bask and see what happens. Wait at least a couple of months (I woudl wait a season or two) to see long term effects bfore doining on the front.
It depends on the contents of the water. A high iron content may leave rust stains that you cannot get rid of. High calcium may be ok if you do nto leave it wet. High lyme I am not sure. Try it in the bask and see what happens. Wait at least a couple of months (I woudl wait a season or two) to see long term effects bfore doining on the front.
I believe the OP is talking about the town potable/drinking water. Are you saying there could be an issue washing the siding with it?
There are lots of solutions in the area where they have pressure washers in Home Depot or Lowes. If you don't want to use a pressure washer, then you can just dilute the solution and do it by hand.
Don't use anything on the house siding that you wouldn't use on your car, or windshield.
I believe the OP is talking about the town potable/drinking water. Are you saying there could be an issue washing the siding with it?
Yes. My fathers potable drinking water is very high in iron. It turns dishes yellow/orange if you run hard water in the dishwasher. He has rust marks on the aluminum siding from water praying nonto the siding from sprinklers.
In California the water was so hard (calcium I think) that if we sprayed off our fence, it woudl leave a while powery coating on it. You could brush it off if you did so right away. If you did nto brush it right off, it would stick.
There are lots of solutions in the area where they have pressure washers in Home Depot or Lowes. If you don't want to use a pressure washer, then you can just dilute the solution and do it by hand.
Don't use anything on the house siding that you wouldn't use on your car, or windshield.
I would recoomend using vinyl siding wash on my car pitn really as it has bleach content which will kil the wax just as washig powder will.I suggest a vivyl siding wash availble at home stores..
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