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By: Jasi

Jasi — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:17:25 +0000

Power washing is awesome! We just used water and it was like having a brand new house, drive and walk. We also did our brick retaining wall and shed.

We should have power washed when we first moved in. That and painting interior trim with semi-gloss (SO clean-able! – is that a word?) go an awful long way to brightening a home. Makes the in-between project periods okay.

By: jag

jag — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:19:09 +0000

We used Simple Green in our pressure washer when cleaning the porch and brick. I would assume it’d be fine on siding too, and no harm to plants. It hasn’t hurt our washer, either.

By: janjanmom

janjanmom — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:46:28 +0000

This recipe of cleaners was given to us by friends. We always use it. It is not green or chemical free but you spray it on and rinse off all the gunk. It works like a dream!! The ingredients make several batches of cleaner.

1/3 cup Tide (Liquid)
2/3 cup Spic and Span (Liquid) (found it with the bathroom and floor cleaning stuff at wal-mart)
1 qt Bleach
3 qt Water

We just combined this into a sprayer and was ready to go! Good luck!