Soft washing is a cleaning method that uses a low pressure washing technique, along with a mixture of algaecides, bleach, surfactants and water, to safely clean exterior surfaces of organic stains, mildew and algae.

Although soft washing, power washing and pressure washing seem similar they all use different techniques, equipment, pressure and chemicals. Power washing and pressure washing use a much more powerful water pressure than soft washing and power washing is typically done with much hotter water than pressure washing. The Soft Washing method is combined with a biodegradable disinfecting cleaning solution to kill the mold, mildew, bacteria, algae, fungus, moss and more.

Soft Washing should be used on surfaces that are notoriously hard to get clean with pressure or would be damaged if one were to use high pressure on them such as windows, render, wood paneling, etc. Soft washing should be applied in dry weather and you should start to see the results in one week of being treated.

First you prepare your surrounding area and protect any plants or grass you have around the surface area you are cleaning. Then, you prepare the solution (more on that below). Once the solution is prepared, load it into an agricultural sprayer to apply to the surface you are cleaning.

Soft washing runs water through a pump and hose with very little pressurization.

The pump can also direct the cleaning solution mixture through the hose. Then the hose is directed at the surface being cleaned and the water mixture is sprayed out.

The soft wash system normally consists of higher concentration of cleaning solutions and a higher volume of water versus pressure. Application is gentle, with less pressure than what comes out of your garden hose.

Once you are done, depending on the surface-like a roof, the solution is left on the surface in order to kill everything down to the roots versus if you have applied it to siding, then it is typically rinsed off.

No, we clean the roof by treating it with biocide, leaving it on for a few weeks allowing it to kill any organic growth, then we come back and use specialist equipment to clean the roof with, poles with a pressure washing jet at the end of it, if we need to be on the roof then you will be advised and look at getting a cherry picker to keep the risk of damage or injury to a minimum.