Soft Washing in Addison, TX

Soft Washing in Addison, in practice

Soft washing is a method rather than a service. It means applying a cleaning solution at garden hose pressure, letting it work, and rinsing. Anything that cannot take mechanical force gets cleaned this way: painted surfaces, siding, stucco, roofs, screens, wraps, awnings and older wood.

Dwell time is the variable that actually determines the result. Too short and the growth is only stunned. Too long, especially on a hot dry day, and the solution dries on the surface and leaves its own mark. Keeping a surface wet during dwell, and working in sections small enough to finish before the sun catches up, is the whole discipline.

Rinsing is not an afterthought. Solution left in a gutter line, on a window frame or in a bed is what produces the complaints that soft washing gets blamed for. A proper rinse takes as long as the application did and runs from the top of the surface down, with the planting soaked again at the end.

Local conditions that affect the job

Clay soil is the quiet cause of half the staining on Addison property. Heavy rain moves fine red sediment across driveways, up onto lower siding and into the base of a fence line, and once it dries into the pores of concrete it does not rinse out. It comes off, but it comes off with a proper surface clean rather than a hose.

Related work in and around Addison

Plenty of Addison jobs turn into more than one thing once someone is on site, so it is worth knowing what else gets covered here: Driveway & Concrete Cleaning in Addison, our patio, deck & fence cleaning work in Addison and commercial pressure washing across Addison. If the work sits just outside the city line, there are pages for Soft Washing in Farmers Branch and Soft Washing in Carrollton too, and the whole list is on the Addison service area page.

Quotes are free. Send the address in Addison and a photo of what needs cleaning and you get a price back for most jobs without a visit. Call or text (469) 261-5415.