How to Make DIY Soft Wash in Easy Steps: A Comprehensive Guide 🔍🚰💦

By Mark Cave April 26, 2024

How to Make DIY Soft Wash in Easy Steps: A Comprehensive Guide 🔍🚰💦

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Soft washing is a cleaning method that utilizes low pressure and specialized solutions to safely remove mildew, bacteria, algae and other organic stains from roofs and other building exteriors. But did you know that you can create your own DIY soft wash with the right knowledge and tools? In this article, we are going to walk you through the steps of creating a homemade soft wash solution.

To fully understand the topic, let's first figure out What Is Soft Washing? and its advantages over traditional cleaning methods.

Advantages of DIY Soft Washing Treatment 💡

Save money, gain a new skill, and have control over the chemical content — these are just a few advantages you can enjoy when you make your own soft wash. Moreover, you also get to choose the equipment you want to use. Soft washing equipment varies, from Water Fed Pole Softwash Nozzles to Soft Washing Dosatrons, there's a tool for every cleaning requirement.

Understanding the Ingredients of a Soft Wash Solution 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

Making a soft wash solution involves mixing a few key ingredients. The main component is usually Sodium Hypochlorite. To learn more about What is Sodium Hypochlorite?, check out our dedicated post. In addition to this, a Clever Wash Surfactant is also typically included. To get an in-depth understanding of Surfactants, you can refer to What Is Surfactant? podcast.

Steps to Make DIY Soft Wash 🧪🥼

To create your DIY soft wash, we recommend following this Sodium Hypochlorite Mixing Guide. Additionally, you'll need relevant equipment found in this Soft Washing Equipment collection.

Ensuring Safety and Legal Compliance 👷‍♂️👷‍♀️

Working safely when making and using your DIY soft wash is critical. Understand the potential risks and how to handle, store, and dispose of Sodium Hypochlorite safely by exploring Self Study At Home To Handle Dangerous Softwash Chemicals. Furthermore, laws about Sodium Hypochlorite usage may differ depending on your region. To ensure legal compliance, refer to Is it Illegal to Use Sodium Hypochlorite to Softwash?.

Get Expert Guidance with SoftWash UK Ltd 🧑‍🏫👩‍🏫.

Exploring the world of soft washing could be an exciting adventure. However, you don't have to do it alone! Consider taking the Soft Wash Training Course to get comprehensive instruction, tips, and tricks about soft washing from industry professionals.

Convinced about the benefits of soft washing? Looking for expert guides or a reliable supplier of quality soft wash chemicals and equipment? Visit the SoftWash UK website today for all your soft washing needs! 👍😊

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Soft Wash Calculator App

Now you can say I've got an app for that!

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Softwashing calculator is an indispensable tool for juggling complicated chemical mixes. It helps reduce wastage and keeps operating costs down by giving accurate proportions

If you are having difficulty getting your head around the maths, trying to work out what percentage of softwash you need, how much chemical, surfactant and water to add, then this is the App for you.

The Soft Wash Calculator App allows you to work out your soft wash recipe by telling you exactly how much chemical, how much water and how much surfactant to add to get the desired soft wash recipe.
It doesn't stop there!.
- It can also remix your leftover softwash to a new stronger or weaker recipe.
- all controls in one place for see at a glance operation
- ease of input via pre-loaded dials. no more calculator style typing
- instantly responds to changes of complex combinations
- works in both Litres and US Gallons
- tested for Protan and Deutan colourblind users
- links to SoftwashingUK website

Take this scenario
You started with a 1% soft wash recipe of 50 gal (or litres) for a deck clean and you’re left with 13 gallons.

You get a call from a prospective customer to clean their roof. Past experience tells you a 4% soft wash recipe is needed, but what about your leftover mix at 1%?.

Do you waste time and effort driving back to base to transfer into a standby tank?
You could consider the 13 gal as just water, top up the tank and start again.
But that’s throwing away the value of the mix and raising your overhead.

Soft Wash Calculator App to the rescue.

You get to the new job and it requires 100 gal / litres.
Switch into remix mode , confirming the 13 gal already in the tank
Move the dials to your new recipe and the app immediately updates the different amounts to add in front of your eyes including the correct amount of extra surfactant.

You now have a 100 gal / litres tank of 4% soft wash recipe ready for your roof clean job!

Not forgetting you’ve saved money too, all without stress and uncertainty . Don’t underestimate what confident calmness has on your customer putting out referrals.

The same applies if you have a 4% recipe left in your tank and you need to dilute it down to 2%. Again the app will tell you how.

Softwashing calculator will also work for any chemical recipe. For instance you can use it for Sodium Hypochlorite, Bleach, Biocide , TFR traffic film remover and degreaser. Even the mathematically-challenged rocket scientist can top up their booster tanks to new fuel mixes after launch delays caused by changing weather conditions.

Using this app you will know exactly what chemical strength to put on any surface giving you the confidence and the knowledge of a professional soft washer and you’ll save money as well.

So if you have little knowledge of how to mix a soft wash recipe then this app is for you.
If you have little knowledge of how to remix a soft wash recipe then this app is for you.
If you want to save money when mixing a soft wash recipe then this app is for you.

This app is also backward compatible to devices running iOS7. We've done this so you can re-purpose an old iPhone 4 or iPod Touch 5 for what could be hazardous work environments. Just toss one in your cleaning van's toolkit.

Once you learn the methods and procedures of how to apply the soft wash to the different surfaces that need cleaning you’ll be unstoppable!

The app also has a guide to what percentage for what surface. And if you are the lucky owner of a Clever Injector it will remind you the correct setting for the job.
However you should always consider and risk assess what soft wash recipe you need to clean the surface.

** A major iOS code-base change may require a re-purchase. The appiverse at the time will confirm our promise that we won't do so unless the necessity is apparent.