Pressure Cleaning Your House Siding
There are many uses for your pressure washer, including what I’m going to talk about today. Pressure cleaning your house siding to get it ready for a paint job is super important, as it will effect the quality of the paint job. The thing with pressure cleaning your siding is that you have to be careful, and there are quite a few precautions to keep in mind. The most important thing is to not take pressure cleaning lightly, as pressure cleaners can cause damage to both you and property.
Whether you’re having a pro paint your house, or you plan on doing it yourself, a good pressure cleaning needs to be done. The first thing you will want to figure out, if you don’t already know, is what kind of siding is on your house. Different pressure cleaning techniques are applied to different types of siding. Your siding will also determine the amount of pressure you’ll use during your pressure cleaning. In general, you’ll want to use a 15 degree tip and stand about a foot away.
On a side note, the type of tip you should use is really dependent on how strong your pressure cleaner is. If you pressure cleaner has a PSI of 1500, you should be okay with a 15 degree tip. If your pressure cleaner is putting out more around 3000 PSI, you’ll want to go with a less strong tip, like 25 degrees.
Now, you’ll want to make sure that your house is nice and clean, which is why you are going to pressure clean it three times. Yes, you heard me correct. You will be pressure cleaining your siding three times. And on each pressrue cleaning you will do this process: Rinse it off, spray with a cleaner that will work for your siding, then pressure wash it for the last step. Then you will let it dry. You will do this pressure cleaning process three times. Why so thourough? Remember, the paint job depends on how clean your house siding is.
As far as the safety precautions are concerned, here are the few pressure cleaning precautions you must keep in mind. Since you will be pressure cleaning your siding, and more then likely have a two story house, you will probably be tempted to use a ladder. Don’t. This could result in physical damage. Your pressure cleaner should have no trouble reaching the second story, although obviously it won’t be as strong. Next, make sure you cover your windows or other things on the outside of your house that can be damaged. No point in saving money by pressrue cleaning your house yourself only to turn around and damage something else. Also, like I said before, never take pressure cleaning lightly.
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