Hello everyone I have a small problem l. I was cleaning my fence with a 2% mix and the fence now looks better but it's kinda white and if I scrub with a brush it seems to come off. Do you think it is a coating that is coming off? I am not the one who had this fence put up so I don't know if they put a coating on it or if its the pressure treatment that comes with the fence boards from home depot
-- Edited by Trent Blanchard on Friday 12th of August 2016 07:38:40 PM
It is likely the pulpy wood,..caused by the bleach.
I'm not criticizing,.just stating what your dealing with.
If I were cleaning that fence I would have either DS'ed NAOH or applied Sodium Percarbonate at 8 OZ. per gallon direct,..and then neutralize with oxalic after either cleaner.
Jeff
Trent Blanchard said
Aug 13, 2016
Did I use to much bleach? I have seen people use a bleach mix to clean fences.
Art O said
Aug 13, 2016
Trent Blanchard wrote:
Did I use to much bleach? I have seen people use a bleach mix to clean fences.
Always pre wet first and Brighten with OX last
Fred W said
Aug 13, 2016
You need to be careful with wood. From fences to doors, decks and even siding. Pre-wet to start then listen to those above. SH is not the end all be all and is only good for certain applications.
Time and experience will tell you what to clean so it's awesome that you learned this lesson on your own fence. What I would suggest is to do smaller areas next time. In other words.......do 1/4 of the fence and see how it comes out.....then adjust as needed.
I often cover a wood front door and hand clean with more appropriate cleaners. At times it's best to pre-wet, spray, then rinse rather quickly.
Trent Blanchard said
Aug 13, 2016
Baton Rouge Roof Cleaner wrote:
You need to be careful with wood. From fences to doors, decks and even siding. Pre-wet to start then listen to those above. SH is not the end all be all and is only good for certain applications.
Time and experience will tell you what to clean so it's awesome that you learned this lesson on your own fence. What I would suggest is to do smaller areas next time. In other words.......do 1/4 of the fence and see how it comes out.....then adjust as needed.
I often cover a wood front door and hand clean with more appropriate cleaners. At times it's best to pre-wet, spray, then rinse rather quickly.
Thanks for the input. Yea I only did one side of the fence and only about half of the side. It was also raining for 2 days so the fence was already soaked. Do you suggest I use sodium percarbonate?
Fred W said
Aug 13, 2016
I don't do that type of cleaning so I would defer your question back to those who do.
Maverick Contracting said
Aug 13, 2016
probably need to scrub, the dead layer of wood like Jeff said. definitly use a brightner (an acid like oxalic or critrus) to nuetralize the SH (a base). percarb is the choice oxidizer for wood (basically creates hydrogen peroxide) followed by a brightner.if you dont put a finish on it, it'll turn grey again real fast. I mean weeks.
PS, Arts right, looks like sealer, better off with penetrating oil or a good sealer like Sikkens Cetol
-- Edited by Maverick Contracting on Saturday 13th of August 2016 12:53:22 PM
waxman18324 said
Aug 13, 2016
Trent,
To learn how wood reacts to the various sodium based products. Find a dirty / nasty wood pallet that's been laying around somewhere. Take the pallet and divide it up into three sections. Before I go forward with this use PPE. Don't take chances. Use three pump up sprayers (each containing SH mix, sodium per carb mix and sod hydroxide mix). Apply each to a pre wet section of the pallet, penetrate, rinse and neutralize. For the record I got this from Everett Abrams. Look up his videos.
For the chemicals you have SH already. You can get the other sodium based products(F-8, F-10 and F-18) from Bob at Pressure Tek.
Hank
Fred W said
Aug 13, 2016
waxman18324 wrote:
Trent,
To learn how wood reacts to the various sodium based products. Find a dirty / nasty wood pallet that's been laying around somewhere. Take the pallet and divide it up into three sections. Before I go forward with this use PPE. Don't take chances. Use three pump up sprayers (each containing SH mix, sodium per carb mix and sod hydroxide mix). Apply each to a pre wet section of the pallet, penetrate, rinse and neutralize. For the record I got this from Everett Abrams. Look up his videos.
For the chemicals you have SH already. You can get the other sodium based products(F-8, F-10 and F-18) from Bob at Pressure Tek.
Hank
Excellent advice!
Trent Blanchard said
Aug 13, 2016
waxman18324 wrote:
Trent,
To learn how wood reacts to the various sodium based products. Find a dirty / nasty wood pallet that's been laying around somewhere. Take the pallet and divide it up into three sections. Before I go forward with this use PPE. Don't take chances. Use three pump up sprayers (each containing SH mix, sodium per carb mix and sod hydroxide mix). Apply each to a pre wet section of the pallet, penetrate, rinse and neutralize. For the record I got this from Everett Abrams. Look up his videos.
For the chemicals you have SH already. You can get the other sodium based products(F-8, F-10 and F-18) from Bob at Pressure Tek.
Hank
thank you for the advice. i really appreciate it. is the (f-8, F-10, and F-18) chemicals you mix with SH or do you use it by itself or after SH?
sorry for all the questions trying to learn as much as i can.
waxman18324 said
Aug 13, 2016
Trent Blanchard wrote:
waxman18324 wrote:
Trent,
To learn how wood reacts to the various sodium based products. Find a dirty / nasty wood pallet that's been laying around somewhere. Take the pallet and divide it up into three sections. Before I go forward with this use PPE. Don't take chances. Use three pump up sprayers (each containing SH mix, sodium per carb mix and sod hydroxide mix). Apply each to a pre wet section of the pallet, penetrate, rinse and neutralize. For the record I got this from Everett Abrams. Look up his videos.
For the chemicals you have SH already. You can get the other sodium based products(F-8, F-10 and F-18) from Bob at Pressure Tek.
Hank
thank you for the advice. i really appreciate it. is the (f-8, F-10, and F-18) chemicals you mix with SH or do you use it by itself or after SH?
sorry for all the questions trying to learn as much as i can.
No. Do not mix chemicals with SH or with any others. These chems are to be mixed as per directions from the supplier with hot water. These are powders that will have to be mixed with hot water and possibly stirred thereafter. Each in the own labeled pump up sprayer(for now). F-10 and 18 are cleaners. F-8 is a neutralizer.
Going back to the pallet pre wet, spray one area with your SH mix, Spray one area with F-10 and one area with F-18. Rinse with plenty of water all areas after dwell time and then neutralizer all three areas with F-8.
Hank
Trent Blanchard said
Aug 13, 2016
waxman18324 wrote:
Trent Blanchard wrote:
waxman18324 wrote:
Trent,
To learn how wood reacts to the various sodium based products. Find a dirty / nasty wood pallet that's been laying around somewhere. Take the pallet and divide it up into three sections. Before I go forward with this use PPE. Don't take chances. Use three pump up sprayers (each containing SH mix, sodium per carb mix and sod hydroxide mix). Apply each to a pre wet section of the pallet, penetrate, rinse and neutralize. For the record I got this from Everett Abrams. Look up his videos.
For the chemicals you have SH already. You can get the other sodium based products(F-8, F-10 and F-18) from Bob at Pressure Tek.
Hank
thank you for the advice. i really appreciate it. is the (f-8, F-10, and F-18) chemicals you mix with SH or do you use it by itself or after SH?
sorry for all the questions trying to learn as much as i can.
No. Do not mix chemicals with SH or with any others. These chems are to be mixed as per directions from the supplier with hot water. These are powders that will have to be mixed with hot water and possibly stirred thereafter. Each in the own labeled pump up sprayer(for now). F-10 and 18 are cleaners. F-8 is a neutralizer.
Going back to the pallet pre wet, spray one area with your SH mix, Spray one area with F-10 and one area with F-18. Rinse with plenty of water all areas after dwell time and then neutralizer all three areas with F-8.
Hank
thank you for the reply.
so i still use the SH mix but use the F-10 and F-18 in pump up sprayers after i use the SH mix. and then a F-8 to neutralize the chemicals.
waxman18324 said
Aug 13, 2016
Trent Blanchard wrote:
waxman18324 wrote:
Trent Blanchard wrote:
waxman18324 wrote:
Trent,
To learn how wood reacts to the various sodium based products. Find a dirty / nasty wood pallet that's been laying around somewhere. Take the pallet and divide it up into three sections. Before I go forward with this use PPE. Don't take chances. Use three pump up sprayers (each containing SH mix, sodium per carb mix and sod hydroxide mix). Apply each to a pre wet section of the pallet, penetrate, rinse and neutralize. For the record I got this from Everett Abrams. Look up his videos.
For the chemicals you have SH already. You can get the other sodium based products(F-8, F-10 and F-18) from Bob at Pressure Tek.
Hank
thank you for the advice. i really appreciate it. is the (f-8, F-10, and F-18) chemicals you mix with SH or do you use it by itself or after SH?
sorry for all the questions trying to learn as much as i can.
No. Do not mix chemicals with SH or with any others. These chems are to be mixed as per directions from the supplier with hot water. These are powders that will have to be mixed with hot water and possibly stirred thereafter. Each in the own labeled pump up sprayer(for now). F-10 and 18 are cleaners. F-8 is a neutralizer.
Going back to the pallet pre wet, spray one area with your SH mix, Spray one area with F-10 and one area with F-18. Rinse with plenty of water all areas after dwell time and then neutralizer all three areas with F-8.
Hank
thank you for the reply.
so i still use the SH mix but use the F-10 and F-18 in pump up sprayers after i use the SH mix. and then a F-8 to neutralize the chemicals.
No. Use your SH mix on 1/3rd of the pallet, F-10 on another 1/3rd and F-18 on the last 1/3rd. Rinse all three areas with water. Then apply neutralizer to all three areas. I have to ask this question...Have you cleaned any roofs or houses yet?
Hank
Trent Blanchard said
Aug 13, 2016
waxman18324 wrote:
Trent Blanchard wrote:
waxman18324 wrote:
Trent Blanchard wrote:
waxman18324 wrote:
Trent,
To learn how wood reacts to the various sodium based products. Find a dirty / nasty wood pallet that's been laying around somewhere. Take the pallet and divide it up into three sections. Before I go forward with this use PPE. Don't take chances. Use three pump up sprayers (each containing SH mix, sodium per carb mix and sod hydroxide mix). Apply each to a pre wet section of the pallet, penetrate, rinse and neutralize. For the record I got this from Everett Abrams. Look up his videos.
For the chemicals you have SH already. You can get the other sodium based products(F-8, F-10 and F-18) from Bob at Pressure Tek.
Hank
thank you for the advice. i really appreciate it. is the (f-8, F-10, and F-18) chemicals you mix with SH or do you use it by itself or after SH?
sorry for all the questions trying to learn as much as i can.
No. Do not mix chemicals with SH or with any others. These chems are to be mixed as per directions from the supplier with hot water. These are powders that will have to be mixed with hot water and possibly stirred thereafter. Each in the own labeled pump up sprayer(for now). F-10 and 18 are cleaners. F-8 is a neutralizer.
Going back to the pallet pre wet, spray one area with your SH mix, Spray one area with F-10 and one area with F-18. Rinse with plenty of water all areas after dwell time and then neutralizer all three areas with F-8.
Hank
thank you for the reply.
so i still use the SH mix but use the F-10 and F-18 in pump up sprayers after i use the SH mix. and then a F-8 to neutralize the chemicals.
No. Use your SH mix on 1/3rd of the pallet, F-10 on another 1/3rd and F-18 on the last 1/3rd. Rinse all three areas with water. Then apply neutralizer to all three areas. I have to ask this question...Have you cleaned any roofs or houses yet?
Hank
oh sorry i misread the post about the pallet. the SH f-10 f-18 is 3 different chemicals. the f-8 is a neutralizer for all 3. no i haven't cleaned any houses or roofs yet
Hello everyone I have a small problem l. I was cleaning my fence with a 2% mix and the fence now looks better but it's kinda white and if I scrub with a brush it seems to come off. Do you think it is a coating that is coming off? I am not the one who had this fence put up so I don't know if they put a coating on it or if its the pressure treatment that comes with the fence boards from home depot
-- Edited by Trent Blanchard on Friday 12th of August 2016 07:38:40 PM
I'm not criticizing,.just stating what your dealing with.
If I were cleaning that fence I would have either DS'ed NAOH or applied Sodium Percarbonate at 8 OZ. per gallon direct,..and then neutralize with oxalic after either cleaner.
Jeff
Always pre wet first and Brighten with OX last
Time and experience will tell you what to clean so it's awesome that you learned this lesson on your own fence. What I would suggest is to do smaller areas next time. In other words.......do 1/4 of the fence and see how it comes out.....then adjust as needed.
I often cover a wood front door and hand clean with more appropriate cleaners. At times it's best to pre-wet, spray, then rinse rather quickly.
Thanks for the input. Yea I only did one side of the fence and only about half of the side. It was also raining for 2 days so the fence was already soaked. Do you suggest I use sodium percarbonate?
probably need to scrub, the dead layer of wood like Jeff said. definitly use a brightner (an acid like oxalic or critrus) to nuetralize the SH (a base).
percarb is the choice oxidizer for wood (basically creates hydrogen peroxide) followed by a brightner.if you dont put a finish on it, it'll turn grey again real fast. I mean weeks.
PS, Arts right, looks like sealer, better off with penetrating oil or a good sealer like Sikkens Cetol
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Sikkens-ProLuxe-1-gal-Base-Cetol-SRD-Semi-Transparent-Exterior-Wood-Finish-SIK500-190-01/205857609?cm_mmc=Shopping%7cTHD%7cG%7c0%7cG-BASE-PLA-D24-Paint%7c&gclid=COvav_zsvs4CFdBZhgodhi4G2w&gclsrc=aw.ds
-- Edited by Maverick Contracting on Saturday 13th of August 2016 12:53:22 PM
Trent,
To learn how wood reacts to the various sodium based products. Find a dirty / nasty wood pallet that's been laying around somewhere. Take the pallet and divide it up into three sections. Before I go forward with this use PPE. Don't take chances. Use three pump up sprayers (each containing SH mix, sodium per carb mix and sod hydroxide mix). Apply each to a pre wet section of the pallet, penetrate, rinse and neutralize. For the record I got this from Everett Abrams. Look up his videos.
For the chemicals you have SH already. You can get the other sodium based products(F-8, F-10 and F-18) from Bob at Pressure Tek.
Hank
Excellent advice!
thank you for the advice. i really appreciate it. is the (f-8, F-10, and F-18) chemicals you mix with SH or do you use it by itself or after SH?
sorry for all the questions trying to learn as much as i can.
No. Do not mix chemicals with SH or with any others. These chems are to be mixed as per directions from the supplier with hot water. These are powders that will have to be mixed with hot water and possibly stirred thereafter. Each in the own labeled pump up sprayer(for now). F-10 and 18 are cleaners. F-8 is a neutralizer.
Going back to the pallet pre wet, spray one area with your SH mix, Spray one area with F-10 and one area with F-18. Rinse with plenty of water all areas after dwell time and then neutralizer all three areas with F-8.
Hank
thank you for the reply.
so i still use the SH mix but use the F-10 and F-18 in pump up sprayers after i use the SH mix. and then a F-8 to neutralize the chemicals.
No. Use your SH mix on 1/3rd of the pallet, F-10 on another 1/3rd and F-18 on the last 1/3rd. Rinse all three areas with water. Then apply neutralizer to all three areas. I have to ask this question...Have you cleaned any roofs or houses yet?
Hank
oh sorry i misread the post about the pallet. the SH f-10 f-18 is 3 different chemicals. the f-8 is a neutralizer for all 3. no i haven't cleaned any houses or roofs yet