Power Washing and Roof Cleaning Forum

Jeff Wible wrote:

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Hey Brett,..good to see you always working to make things better! Only assuming you use the same soap tank for roof cleaning and house washing? If so,..how is this making the soap for rinsing of glass? Extra sticky could mean more rinsing to get glass "acceptable",...Or maybe you just add it when you're doing a roof and then add more regular soap afterwards?

*Industry specific soaps,..those clowns pushing that narrative are dimwits. Soap is soap,..most,..if not all have ingredients that are very acceptable to our industry. I guarantee you alot of these people pushing industry standard soap are using the container only,..and filling it with grocery store soaps. Years ago,the "industry standard" was Dawn,....


Jeff

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We use separate tanks for Arm & Hammer and Pinalen. We put EBC glide in the house wash tank and the additive in the roof tank. If we didn't have separate tanks I'm not sure what I would do.

Jeff Wible wrote:

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Brett,..reading about the the EBC Glide,..does that aid in rinsing windows? And is that why you use it in your mix?

Jeff

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Yes, we add glide to our HW tank. It doesn't take much and has really helped with the dreaded window call back. I think we are adding 1/2 cup per two gallons. I'll check on the amount and if I'm wrong will let you know.

Hey Brett,..if you remember,..I use a modified DS unit. I use what I refer to as a "mini-prop" (Utilizing 1/4" valves),..it uses the same principal as the proportioning valves you guys use for application,..except mine goes through the 12v/remote/ solenoid/injector. Soap and SH mix from separate tanks,..and the 12V force feeds the injector,...this is needed to overcome the 10 GPM dilution issue you would have without the 12V pump.....I use the same soap tank for roof cleaning as the house wash soap. Just plumbed in. I use the "regular" proportioning valve for my roof rig which is an All-Flo air unit.

Jeff

Resize that picture if you can Art?

The valve on the right looking down goes to the soap,..the valve on the left is a three way valve,..and facing the way it is here goes to water supply for rinsing everything out. Turned the other way it goes to the SH.

There is a metering needle valve in the soap line,..that way I can set it and forget it,...I just turn the ball valve full on and it's already adjusted.

Also,.that is a 5850 5 GPM pump,..Ha, Ha,..throttled down with the use of 3/8" hose,..but the house wash mix is really strong,..I actually use 6% in my main tank now,..because it MAKES me more frugal.  If it was 12% the mix would be too strong for house washing.

Jeff

Jeff Wible wrote:

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Hey Brett,..if you remember,..I use a modified DS unit. I use what I refer to as a "mini-prop" (Utilizing 1/4" valves),..it uses the same principal as the proportioning valves you guys use for application,..except mine goes through the 12v/remote/ solenoid/injector. Soap and SH mix from separate tanks,..and the 12V force feeds the injector,...this is needed to overcome the 10 GPM dilution issue you would have without the 12V pump.....I use the same soap tank for roof cleaning as the house wash soap. Just plumbed in. I use the "regular" proportioning valve for my roof rig which is an All-Flo air unit.

Jeff

-- Edited by Jeff Wible on Saturday 3rd of September 2022 08:14:33 AM

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 I do remember!

DirtyRoofcom wrote:

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Brett, your adding 1.5 cups of this additive to the soap already in your soap tank? How does it mix? Does it stay mixed or does it settle after some time?

 

Also is this the arm and hammer you use? Any particular scent?

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We add it at the shop so it fully mixes as they get to the job. It never separates. The A&H we use is just standard, no scents. Maybe Oxi. It's the only one Costco stocks.