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everyone uses a mixture with bleach on here that i see, how come the manual on my washer says not to use bleach because it will damage components on the washer when being injected into the pump?

I am starting to do some powerwashing for some extra money and i am using my girlfriends mothers house as a startup point. She has vinyl siding that has never been cleaned before but the house is only about 10 years old. It has some decent black dirt/grit i'd say on it and i first starting using simple green siding cleaner which did nothing. I could powerwash the first story because i was up close and had enough pressure. The top story won't come off at all. Finally i called someone up and they told me to put one part pool bleach and one part soap and dilute it with water. So i did that and it finally came off. Now the other side is just as bad but for some reason the dirt will not budge. I've tried soaking it and rinsing it 3 times and even tried a 36" extension with a zero degree nozzle and still nothing. Should i be using a different, more potent solution or is my technique or instruments not up to par? I have a troy built that does 2.7 gpm at 3000 psi.

well jim, where in nj are you located?

2 and a half hours ha ive been at this thing for 2 days now and im extremely frustrated.. hopefully i can get a system down where i can be in and out in that amount of time..

ok thanks guys i promise i wont use the zero degree tip.. on the package it actually said use it for second story washing. i really dont think my 15 degree will clean the second story with sufficient pressure, maybe my power washing is not as powerful but like i said ill use the 15. do you think the soap will make a difference from the home depot brand? because i am pretty much using the same bleach and mixing ratios. i guess ill try scrubing next

I dont think my machine is psi adjustable either i just put it on full throttle and wash away. I must have used about 3 tanks on the one side with little success and an hour and a half of wasted time. And I know the stuff isn't permenantly stained because it comes off on the lower half with more pressure and even a little scrubbing with my fingers will take it off, but for some reason im having trouble and cant figure out why, i've read just about everything i can as far as techniques, and the person on the phone said it isn't so much the soap but the bleach that gets the grime off.

For the lower siding i was using the one up from zero which i think is 15 and i was about 3 feet away from the house and the dirt was slowly coming off. For the second story the 15 degree doesn't seem like it does much and even the zero has a hard it seems. It seems like the water won't stay in a straight line for more than 15 feet. I was letting it sit for 5 minutes and even let it sit for 15 on the third try. I guess i'll try new products.