Anybody ever cleaned painted stucco?

[canarycleaner]

Anybody ever cleaned synthetic stucco?

Has anybody ever cleaned synthetic stucco? One of the prerequisites is that we cannot use high pressure. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks, Paul

 

[Dan Flynn]

It depends what's on the surface. But if it's mildew and dirt. You can use a soap and bleach mix with low pressure. Do a search and you will find out how to make a few different mixtures.

 

[canarycleaner]

Thanks for your suggestion Dan. Unfortuantly it is some staining run-down that looks like it came from from aluminum or another metal (I'll try to post a picture on herer today). Do you reccommend any low pressure pump sprayers or companies that would be able to handle some chemicals very high and low on the pH?

 

[Aplus]

If the staining is rust, you might try some oxalic acid, applied with a typical pump-up sprayer. You have to be careful though, so as not to eat thru the stucco. Low pressure is also a must.

I washed a small strip mall complex a couple years ago that had rust stains on the stucco caused from the metal structure of signs mounted above.

The rust stains would not come out, and I advised the owner it's time to paint....which he did.

Good luck.

 

[timhays]

Has anybody ever cleaned synthetic stucco? One of the prerequisites is that we cannot use high pressure. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks, Paul

is that you Brad?

 

[Dan Flynn]

If it's a dark stain you might try a degreaser.

 

[Daryl O]

Hey Paul, I have good results with commercial bleach from Home Depot I buy the outdoor beach and add a surfactant this will cling to the vertical surface. I would suggest a pump up sprayer or an x -jet (my personal choice) let the chemical dwell and rinse with low pressure This should yield some good results on the stucco and be cost effective

 

[H2hOE]

Yah its really up in the dar. I did a house out in Ashburn VA that was huge.... of course... it was stucco. Try this... inject a mixture of Outdoor bleach..... and a grea deal of laundry detergent. cut the "chemical" with water... spary it on with a 6 foot wand. ..... let it sit for like 5-10 mins..... if that doesn't work.... paint.... or scrub by hand hahahahah good luck.


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