asphalt cleaning

[Barry Loy]

I have looked over the topics about cleaning an asphalt parking lot. I just want to be sure on this one. Using cold water only, what would be the best method. Any chemicals at all ? One post suggested not using a surface cleaner. I have a customer who owns a small convience store and wants the lot cleaned, any suggestions ?
Barry Loy

 

[Rick]

Barry,
WE clean alot of parkinglots, I've found that alot of chemicals will stain the asphalt.We use water brooms insted of surface cleaners.All it is its an atachment on wheels with 4 25 degree tips,walk behind just like a Steel Eagle and it pushes the dirt & dabree off the lot. My co-owner is a machinist and we make our own. I have seen them in different magizines they sell for about $350.00 Or $400.00. You can also use turbo---Dirt killer nozzles yes with cold water! so long!!!!! Rick....R&R......

 

[Washaroo]

I just did one for a new Hotel. They have the paving done prior to the landscaping. What a mess. I tried using 25 and 40 degree tips. It worked OK up close. Altogether too much striation.. A surface cleaner will give it an even cleaning. I would only use the broom after to clean the mess up.... And of course no hot water..... Good luck Blake

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Blake Keirstead
Washaroo Clean Services

 

[pressurewashing]

We have cleaned several asphalt lots and seen a lot of damage people have done trying to use 0 tips and others. I would never use a concrete machine, it would cut circles into the asphalt. We do use hot water in most cases. You do have to be very careful with older, deteriorating asphalt. On one new lot had to clean off the dirt left from landscaping. We found, believe it or not that hot water, a 25 degree tip and Simple Green worked great and didn't create any damage. Be careful what chemicals you use, some can bleach the asphalt. If you are going to use a rotating nozzle be extra careful how close you get, it will do a lot of damage very, very quickly.

Just our thoughts!

Jim & Shirley

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[AranPressureWashing]

I'm almost done with a 10,000 square foot Eckard parking lot (new construction w/red clay) - I found that my 30" concrete scrubber was a help compaired to a wand (by itself) I found that it can leave rotation marks that are time consuming to clean with just a wand. A big problem I had was with the water volume - my machine uses 4.8 GPM & the GPM on site was a bit less - it made for a lot of stop & go (since I haven't got a water tank)- I think it doubles the time spent on the job.

One of the people above had mentioned a water sweeper - that could be a real good idea!
I may get one myself!

Good luck!

Don't like I do - I stayed there 38 hours before I went home to rest - I'm STILL wiped out!

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[Jeremy Garrett]

I try to only do light rinses on Asphalt as it gets to messy to directly clean with all the dirt that comes out, you end up not even being able to see where you are cleaning. Most of the topcoats if they are going to do one will go over dirt as long as it is just light or normal dirt.