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When those are that heavy with organic you need to hit them with a 6% sodium hypochlorite. Then you neutralize the surface with a salt/SH neutralizer and then you wash as you normally would. Your able to rinse with 250 to 350 psi after you apply the SH and it cleans up very nice. They key is to neutralize very well after you use the 6% bleach. Its the only way to get it nice and bright like you want and would have made this job easy for you.
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What knob setting do you set the Suttner foam lance when using VB? From what I remember it has 5 settings and it starts at 2-2.5% then 4-4.5% then 5-5.5% then 6.5-7% and lastly 7.5-8%. 1:30 is just over 3%
No, actually not. Definitely do not recommend this method for cleaning though. Avoid the seams at least. Unfortunately the owner has not been able to finish the cleaning yet...
Bleach would help immensely with the mold buildup. Wet it down and let it soak a bit. Then scrub with a medium stiff brush to remove the bulk of it. Then spray it down with a 50/50 mix of bleach and water with a good dose of Dawn soap. Dawn will help it cling better and not dry up too fast. After a little bit, give it a good pressure wash. Repeat if really stubborn. Always start with the roof first so you're not messing up the wash you just did on the sides.
Dawn rinses horribly and drys out and rots rubber and plastic even more. Also dawn neutralizes the bleach and when something is this covered in organic just bleach alone will foam up and cling like crazy. This is lichen, algae, and mildew not mold and when it’s that heavy, you don’t want to pre-wet the surface, you want to apply the bleach heavy at 4-6% sh content then reapply in areas that are starting to dry up in order to keep the surface in full dwell for at least 15 to 20 minutes. Then while it’s still wet and all the organic growth is in a soft state you start to rinse and it should come off quite easily. then you neutralize everything and do a normal wash, followed by a protectant on the surface making sure you rehydrate all the rubber in plastic giving you an excellent final product.
A friend of mine lost his grandad and he owned a small caravan that I intend to restore with similar techniques that youre using thanks for the insight will be installing a plaque for his grandfather inside as a token of appreciation for giving me the trailer
i would of used pool shock 1 to 1 ratio on it soft wash would of taken all the algae off very easy i use it all the time works great only would have to wait about a minute then rinse and redo if needed but still looks great for how you had to do it
@@thedetailer9125 it was still a good thing you did you tried different items and showed us what kinda worked and what didn't work .soft washing you will love it for houses decks bad algie so many different ways to use it great work any way 👍 👏 😀
I find the following soft wash can be effective on this type of contamination, obviously color test a bit first. 1% Hypochlorite solution with 0.5ltr Biological laundry detergent per 10ltr of solution. You can add a bit of foaming soap to keep it wet longer and help it stick but spray it on and let it work, give it time and you will see the lichen etc. change color than when you wash the contamination will have lost its adhesion and should clean off without the excessive pressure being required. Give stubborn bits a second spray. For a bit of a test make up a solution of just biological laundry detergent and let it dwell overnight before rinsing off.
Go to Asda and purchase some thing called bleach and costic soada and also get something called wash powder that would get rid of all the crap off your caravan or why dint you put the caravan through the truck washer
You can clean it with a garden sprayer, 1 l of bleach, 1 cup of soap, and a light brush. Never fails to melt it off caravans. I can dissolved decades of black mold in under 20 minutes with 2 applications.
Bleach works wonders against mildew, but I wouldn't want to use that in general on the exterior. An alkaline product developed for exterior washing is more gentle and well suited imo. Would be interesting to test on those black spots, but I'd be afraid of discolouring and streaks when it runs down the side. Thanks for the input! /Tommy
@@thedetailer9125 I work in the American West on Class A Diesel Pushers that sell for millions and old wrecks alike. Bleach has a place and when followed with a proper soap and wax, it can be used. I melted 2 inches of slimy green algae and mold from a million dollar coach left sitting under a tree for 3 years. It looked like it never sat once the detail was complete.
Thanks! Did not manage to film the entire process as we wanted though - time was running away, it was cold and wet. Will probably have to find another caravan!
