As you know, SRQ Wash offers several effective ways to clean your home or business exterior. Do you know the differences between the various cleaning methods? We want to shine some light on what we mean by certain tasks like power washing and soft washing.

Power Washing, Pressure Washing, and Soft Washing

The three primary cleaning methods that cleaning companies use are power washing, pressure washing, and soft washing.

The idea behind power washing is to apply heavy water pressure to get deeper into materials and eliminate mold, algae, dirt, grime, and other harmful bacteria/fungi. You would use a water pressure ranging from roughly 1,300 to 4,200 PSI.

We might distinguish this from pressure washing, which does much the same, except with a warmer average temperature (up to 200 degrees). Through the use of high-pressure equipment, we can eliminate organic substances from surfaces like stone or concrete driveways, patios, and so forth.

Then we have soft washing, which as the name indicates, involves lower water pressure (about 500 PSI) for addressing surface dirt. It’s a popular method because it’s eco-friendly, doesn’t consume as much power, and doesn’t require hot water. We would use soft washing for cleaning thinner materials such as vinyl or wood siding.

How Do You Know Which One You Need?

You should always select the cleaning method that best suits the task at hand. Power washing is great for deep cleaning driveways and rougher concrete surfaces, whereas pressure washing works well on decks, patios, patio furniture, and stone paths. Soft washing is useful for cleaning materials like vinyl, stucco, coquina, screens, certain wood furnishing, and lanais.

Other Cleaning Services We Offer

Finally, there are a few other terrific cleaning services you can obtain from SRQ Wash in Sarasota.

• Paver Cleaning - for getting weeds and moss out of your paver cracks and grooves.
• Exterior Window Cleaning - to eliminate all the pollution, pollen, and chemical residue accumulating on your windows.
• Rust Removal - for metal furniture, stones, and other fixtures.
• Roof Cleaning - to keep your clean roof clean AND extend its lifespan.

That’s the bulk of the residential cleaning we do at SRQ Wash, but you should look around the rest of our website to find our other niche services. There are a lot of gorgeous homes and businesses in the Sarasota area, and you don’t want yours to stand out as a filthy outlier. We’re here to help you avoid that, so call us anytime at 941-400-4496.