303 results for 'also wash'

What Chemicals Do I Need for Soft Washing? (Post)

When professionals think of soft washing roofs and siding, the top cleaning chemical used is a professional-grade 12.5% sodium hypochlorite, or bleach, mixed with water.

What is Soft Washing (Post)

When pressure washers first began gaining popularity in the 1990s, the idea was to up that pressure stream to blast away dirt and grime from houses, roofs, and other str ...

The Trifecta Car Wash Kit: An amazing and affordable solution for washing your car at home (Post)

The Trifecta Carwash KitAll you need for a spot-free car wash at home, all for a price you can afford!Washing your vehicle at home is the best method for keeping your ca ...

How to Wash a Car Engine Bay (Post)

Washing your car’s engine bay is important to help prevent premature damage and keep your resale value high. An engine bay covered in oil and grime can wear bearings and ...

How to Wash Your Car at Home (Post)

Step 1:  Pre-Rinse with the ProTool Wash Sprayer Pre-rinsing allows the water to soften dirt and other contaminants. When you pre-rinse, start from the top&nb ...

How to Choose a Soft Wash System (Post)

Soft washing is the process of using the correct cleaning chemicals to kill organic matter like Gloesocapsa Magma algae (the black streaks on roofs), moss, mold, and lic ...

Which is better: an automatic carwash or washing your car at home? (Post)

Washing your car is important to keep it looking great, extending its life, and sustaining its resale value. While the easiest method may seem like simply running it thr ...

How to Protect Plants when Soft Washing (Post)

Soft washing uses professional-grade sodium hypochlorite (bleach) to kill Gloeocapsa Magma, which is a type of algae that leaves ugle black streaks on roofs and siding, ...

How Does a Surfactant Help with Soft Washing? (Post)

What is a Surfactant? The word “surfactant” stands for “surface acting agent.” But what does this mean?  Surface tension is what makes molecules cling together while rejecting other ty ...

How often should I wash my car (Post)

While this seems like a simple question, the answer is that it depends on your circumstances: How much do you drive your car? If you take your car on a long commute dai ...

The ProTool Clever: A Compact, Convenient, Powerful Soft Washing System (Post)

Whether you are just getting into soft washing, or wanting to upgrade from pressure washing, the Pro Tool Clever is an amazingly smart and powerful soft washing system i ...

Can I use dish soap to wash my car? (Post)

One of the most popular soap options that people turn to for washing cars is dish soap. It’s also one of the biggest no-nos. Dish soap contains ingredients that work rea ...

Window Washing Tools - Beautiful Results with a little Learning (Post)

The Importance of the Right Window Cleaning EquipmentWindow cleaning presents unique challenges in terms of height, access, and stubborn stains. In this article, we introduce a variety of windo ...

How to Use a Foam Cannon When Washing Your Car (Post)

The Foam Cannon is designed to help create more bubbles when spraying down your car with a professional soap, like Wash Up or Shine Up. The surfactants used in carwash s ...

How should I wash my black car without scratching it? (Post)

Why do black cars show more scratches? If you own a black car, you know that every little scratch and smudge shows up. While it may seem like black cars scratch easier, they don’t. They just look l ...

Carlos Gonzalez of EBC: The Life,the Legend, the Legacy - Part 4 - Wash On! (Post)

Editor’s Note: Since starting this series on Carlos Gonzales of EnviroBio Cleaner (EBC), he has received private messages from people around the globe who’ve been encouraged by his story. That was pa ...

A Pressure Washer's Guide to Adding Water Fed Pole Cleaning (Post)

If you own a pressure washing or soft washing business, you’ve probably already experienced your customers asking "can you clean my windows too?” For years, pressure washing and window cleaning ...

Portable SoftWash Unit (Post)

The ProTool Clever SoftWash Sprayer is portable... “I love that the Clever can easily be placed in the back of my employees’ larger cars,” said Tim Carver of Fish Window ...

Downstream Injector with Pressure Washer Overview (Post)

Downstream Injecting with Pressure Washers Downstream injecting is an effective method for mixing chemicals with water after the pump in a pressure washer system. This technique is advan ...

Renewed Openings Create New Cleaning Opportunities (Post)

As the economy continues to reopen, pay attention to what types of businesses are set to reopen when, and what revisions they have to make. Then think of how you can h ...

Understanding the 3 Types of Masks for Covid-19 Protection (Post)

As the CDC learns more about COVID-19, one of the big discoveries has been that a significant portion of individuals may care the virus without having any symptoms (i.

The benefits of a Reverse Osmosis Pure Water Cart (Post)

Benefits of a Pure Water Production Cart Using RO Membranes and Deionized ResinA Pure Water Production Cart equipped with Reverse Osmosis (RO) membranes and Deionized (DI) res ...

Snapshots of the Past 26 Years: My Top 10 Industry Changes (Post)

This past Friday was a big one for me. I not only hit the half-century mark, I also am at a point where I’ve written for the cleaning industry for more than half my life.The year was 1994. I was 24 y ...

Purple Magic to the Rescue (Post)

Dustin Force of Extra Mile Power Washing, LLC, was recently hired to wash a car dealership’s building, including the front entryway, which consisted of a 30 x 20-foot Alucobond (ACM) arch. Having nev ...

How Train and the Clever equaled two times Growth for 1 company (Post)

We recently caught up with Ricky Coschigano of Critic's Choice Window Cleaning at the Huge Convention in Branson, Missouri, where he shared with us how much he loves his Protool Clever Softwash Spray ...

How to Clean an Extra Dirty Roof (Post)

The most common problem that shingle roofs face are the black streaks caused by Gloeocapsa Magma, a type of algae that feeds on the limestone aggregate from roofs and ca ...

The Deck Restoration Plus Product Line: Cleaners, Sealers, Brighteners, and More Designed by the Wizard of Wood! (Post)

Everett Abrams is known as the “Wizard of Wood” by his wood restoration customers for the amazing results his company, Deck Restoration Plus, achieves with their wood structures. He's also well-known ...

How to Get a Spot-Free Rinse with the Unger Rinse 'N Go (Post)

Most people wash their car at home using a rag and bucket of soapy water, then rinse it with a garden hose. While that’s fine for getting rid of dirt, bugs, bird droppin ...

How Using a News App can help your Cleaning Business (Post)

Right after the first case of Covid-19 here in my state of Arkansas, I downloaded an app called “News Break.” (I’m sure there are others.) Although the push notifications can get to be a bit much, it ...

How to Remove and Neutralize Stains with F9 Double Eagle (F9 DE) (Post)

F9 Double Eagle degreaser is designed as a safe, concentrated, multi-purpose degreaser as well as a general cleaner that can be used both as a degreaser as well as a neutralizer. Let's look at howF ...

Carlos Gonzalez of EBC: The Life,the Legend, the Legacy - Part 2 (Post)

Part 2: A New Look on LifeFast forward a few years to around 1996. Carlos and Bettye were living the American dream. He had a good paying job with a dot.com company in Silicon Valley. They had a nice ...

Thank You EBC (Post)

Nando Medina of ProWindowz in Los Angeles recently wrote to tell us about a large project he was doing – 375 homes fully softwashed to remove dirt from a neighboring construction site.“Thanks to Carl ...

Staying Safe While Cleaning and Restoring Wood Decks and Fences (Post)

Just like any exterior cleaning job, wood cleaning and restoration comes with its own risks, and safety precautions need to be taken. Here are some of the main things to ...

How Do I Remove Those Ugly Black Stripes on Gutters? (Post)

Often referred to as “tiger stripes” or “zebra stripes” by industry members, those ugly black stains on gutters are the result of a chemical reaction between the asphalt in roof shingles and the anod ...

Patrick Clark: Never, Never, Never, give Up! - Part 1 (Post)

Patrick (Pat) Clark is a well-known name in the soft washing industry, and for good reason. Pat’s multi-million dollar company, Precision ProWash, has several locations located across the East Coast.

Understanding Flow Loss in Hoses at Various Pressures (Post)

Understanding Flow Loss in Hoses at Various Pressures When it comes to water delivery, whether for pressure washing or simple garden watering, the dynamics of flow through hoses at dif ...

How to Remove Grease Stains from Concrete (Post)

Grease and oil are made from organic materials. Therefore, on the pH scale, you need an alkaline (base) to remove these stains because bases break down organic material.

How to Remove Rust and Battery Stains (Post)

Understanding the Different Types of “Rust”Rust comes in a variety of forms – iron oxide, iron hydroxide, and green rust, to name a few. It can also form on a variety of ...

JRC University: Building Confidence and Connections (Post)

“No matter how many YouTube videos I watched or Facebook groups I joined, I never felt like I had truly invested in my business. Once I had completed the JRC Unive ...

About Us (Page)

About J Racenstein: At J. Racenstein, we’ve spent more than a century equipping professional cleaners and service professionals with the industry’s most trusted tools, systems, and techn ...