August 2017 - 214 Pressure Washing

Over time, the exterior of your business is exposed to the elements. It is pelted with rain, baked in the sun, and under constant barrage by air contaminants. While it doesn’t happen immediately, your building will eventually begin to look a little different. In areas under constant shade, you may begin to notice moldy spots, and even in areas of all sun, they will show discoloration. Needless to say, after a few years of weather, your business exterior won’t look like the same building, but you can get that look back.

The Benefits of Soft Washing a Business Exterior

Pressure washing is the obvious choice to clean a building and return it to looking sharp. However, even though high-pressure washing can be effective in many cases, sometimes just plain old water, even when shot at a high pressure, can’t remove all stains. Yet, you are not out of options. For this, you can choose to soft wash your building.

Whereas high-pressure washing uses just high pressured water to remove contaminants and discoloration, soft pressure washing uses a lower PSI but uses water that is treated with bleach and a foaming agent. The bleach, found in just a slightly higher concentration than your average swimming pool, clings to the building through the foaming agent, dissolving away dirt, mold, mildew, algae, and even spider webs. After it has been applied, it is then rinsed off to reveal the beautiful-looking building underneath.

Aside from being more effective at removing stains, soft washing also has the added benefit of being more affordable, especially if you have a two-story building. The major downside of high-pressure washing is that the technician needs to be relatively close to the surface. This means that if you have a second story, scaffolding may need to be involved which can raise the time and labor it takes to complete your building. However, with soft pressure washing, the technician has the tools at hand to shoot the bleaching foam up to 50 feet high, eliminating the need for scaffolding in many cases.

As soft pressure washing uses bleach, your building is left completely disinfected after the process is done, meaning that it stays clean for longer. As a process that is cheaper and more effective, it is only natural to feel that soft washing is the right choice for you. If your business exterior is looking a little less than stellar in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, contact us today to see what 214 Pressure Washing can do to make it beautiful again.

If you run a brick and mortar business, and you chose a beautiful building made of literal brick and mortar, there is no doubt that you are proud of the building. These days there are so many sleek and modern exteriors for stores and other businesses, but the brick is a classic look that not only adds strength to the exterior but radiates strength. Unfortunately, having any sort of physical building makes you a target for tagging and graffiti artists, none more so than brick though.

The Most Effective Way of Removing Graffiti from Brick

When a vandals look at the bare side of your building, they see a blank canvas just ripe for their controversial form of artistry. However, while there are some nice pieces of spray paint art out there, very few business owners want them on their buildings. Unfortunately for everyone involved, brick can make removing graffiti especially difficult. Brick is a surface that is lightly porous as well as textured from the wear and tear of time. This means if you are scrubbing it down, you are more likely to wear down a scrub brush before you remove every trace of graffiti.

What is the best option to remove graffiti from brick? Well, the answer is simple, pressure wash it. Unfortunately, even that isn’t a spray and done sort of job. You need to first loosen the paint with a chemical paint remover so that the pressure washer can spray it away. However, it is usually a most of the day job, and you have a business to run. Instead of spending the money on a high-grade pressure washer and the chemicals to remove graffiti, why not leave it to the professionals? By hiring a commercial pressure washer, not only do you save yourself time but the faster you remove that graffiti, the less likely the vandals are to notice that you are trying and come back for a re-tagging.

If your business has been hit with graffiti in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, whether it be brick, stucco, or any other surface, contact us today. 214 Pressure Washing is dedicated to providing the best quality service and work as we make your business look its best.