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Low Pressure Exterior Cleaning

Soft Washing in Lexington, KY

Low pressure cleaning for siding, roofs, and painted surfaces. A cleaning solution kills the algae and mildew at the root, then we rinse with volume, not force.

  • About 90 PSI. Less than a garden hose nozzle. Nothing gets blown behind your siding.
  • The solution kills the algae at the root, so it stays gone a year or two instead of a season.
  • Safe for vinyl, brick, stucco, Hardie board, painted wood, and roofs.
Soft washing the siding of a two-story home in Richmond, KY.
How Soft Washing Works

Soft washing is a chemistry job, not a force job.

High pressure on a house is how water gets behind the boards, paint gets stripped, and screens get torn. We do the opposite. The cleaning solution does the work, the water just carries it away.

Method recommended by GAF, Owens Corning, and CertainTeed
01

Pre-soak the landscaping

Every plant, bed, and patch of grass within reach gets wet down before we mix a drop of solution, and again when we finish.

02

Apply the solution

Mixed for the surface. Siding, brick, and stucco get one strength, a roof gets the stronger roof mix, and painted wood and fences get a lighter one. Even coverage, no dry spots.

03

Let it dwell

Fifteen to twenty minutes. The solution breaks the bond between the growth and the surface so it rinses clean instead of streaking.

04

Rinse with volume

Large-volume machines give us the flow to rinse everything completely at low pressure. The surface looks new and nothing is damaged getting there.

Soft Washing

Soft washing is how siding, roofs, and painted surfaces get clean without getting hurt. Instead of blasting the surface, we apply a cleaning solution that kills the green algae, black mildew, and mold at the root, let it work for fifteen or twenty minutes, and rinse it off with a lot of water at about 90 PSI. That is less pressure than a garden hose nozzle. The growth is dead, so it rinses clean instead of streaking, and it stays gone a lot longer than a pressure-washed surface does.

We soft wash vinyl, brick, stone, stucco, Hardie board, painted wood, roofs, and fences. If it is a full house wash you want, that page has everything a house wash includes and the price range. If it is a roof, same method, different mix. The only surface we hit with real pressure is concrete, and that gets its own page under driveway cleaning.

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A two-story home in Richmond, KY after a soft wash.
A two story in Richmond

Two stories, one afternoon, no ladder against the siding.

A two-story house is where soft washing earns its keep. With pressure you would be up a ladder blasting at the eaves and driving water into the attic vents. With a soft wash the solution goes up from the ground, dwells, and rinses down. The second story gets the same even clean as the first and nobody climbs on the siding.

This Richmond home had the green on the north side and the black streaks under the gutters that every house in Central Kentucky gets. Both were gone by the end of the afternoon, and they will stay gone a lot longer than a pressure wash would have given them.

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A small white house with clean siding after soft washing.
Chemistry, not force

A small house that came back to white.

The owner thought the siding had faded. It had not. It was covered in a thin layer of algae and mildew that had built up over a few years in the shade, and it made the whole house look gray. Twenty minutes of dwell time and a rinse, and it was white again.

That is the part people do not expect. Soft washing does not just clean the dirt you can see. It kills the growth that makes a house look old, and once it is dead the house stays bright for a year or two instead of a season.

Real Results

Before & After

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Before removing algae from this brick house. After soft washing the algae off the brick.
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Exterior siding of a single-family home covered in green algae and dark mold stains before soft washing treatment. The same home's exterior siding looking clean, bright, and free of algae and mold after professional soft washing.
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Mike did a fantastic job cleaning our roof and gutters. He is very conscientious and even went back over several areas to ensure it was all clean. I highly recommend them.

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Common Questions Customers Like You Ask

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Most folks call with the same handful of questions about soft washing. Here's what we tell them.

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What is soft washing?+

Cleaning a surface with a cleaning solution and low pressure water instead of force. The solution kills the algae, mildew, and mold at the root. The water, at about 90 PSI, rinses it away. It is the method the siding and shingle manufacturers recommend, and it is what we use on every house, roof, and fence.

What is the difference between soft washing and pressure washing?+

Pressure washing uses force to knock dirt off. That is right for concrete and wrong for almost everything else, because it drives water behind siding, strips paint, and tears up shingles. Soft washing uses chemistry and a gentle rinse. On a house the two look the same from the street for about a week. After that the pressure-washed house grows back first, because the algae was only knocked off, not killed.

Is soft washing safe for my siding?+

Yes. Vinyl, Hardie board, brick, stone, stucco, and painted wood all get the same low pressure. We adjust the strength of the solution and the rinse to the material, not the pressure.

Can you soft wash a roof?+
Yes, and it is the only safe way to clean one. The black streaks are an algae that eats the limestone in the shingles. Pressure would strip the granules off. Our roof cleaning is the same soft wash method with a roof mix, and it carries the manufacturer recommendation.
How long does a soft wash last?+

One to two years on most homes in Central Kentucky. Shaded walls and north-facing sides grow algae faster in our humidity and may need it on the shorter end.

How much does soft washing cost in Lexington?+
It depends on what we are washing. A full house runs $449 to $1,250, and our house washing page lists everything that is included. Roofs, fences, and commercial buildings are quoted on their own. Whatever it is, we quote it individually and the quote is the price.
Do you offer soft washing near me?+
If you're in Lexington or within about 30 miles of it, yes. We soft wash homes in Georgetown, Nicholasville, Versailles, Winchester, Richmond, Paris, Frankfort, and Lawrenceburg every week. Call 859-312-0704 and we'll get you on the schedule.
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ServiceSoft Washing
Starting at$449
Service areaCentral Kentucky
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