Soft washing is low-pressure chemical cleaning for everything a pressure washer would ruin: render, paint, timber, old roof coatings and stone. Posh Wash soft washes across Brisbane's southside and western suburbs from $450, depending on area, surface and how established the growth is. Quotes are free: book online or call Luke on 0490 791 059.
From$450
Varies with area, surface and how established the growth is.
Pressure cleaning removes grime by force. Soft washing removes it chemically, then rinses at roughly garden-hose pressure. The water does almost nothing; the solution does the work.
That matters because a lot of what needs cleaning cannot survive being blasted. Paint, render, old timber, roof coatings, soft pointing, fibro, natural stone. Push high pressure at any of those and the surface comes off with the dirt, sometimes visibly, sometimes as damage that shows a year later.
Soft washing also kills the mould and lichen rather than just knocking the tops off, which is why a soft-washed surface tends to stay clean noticeably longer.
Where we use it
Painted render and cladding, most house washes, old terracotta and coated roofs, fibro and asbestos-era sheeting, delicate timber, fences and screening, and anything already showing failing paint. It is also the method behind our terracotta roof treatment programme.
Render and paint
What low pressure does to a mouldy wall
High pressure would have taken the render and the paint with it. These were done chemically.
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Render, soft washed. High pressure would have taken the render with it.
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A white handrail, algae gone.
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Eaves and soffits: shaded, damp and the first place mould settles.
The unusual surfaces
Not sure it can take it? Ask first
Most of the odd jobs we get asked about come down to soft washing, because the reason they are odd is that nobody wants pressure near them.
Marine carpet on decks, pontoons and boats
Outdoor privacy blinds and shade screening
Electric roller shutters
Old and damaged roof paint that would strip under pressure
Send a photo and we will tell you which method it needs. Half the value of getting someone experienced in is knowing which surfaces to leave alone.
We are usually on a roof or behind a machine during the day. If the phone rings out, leave a message or send a text and you will get a call back the same day.
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