How does this even work? 🤯 #wow

[XTSclean]

Bro. Real talk.. I own a professional pressure washing company. You MUST use neutralizer after or it will decompose the wood from the inside out in about 2 years. 💯 real talk. The CORRECT way to Do it is oxalic acid.. very low dilution. It brightens the wood without breaking down the fibers inside. 💪🏼

[michaelmartinez]

If that chlorine isn't rinsed off it'll cause that wood to prematurely break down.

[mrco_solo]

Pour the water in the container first. Pouring water into a pool grade base (not acid, but still same story) can be dangerous. Chemical safety is no joke.

[lynettepavelich]

FYI; Chlorine will also kill whatever plants that come into contact with the spray.

[RealRickyRoss]

The chlorine kills the mold and the mold is what discolors the wood. Now, you should seal the wood with a deck sealer or transparent stain to preserve the color due to keeping the mold from getting back in the substrate of the wood and discoloring it again. No matter what, it will happen again, but with a good sealer on it, it will take a few years.

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[pmartialburguieres]

That not only cleans it, but then begins to disintegrate it as well. Plus you are using it about 100x the recommended concentration.

[eliglassman]

It dyes hair really well, too. Right before it falls out and burns your scalp.

[donnabrown]

you can use regular bleach, but you can pressure wash it with plain water and it will do the same thing. We do that every year to our porch, no chemicals needed.

[jimskarw]

Depending on how the wood is used, I sand it then rub it down with boiled linseed oil.
Old school but worth the effort.

[bishop]

If that mixture drains into the soil, it burns the worms that keep your soil healthy. Putting a tarp down on your cement would be better. Great idea though!

[bencapps]

Yes, chlorine will kill any of the organics growing on the wood. However, it also damages the lignin of the wood which is the thing that makes wood strong so at least neutralize it after, but it would probably be better if you just didn't do that on anything structural

[knucklebusters]

Instructions unclear, headed to the emergency room

[juanitadudley]

I stocked 40 Second Cleaner in Home Depot and Lowe's as a merchandiser last year. It's an outdoor cleaner. That stuff bleached a pair of my jeans, so I learned to be careful if one was leaking. I never used it, but employees and customers told me it was great. They have a solution just for power washing in the HD lawn and garden section. That brand sells like crazy in the summer.

[robertgoldman]

Chlorine will corrode the nails or anything with iron .

[WillowRaven]

Bleach can cause things to dry out. Once it cleans it, you should rinse off what you sprayed. Also, it may have also stripped any kind of wood protectant that was on it, so it will need to be reapplied.

Also, before any spraying of bleach/bleaching products, you might want to lay a tarp or two under what you intend to spray, to limit the chance of it getting on other stuff.

[nancymcshane]

Zep probably costs about the same, and works great for removing green algae, and stains. It’s made for that! What you gonna do with the rest of that in your sprayer?

[yvonnenorris]

If we all could and would only clean our souls like that, it would be a perfect world !!😊❤

[aaronburratwood.]

Yeah, the reason we don’t use chlorine to clean wood is because it penetrates the wood, speeds up the rotting process and will not allow stain to penetrate. They make a hydrochloric acid wood cleaner that does non of the bad stuff and makes the surface except stain better.

[ronaldwilliams]

Make sure you rinse off the bleach/chlorine with lots of water afterwards. Also rinse out the sprayer with clean water or else the sprayer will leak afterwards.

[griz]

I think if you mix some ammonia it will get the wood brighter
(it's mustard gas don't do it)