How to Clean Egg Off Vinyl Siding
Vinyl siding has a lot of advantages, including that is it durable, does not flake and resists rot. However, if your vinyl siding has been playfully pranked by local kids with eggs, then you may have a serious problem on your hands. If you fail to clean your vinyl siding correctly, you could give your home a leak or even punch a hole in your siding. Fail to clean adequately, however, and your vinyl siding will be decorated with a permanent omelet. Fortunately, vinyl siding is relatively easy to clean using supplies that you probably already have. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Garden hose with adjustable nozzle
- Liquid dish soap
- Bucket
- Hand-pump garden sprayer
- Soft brush on a pole
Instructions
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Rinse down the siding. Use the garden hose, but be careful to set it on medium pressure, not hard pressure or you could puncture the siding with a powerful stream of water. Aim the water so that it hits the siding and slides down rather than allowing it to force between the siding slats, where it can create a damp mess in your sheet rock. Drench the area with the egg.
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Mix up a solution of liquid dish soap and water. Fill the pump reservoir 2/3 full of warm water, and add 10 drops of dish soap. Swirl to mix, and create suds if you like.
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Soak the area with the egg with the soapy water. Allow it to sit on the house for about 5 minutes, then reapply the mixture before moving on.
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Scrub the egg yolk with the brush on a pole. If you can reach the damaged spot without a pole, then just hold the brush in your hands. Use firm pressure, but do not use all the force you have or you may damage the siding.
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Repeat the water-and-soap cycle until you have softened the egg and removed the residue. This may take 5 or 6 repetitions. If you get the area with egg too clean, you may have to wash the entire house to keep the color of the siding uniform.
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Rinse the house down one final time. As before, use moderate pressure from the hose, and be careful not to squirt the water up at the house, but make sure that it hits the flat areas of the siding.
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Tips & Warnings
You can use oxygen bleach to brighten up your siding.
Never add chlorine bleach to your soap mix, as it will kill all the vegetation around the house.
References
- Photo Credit house siding 3 image by Psycience from Fotolia.com
