How to Make Soft Wash for Effective and Safe Cleaning ✨

By Mark Cave March 21, 2025

How to Make Soft Wash for Effective and Safe Cleaning ✨

Unlock the power of gentle cleaning with this comprehensive guide on creating your own soft wash solution.

Introduction to Soft Washing 🌿

Before diving into making your own soft wash, it's important to understand what soft washing is and how it works. Soft washing is a cleaning method that uses low-pressure water tools combined with specialized solutions to eliminate biological growths such as mold, mildew, and algae.

Why Choose Soft Washing Over Pressure Washing?

Soft washing is celebrated for its delicacy and effectiveness. Unlike pressure washing, which can damage surfaces, soft washing preserves the integrity of materials. Dive deeper into the differences between softwashing and pressure washing.

Step-by-Step Guide: Making Your Own Soft Wash Mix 🧪

Ingredients You'll Need

Sodium Hypochlorite: This is the main ingredient for effective cleaning. For safe and effective mixtures, refer to our Sodium Hypochlorite Mixing Guide.
Water: Acts as a dilute base for the solution.
Surfactant: Helps to break surface tension, allowing the solution to absorb effectively. Check out Clever Wash Surfactant for this purpose.
Masking Scent: To counteract strong chemical odors, consider using Fresh Wash Masking Scent.

The Mixing Process

Creating the perfect soft wash mix is both simple and science-backed. Here's how you can do it:

Start with 10 liters of water in a large container or mixing tank.
Gradually add 2 liters of Sodium Hypochlorite to the water.
Add 100 ml of your chosen surfactant.
For a pleasant aroma, incorporate 50 ml of a masking scent.

Utilizing Your Soft Wash Mix for Cleaning 🌊

Once you've made your mix, it's time to utilize it effectively. Whether you're tackling rendered walls, driveways, or roofs, understanding the specific application techniques will ensure optimal results. For detailed guidance, explore our article on how to clean rendered walls effectively.

Safety and Training 🎓

Handling cleaning chemicals requires caution and knowledge. Enroll in a Soft Wash Training Course to ensure you are utilizing components safely and effectively. There are also options for self-study at home if that suits your needs better.

Maintaining the Environment and Your Tools

After cleaning, caring for the environment and your equipment is crucial. Biocides, like the SoftWash Biocide 50% DDAC, offer residual power to deter regrowth.

Conclusion: Your Partner in Soft Washing Success

From selecting the right ingredients to applying your solution, making a soft wash mix can be simple yet effective. For all your soft washing needs, visit SoftWash UK, your go-to resource for products and education. 🌐

Ready to upskill? Check out our SoftWash UK website now!

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Soft Wash Calculator App

Now you can say I've got an app for that!

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Softwashing calculator is an indispensable tool for juggling complicated chemical mixes. It helps reduce wastage and keeps operating costs down by giving accurate proportions

If you are having difficulty getting your head around the maths, trying to work out what percentage of softwash you need, how much chemical, surfactant and water to add, then this is the App for you.

The Soft Wash Calculator App allows you to work out your soft wash recipe by telling you exactly how much chemical, how much water and how much surfactant to add to get the desired soft wash recipe.
It doesn't stop there!.
- It can also remix your leftover softwash to a new stronger or weaker recipe.
- all controls in one place for see at a glance operation
- ease of input via pre-loaded dials. no more calculator style typing
- instantly responds to changes of complex combinations
- works in both Litres and US Gallons
- tested for Protan and Deutan colourblind users
- links to SoftwashingUK website

Take this scenario
You started with a 1% soft wash recipe of 50 gal (or litres) for a deck clean and you’re left with 13 gallons.

You get a call from a prospective customer to clean their roof. Past experience tells you a 4% soft wash recipe is needed, but what about your leftover mix at 1%?.

Do you waste time and effort driving back to base to transfer into a standby tank?
You could consider the 13 gal as just water, top up the tank and start again.
But that’s throwing away the value of the mix and raising your overhead.

Soft Wash Calculator App to the rescue.

You get to the new job and it requires 100 gal / litres.
Switch into remix mode , confirming the 13 gal already in the tank
Move the dials to your new recipe and the app immediately updates the different amounts to add in front of your eyes including the correct amount of extra surfactant.

You now have a 100 gal / litres tank of 4% soft wash recipe ready for your roof clean job!

Not forgetting you’ve saved money too, all without stress and uncertainty . Don’t underestimate what confident calmness has on your customer putting out referrals.

The same applies if you have a 4% recipe left in your tank and you need to dilute it down to 2%. Again the app will tell you how.

Softwashing calculator will also work for any chemical recipe. For instance you can use it for Sodium Hypochlorite, Bleach, Biocide , TFR traffic film remover and degreaser. Even the mathematically-challenged rocket scientist can top up their booster tanks to new fuel mixes after launch delays caused by changing weather conditions.

Using this app you will know exactly what chemical strength to put on any surface giving you the confidence and the knowledge of a professional soft washer and you’ll save money as well.

So if you have little knowledge of how to mix a soft wash recipe then this app is for you.
If you have little knowledge of how to remix a soft wash recipe then this app is for you.
If you want to save money when mixing a soft wash recipe then this app is for you.

This app is also backward compatible to devices running iOS7. We've done this so you can re-purpose an old iPhone 4 or iPod Touch 5 for what could be hazardous work environments. Just toss one in your cleaning van's toolkit.

Once you learn the methods and procedures of how to apply the soft wash to the different surfaces that need cleaning you’ll be unstoppable!

The app also has a guide to what percentage for what surface. And if you are the lucky owner of a Clever Injector it will remind you the correct setting for the job.
However you should always consider and risk assess what soft wash recipe you need to clean the surface.

** A major iOS code-base change may require a re-purchase. The appiverse at the time will confirm our promise that we won't do so unless the necessity is apparent.

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