DIY house "soft" wash... Anyone try it?

Jomax

Is soft wash a new catch phrase or something? I keep hearing about it lately

Buy Clorox Clean-up. Put it in a pump spray bottle and spray wait 5 minutes (hit with a brush if heavy dirt) and hose off. it works great for cleaning the boat after a fishing trip.

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The problem with bleach is if it is too strong it will eat paint and make mold come back much faster. It is best to use a very mild solution mixed with dawn soap or jomax and if needed a second wash.

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The stucco'd surface is on the second floor. There is a small part that would drain down some asphalt shingles. I'm concerned with streaks appearing on the shingles forcing me to wash the entire roof

Way back when I was in high school I washed houses nearly every summer. I started with a pressure washer and said frick this.

Get a good quality nozzle and water hose, an extension and/or step ladder, a 3 to 5 gallon handheld sprayer, some bleach, some rags and an extendable wash/scrub brush (does not have to be the kind that hooks to hose bc you don't wanna do that anyway.)

Pour maybe half a solo cup full in your sprayer (a little more if bad moldy), fill rest with water. Spray from top down, and get full coverage and wet it good with bleach solution. By the time you make it to the end of a large section, the 1st stuff is getting ready for the hose. Any stubborn mildew, cobwebs, etc., get with the brush but BEFORE you hit it with water hose preferably. Spray thoroughly with water nozzle from top down.

Clean up around window sills and other odd job places with rags.

To be safe, I always would wet any flowers or tender looking plants with water before spraying solution. I washed dozens and dozens of houses easily 100+ times, under porches and garages, with all kinds of NON-CLOTH furniture, painted plywood, vinyl, you name it, and I never had one piece of property, plant, home, etc., take damage of any kind. A pressure washer doesn't clean a house anything near what a sprayer, a brush and some rags and a water hose will, and won't damage your home due to water inundation from negligence either.

There's no need to complicate it with fancy solutions: a half a solo cup or a little more to a 3 gallon sprayer will kill the worst of mold (usually the worst is on the north side of the house), but if it needs more, just keep hitting it a lick with the solution. Bleach is cheap.

Promise you it'll work if moldy or even dirty and just wanting to clean it up some.