House Washing Recipe with an x jet

House Washing Recipe!

When power washing with an X-Jet, you automatically dilute the cleaner at some ratio. If you have to dilute a product before you run it through your X-Jet, the math can get pretty confusing. Let's start with the basics of x-jets, and advance to Combination Ratios.

For a 4 GPM pressure washer, the following proportioner chart applies: Open xjet proportioner – 1.6:1 Gray xjet proportioner – 2.5:1 Black xjet proportioner – 5:1 Beige xjet proportioner – 10:1 Red xjet proportioner – 16:1 White xjet proportioner – 30:1, and so on

Example 1: For our illustration, we will use Power House concentrate for a house wash. This cleaner’s label advises you to dilute the product at least 15:1 before applying to a painted surface. To use Power House straight from the jug (full-strength), you could simply use the XJet with the red proportioner and get an application @ 16:1 (which is fine).

Example 2: If you have lost your red proportioner, you could add 1 gallon of water to 1 gallon of Power House and then use your beige proprtioner. Because you “cut” the cleaner 1:1 before it went through the X Jet at 10:1, you would actually end up applying at a final ratio of 20:1 (which is OK).

Example 3: If you didn’t have any proportioner, you could “cut” the product by mixing 9 gallons of water with 1 gallon of Power House. By the time it ran through the X-Jet @ 1.6:1, your final application rate is actually 16:1.

The math here can be complex and confusing at first, but look at it this way. If you add up the total number of gallons resulting from the first cut of the product, and then multiply that number times the ratio of the X-Jet proportioner you select, you will find the overall dilution rate. In Example 2, the first cut produces 2 gallons of diluted cleaner. Running those two gallons through a 10:1 ratio gives you the 20:1 final ratio. In example 3, which is a little harder to understand, you have to see that you have 10 gallons of diluted cleaner which you then run through your X-jet at 1.6:1 – which gives you a final ratio of 16:1.

So let’s put all this higher math to some practical use.

For discussion purposes, assume that you will use about 10 gallons of a good cleaning mix to completely wash a 3-4 bedroom (2400 sq. ft.) ranch house. You can easily clean 5 or more of these houses with a single jug of Power House.

To make a KILLER STRONG housewash product using Power House and 12% bleach, mix 1 gallon of Power House with 5 gallons of water and 4 gallons of 12% bleach. That gives you 10 gallons of cleaner, with the Power House diluted to 10:1 and the bleach is cut down to 4.8%. Running that through the X-Jet with no proportioner (1.6:1) gives you a final dilution on the Power House of 16:1 and cuts the bleach to 3%. This is the strongest solution of bleach you should ever use to wash the dirtiest, moldiest house.

To make a NORMAL housewash product that still foams and cleans well, make a mixture of 1 gallon of Power House, 7 gallons of water, and 2 gallons of 12% bleach. Once you put this mix through the XJet with no proportioner, you end up with the Power House at 16:1, which is great. The bleach will end up at 1.5%, which is ideal too.

To use Citrus Cleaner as a KILLER STRONG house-wash, mix 2 gallons of the cleaner with 4 gallons of 12% bleach and 4 gallons of water. Once you put this mix through the XJet with no proportioner, you end up with the bleach at 3%.

To use Citrus Cleaner as a NORMAL house-wash, mix 2 gallons of the cleaner with 2 gallons of 12% bleach and 6 gallons of water. Once you put this mix through the XJet with no proportioner, you end up with the bleach at about 1.5%.

NOTE: If you are adding other ingredients to your mix, such as Wet Wax or SoSoft, the extra ingredients are usually added in amounts like 2-4 ounces for a 10-gallon mix. Use your own imagination to make your house-wash mixture the best it can be for your customers.

The Economics: The cost of 1 gallon of Power House is under $10. The cost of 2 gallons of 12% bleach is somewhere around $4. The combined cost of the entire batch of cleaner then totals about $14. With the job worth $175 - $350, the cost of materials is as little as 3%. Doesn’t get much more reasonable than this! Unless, of course, you discover our Citrus Cleaner. The cost of a comparable amount of cleaning power using Citrus Cleaner is just under $8 per house. Once you have added 12% bleach to the mix, you have spent lass than $10 on the job for your cleaner. With the job worth as much as $350, you are spending just over 3% on materials for this job! Contact our store today to pick up some of these outstanding house washing soaps!

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