House / siding soft wash
Vinyl, brick, stucco, and hardboard cleaned with low pressure and the right solution — the green mildew and black streaks gone without forcing water behind the siding.
Under 500 PSIConcrete is the one surface on your property that genuinely wants high pressure — and the one most often ruined by using it badly.
A driveway in the Charlotte metro collects three things at once: Piedmont red clay, which stains orange and settles into the pores; automotive oil and transmission fluid, which soak in and go black; and a biological film of algae and mildew that turns the whole slab a uniform grey you stop noticing until it's gone.
We clean concrete with a rotating surface cleaner rather than a bare wand. A wand held by hand leaves the striped, zebra-pattern finish you see on cheap jobs — arcs of clean concrete with dirty crescents between them — because the spray pattern overlaps unevenly. A surface cleaner holds two jets at a fixed height and speed and passes over the slab uniformly.
Oil spots get pre-treated with a degreaser and dwell time before pressure ever touches them. Pressure alone drives oil deeper into the concrete instead of lifting it out.
Written down because a repeatable result comes from a repeatable method — not from whoever happens to be holding the wand.
We find the oil, the rust bleed, the algae film and any spalling or lifting joints before a machine starts, and tell you what will and won't come out.
Degreaser on the oil, a clay-and-rust treatment where the concrete has gone orange, both given real dwell time. Pressure alone drives oil deeper into the pores.
Two jets at a fixed height and rotation speed, passing at a consistent walking pace with each pass overlapping the last — that is what stops the zebra striping you see on wand-cleaned drives.
A surface cleaner can't reach the last inch against a wall, a bed or a garage threshold. Those get wanded at a lower pressure so the line disappears.
Lifted soil has to leave the concrete rather than dry back into it, so the full area gets flooded off in one direction, including the apron and gutter line.
And what it doesn't. Both lists are here so the quote you get is the price you pay.
Driveways, aprons and curb strips, sidewalks and walkways, front steps, patios, pool decks, garage floors, retaining walls, and brick or paver hardscape.
A hand-held wand overlaps its own spray unevenly, cleaning in arcs. Our surface cleaner keeps two jets at a fixed height and rotation speed so the pass is uniform edge to edge.
Iron oxide staining from Cecil-series Piedmont clay does not come out with pressure alone — it needs the right treatment. Same for rust bleed from irrigation water and metal furniture.
We won't run high pressure over aging mortar joints, decorative stamped concrete, or brick that is already spalling. Those get a lower-pressure approach or an honest 'don't.'
We quote flat, per job, after seeing it — so instead of a price list that can't be honest, here is exactly what moves the figure.
Piedmont clay, pollen and shade put a film back on concrete faster than most of the country. An annual clean keeps the slab from going uniformly grey; heavily shaded or tree-lined driveways benefit from a second pass in autumn. Concrete can be cleaned in any month, so it is the one service that doesn't wait for spring.
If it's not spotless, we come back and re-blast it at no charge. We're a new company — our name is worth more than any single invoice, and we act like it on every job.
Properly done, no — concrete is the one surface that genuinely wants high pressure. Damage comes from three specific mistakes: holding a zero-degree tip in one place, running high pressure over aging mortar joints or already-spalling brick, and cleaning decorative stamped or coloured concrete as if it were a plain slab. A surface cleaner at a consistent pace distributes the force evenly, which is why we use one instead of a hand wand.
That's a hand-held wand overlapping its own spray unevenly — arcs of clean concrete with dirty crescents between them. It isn't damage, and it does come out: a proper surface-clean pass over the whole slab evens it back up. Tell us it happened and we'll set expectations honestly, because a very heavily striped slab occasionally needs two passes.
Usually much better, sometimes completely, and we'll tell you which before we start. Fresh oil lifts well with degreaser and dwell time. Oil that has been soaking into unsealed concrete for years has penetrated below the surface, and what comes out is what's in the top layer — the rest is a shadow no amount of pressure will reach without damaging the slab.
No, as long as we can reach an outdoor spigot and the area is clear of cars. Most driveway jobs are done and rinsed before people get back from work. We do prefer to walk it with you at the end if you're around, because that's when anything gets put right on the spot.
Bundling in the same visit is cheaper than a second trip — the setup is most of the work.
Vinyl, brick, stucco, and hardboard cleaned with low pressure and the right solution — the green mildew and black streaks gone without forcing water behind the siding.
Under 500 PSIThose black streaks are algae eating your shingles' limestone filler. Removed chemically at low pressure — never blasted, which strips granules and voids warranties.
Under 500 PSIWood is soft and it shows every mistake. Pressure dialed in by species and age, working with the grain, so the grey weathering lifts and the fibers stay intact.
800–1,500 PSICleared out by hand, then the tiger-striping scrubbed off the outside face — the vertical black streaks that don't come off with a normal house wash.
Hand + soft washStorefronts, dumpster pads, drive-thrus, sidewalks and awnings — cleaned before you open, so a customer never watches you wash gum off the entrance.
Scheduled off-hoursHand washing and touchless rinsing for cars, trucks, trailers, and fleet vehicles — at your home or your yard, without the swirl marks a tunnel wash leaves.
Touchless + handBased in Charlotte, on the road all over the metro. Pick your area for local details, or just request a quote — if you're close, we'll come.
Tell us about the job and we'll come back within one business day with a flat price. Prefer to pick a time? Book a wash online.