Vinyl Siding - Armorall and Chalk

MVPPOWERWASH

MVPPOWERWASH

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I have a new customer who put Armorall on his Shutters several years ago. Well, he hired someone to wash it off the siding and looks like they just blasted it with cold water and it is streaky all over the place. Some areas are shiny, others are blotchy. Any reccomendations to get this "back to normal"??
Also, same customer has several trim pieces where they were not painted on top and made of some synthetic material (Almost like foam). As water ran down them and eventually onto the siding, it left a white chalky look to the siding where the water ran. Any suggestions for this also?
Thanks!
 
MVPPOWERWASH said:
I have a new customer who put Armorall on his Shutters several years ago. Well, he hired someone to wash it off the siding and looks like they just blasted it with cold water and it is streaky all over the place. Some areas are shiny, others are blotchy. Any reccomendations to get this "back to normal"??
Also, same customer has several trim pieces where they were not painted on top and made of some synthetic material (Almost like foam). As water ran down them and eventually onto the siding, it left a white chalky look to the siding where the water ran. Any suggestions for this also?
Thanks!
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Sounds like it should be re-washed with SC followed by a good and thorough rinsing... go "soft" on the pressure to avoid blasting of more chalk
 
gr8white said:
Sounds like it should be re-washed with SC followed by a good and thorough rinsing... go "soft" on the pressure to avoid blasting of more chalk
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Been there, done that......Nada, when it dries, same exact look. There's no "Dirt" on the house, just a waxy type look that's blotchy.
 
I don't know about TSP on siding, but its a degreaser and maybe that would help break up the armor all. I may be completely wrong, but seems to make since to me.
 
TSP may work but rinse the windows VERY well, it will leave them a terrible mess if allowed to dry on anything, ESPECIALLY windows. Try some butyl based products. Start at 50/50 and go from there, long enough dwell and it should work. Add some dish soap maybe to allow for a few more seconds of cling. Sodium Hydroxide added to butyl will strip, but if you're not comfortable with it just use the butyl, don't allow anything to dry on windows, except for water.
Maybe just hot water will work, but be careful not to warp the siding.
Jeff
 
I attempted the Butyl already and all it did was take a slim amount at a time. If I did that completely, it would probably take 7-10 applications. Anyone ever use the siding Restorers that add a glossy finish back to siding? What I think might have been done is that some spots had the factory finish work away by the last guy who attepmted to get it off with such high pressure and now the spots without the armorall look worse.
 
Anyone else?
 
still hoping someone else has come across this....
 
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