D Limonene ?

Pat Norman

Pat Norman

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Is D Limonene cost effective for washing houses? Can it be downstreamed and still be strong enough to do any good? Also is it any good for cleaning gutters compared to potassium hydroxide based cleaners or butyl based cleaners? Does it ever work where butyl or NAOH fails?
 
D-Limonene (orange oil) is expensive and not cost effective for house washing.

Sometimes the stain is in the paint and becomes permanent.

Sometimes the stains are in the paint, it is painted over then the mold, mildew and algae comes through the new paint and brushing it takes off the new paint (new paint never had a good surface to stick to on top of the contaminants) and then you still have the old paint, what is in the old paint and a mess of it all.

When talking to customers I let them know when I see situations like this or others involving gutters I let them know about it and let them decide if they want me to brush the gutters (which I charge more for and tell them).

Have you tried F-13 stronger? If not call Bob and get his opinion on how strong. I have used this and it has worked good for me.
 
I have used Enviro specs limonene on one house wash. The customer had not cleaned her house in four years because she could not find someone that would clean it with out using bleach/chlorine. She is very allergic to bleach/chlorine. I down streamed the limoene on and let it dwell for 5-10 minutes, than used 800 psi to rinse it off. It takes twice as long as soft washing and I charged accordingly!
I'm not sure how it would work on gutters.
 
offdutyfireman said:
I bought three drum packs a few months ago. Poured one drum out and gave two away. Will not touch mildew, dries to a haze on windows and siding almost instantly. Crap in a drum.
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I had similar results on a few houses so I stopped using that stuff.

I bought the sample kit or power pack along with a drum kit that I have not used yet.
 
threw what away? d limoleneis expensive. I hope you didnt throw that away. F 13?
We walked away from doing drum packs cause we would rather pay for it than going to the hospital. If you cant use bleach use oxy bleach. get it at lowes. d limolene is for parking garages isnt it. thats what we use.
 
I've got a drum kit of it from Espec that I got at Celeste's Rt back in what, '06?
 
i like it

i got the two kits from william and i personally like the stuff. in a 5'er i mix 2 gals shc, 2 gals water, and 1 gal d-limonene and then ds. no problems here as of yet but if i do i will definitely post. as far as removing mildew by itself that is definitely a no no. i gave that a try a long time ago and found out that it just simply wont do it. hey thad, that's where i got my first kit at celeste's round table.

rando
 
You are right about not being strong enough to ds. There are many chems that have be put on less than 10 to 1. It might be a good idea to add a x jet to your arsenal for these kind of instances. Or if you have a roof pump, that could work. any supplier should have some kind of oxy bleach.Warm water can dissolve more powder than cold water.
 
Pat Norman said:
Is D Limonene cost effective for washing houses? Can it be downstreamed and still be strong enough to do any good? Also is it any good for cleaning gutters compared to potassium hydroxide based cleaners or butyl based cleaners? Does it ever work where butyl or NAOH fails?
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d-limonene.....the mystery chem, no real mystery at all, it is a great solvent but a poor soap. It has some great properties but with out agitation I find that it will lack far behind sodium hydroxide or sodium hypocrite, despite the claims form the orange oil manufactures.

When you opurchase d-limo make sure to get the pure form either in technical grade or lower or else you will spen alot more for alot less.

A personal favorite mix that we make is d-limonene - alcohol ethoxylate-sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate - sodium lauryel sulfate -
sodium hydroxymethylglycinate​

With your choice of other goodies, this chem mix is common and widely accepted for institutional cleaning. but agitation is needed, wish it would work as a spray on only, maybe in the future chemist will find a way to make that happen.​
 
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