Step-by-Step Guides: Clean Multiple Outdoor Surfaces

Choose the Surface to Clean & Prepare the Area

Do you love outdoor living, but hate outdoor grime? Now there's a versatile new exterior cleaner with a powerful oxygenated formula to help clean your home from the deck to the front porch to the backyard fence.

Thompson's^® WaterSeal^® Oxy Foaming Action Exterior Multi-Surface Cleaner removes stains from dirt, mildew, algae and fungus on a wide range of outdoor surfaces, including wood and composite decks, fences, concrete, masonry, brick, stucco, outdoor furniture, roofs, siding and some fabrics such as awnings and vinyl plastics.

• It is an effective, oxygen-powered cleaner concentrate that is biodegradable and gentler than chlorine bleach-based formulas.
• This cleaner is ideal for an overall spring-cleaning for your home's exterior or for those times when you want to freshen things up before a barbecue or party. It's also a good choice to use Thompson's WaterSeal Oxy Foaming Action Exterior Multi-Surface Cleaner when cleaning wood or concrete surfaces before a new application of a waterproofer or stain, just as long there is not an existing coating on the surface.

With Thompson's^® WaterSeal^® Oxy Foaming Action Exterior Multi-Surface Cleaner, there is a real time and money-saving advantage, since you can wash the wicker furniture, the walkways and the wood deck, all with the one product.

Before applying the formula, it is important to remove all decorative items from the area and cover the plants and shrubs to protect from overspray.

• Wear protective gloves and old clothing.
• When spraying, use eye protection.
• Plan the application: for horizontal surfaces, work backwards so you do not walk on the surface being treated. For vertical surfaces, work from the bottom up.

TIP: Exercise caution when working on wet surfaces.

Clean the Surface

First step in cleaning the surface with Thompson's^® WaterSeal^® Oxy Foaming Action Exterior Multi-Surface Cleaner is to saturate the area you want to clean.

Being that this product is a powdered formula, you need to mix six ounces (eight ounces for stubborn stains) of the powder with one gallon of hot tap water, until the crystals are dissolved.

• Use the solution within one hour of mixing.

Next, you apply the product with a plastic watering can, pump-up sprayer, brush, mop or roller, and allow it to sit on the surface for 5-10 minutes.

Once the formula is on the dirty surface, you will see the oxygenated foaming bubbles, which indicate the surface is being cleaned.

Scrub lightly with a stiff-bristle brush to remove all residue that does not immediately come up.

Next, rinse using a garden hose with maximum nozzle pressure or a pressure washer at 1200 PSI with a wide spray pattern. Tougher stains may require a second application.

• Avoid using the product in direct sunlight and excessive heat to avoid rapid drying. Do not allow the surface to dry. Re-apply as needed.
• The one-gallon solution treats approximately 200 square feet.