Chalky siding cleaning in St. Petersburg
Chalky siding is oxidation, not dirt. We test a panel first so you see the result.
Sound familiar?
Is your siding chalky?
White on your hand
Touch the siding. If it comes away chalky, the surface has oxidized.
Streaky after a wash
It looked clean wet and dried dull. Classic oxidation.
Faded gutters and trim
Aluminum oxidizes too, and the same treatment helps.
On the job
Where it shows first
On white and pale siding facing the sun, and on faded aluminum gutters and trim.
- A test panel you see dry
- Treated panel by panel
- An honest word if it needs paint
How we do it
Oxidation cleaning, in order
Test panel
One panel treated, somewhere out of sight.
Look at it dry
You decide from the dry result, not the wet one.
Panel by panel
Remover applied and worked by hand.
Rinsed
Top down, and the card.
What it costs
What decides the price
Every job is priced on a written estimate after somebody has looked at the surfaces. These are the things that move the number.
The area
How many walls, and how many panels.
How far gone
Light chalk treats well. Heavy chalk takes much longer.
Paint instead?
Sometimes the honest answer is paint, and we’ll say so.
The details
For the people who want every step
What oxidation is
UV breaks down the surface of vinyl, aluminum and paint into a chalky powder. It washes off wet and reappears dry, which is why a house can look worse after a cheap wash than before it.
It can be treated, and it can be too far gone
An oxidation remover and agitation restores a lot of surfaces. Some are past it, and the honest answer is paint. We would rather say that than take the money and hand back a streaky elevation.
The test patch decides it
We do a square meter first and you look at it dry. Nobody should be buying this one on a promise.
At a glance
Test patchAlwaysJudgedDrySometimesThe answer is paintQuestions
What people ask us about this
Can oxidized siding be restored?
Often, if it’s caught early. Past a point, paint is the right answer.
Why a test panel?
Because oxidation looks fixed when wet. The dry panel tells the truth.
Does it work on gutters?
Yes, faded aluminum gutters often come back well.
Get a straight answer about your house.
Tell us which surfaces and what they look like. We’ll tell you the method and the pressure before anyone quotes you a price.
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