So I just passed the one year mark of being a small biz owner. The first year of windows and gutters was more successful than I could have asked for. I was just approached by one of my larger commercial customers about cleaning their awnings. Not to concerned: canvas 8 total, roughly 3x8 ft each. Installed new last year.
I’ve watched, and read, countless videos & articles about the whole cleaning process and feel pretty comfortable.
Being this is my first awning clean, I’m kind of stuck on a good quality product to use. I don’t want to buy a cheap and ineffective chemical, only to have to purchase something else and repeat the entire process. I’m not looking for the Mercedes Benz of cleaners, but I don’t want a cleaner just to say I used one.
Three of the awnings have bird droppings, so any recommends on that would also be greatly appreciated.
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There is a product made by Winsol that I have used in the past. To be honest, I think a little dish soap works just as well.
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I’ve done one in my life , an it just so happened to be last year. Didn’t come out good I used winsol deep clean , but it was trashed .
Just talked to the guy again today … He wants me to clean it again. He was happy with it , but I thought it could of came out a little better
Here is what I came up with from Researching.
83oz water
32oz SH. 6%
13oz Deep clean
I didnt use SH the first time. We will see this time.
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Just my .02, if it is a fabric awning I wouldn’t recommend chlorine.
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Awnings were how I broke away from the window cleaning company I worked for in the mid-90’s. Oddly enough, now I do mostly windows. In fact, I haven’t cleaned anyones awnings in several years.
Winsol had been around forever but back in the day I had better results with cleaning chemicals from a FL company called Awning Rejuvanation Systems. Yes, rejuvenation is misspelled. I guess the founder wasn’t a spelling champion like I was in high school. I have no idea if this company is still in business. As far as the gentleman’s comment that mentioned not using bleach, most awning fabrics were a poly/acrylic blend (and probably still are) so I routinely used bleach on black or green stains. But you probably shouldn’t use any bleach on the laminated vinyl ones, but I see a lot less of those vinyl awnings nowadays. It seems like the bleach ration I used was about 10:1 store bought bleach to water. Hope this helps. Keep us posted. There are a lot of awnings here too. It might be another great add-on.
And one final note. What everyone agreed on including commercial fabric manufacturers I spoke to was that you should not use high pressure on the awnings, nothing above 250 psi.
@wayneshockey is the man when it comes to awnings.
I did a lot of research on awnings and cleaned one vinyl coated for a customer. It was black, in full sun for most of the day.
One thing i learned is that Winsol products will never damage awnings, even if there is operator misuse of product, i. e., not following directions. This is stated either right on the product or on their website, can’t remember, i think on the website.
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I used a chemical my chemist buddy came up with. I didn’t notice a damn thing but the customer was tickled pink! Now I’m doing his pressure washing bi annually. Hah!
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Out awning brite as we call it is just a degreaser. Same as dawn!
Reminds me I still didn’t get his awning done yet. Going to try the bleach with deep clean this time.
That mix I put up was from Wayne Shockey the awning guy
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