What equipment do I need for Softwashing?
UK Soft washing business
Hero softwash is a UK based softwash equipment manufacturer and supplier of complete softwash skids and products to help YOU start up your own softwashing business. The softwashing industy has a high potential for profit with a low start up cost relative to other businesses. The extra benifit of starting a UK softwashing business is that as an industry it is only just beginning to mature and there are not many companies out there in the local markets. Hero softwash make reliable, high quality and efficent softwashing systems that make cleaning simple. Softwashing is a business on it own and is a fantastic add on for your existing jet washing business.
What is Soft Washing?
Soft washing is a cleaning process that used the main ingredient sodium hypochlorite. By using chemical resistant pumps to apply dialuted cleaning solutions at low pressure it helps to clean organic staining. Soft washing is the best method for removing algae, lichen, mold, mildew and even moss. Softwashing is great when used on soft surfaces such as roofs, UPVC and render. Pressure washing can damage these soft surfaces. This is especially a problem when the materials come with warranties that are voided when pressure washing is used.
What equipment do I need for softwashing?
The first thing you requires is a soft wash system. A basic level soft wash system is made up of a tank for holding chemical, another tank for water, a pump and hoses for moving chemicals plus a trigger gun for controlling flow on and off with a nozzle to guide the spray or jet. Hero softwash manufactures robust and efficent pre built DIY systems such as the Big Boy PRO softwash plate that are a great way to get started. Simply hook up to a battery and plumb upto your own tanks making it a cost efficient way to get started with soft washing in the UK.
What comes with a Big Boy PRO softwash plate?
- 4 x 2 meter lengths of PVC hose
- 8 x hose clamps
- 1 x 12v Everflo 5500 21LPM bleach safe pump
- Marine grade on off switch
- Quick change plug for fast pump changes
- Steel quick couplers
- Noco Genius 10 battery charger6
- Hero softwash blend manifold
- Fitted with 1/2" check valves
- Fitted with 1/2" GF metering valves for softwash mixing
You will require a 12v leisure battery of your choice and a tank to hold your chemical solutions. Some companies opt to draw their solutions straight from the 25L sodium hypochlorite drums. This makes setting up your system super easy, espeically if you already have a pressure washing van with a buffer tank already fitted.
Upgrade your existing softwash system, LEVEL UP
Here are just a few different way you can upgrade your existing softwash and pressure washing system to take it to the next level, saving you time and making you more money.
- Custom built system - see our blog on a recent softwash build here
- Quick connect fitting, ideally banjo quick connections fittings
- Hose reels
- Electic hose reels
- Surface cleaners and specialist lances
- High flow rate pressure washing equipment (works hand in hand with softwashing)
- Professional CRM and business systems
Alot of these extras make up a softwash systems we make at hero softwash and will save you time. The best investment in your softwashing business is into time saving equipment. But not just equipment along will imporve your softwash business, business systems will also do this. But because we are talking about equipment lets stay here.
Alot of the time spent when softwashing is the "strip down" and "pack up". This is the time it takes to get all your equipment out your vehicle and pack it back up when you are complete at a customers address when the job is complete. Making investments into equipment that save you time and effort is a great place to start. A big time and engergy drain on the job is the hose management when you need to connect up softwashing and pressure washing hoses at a job. The three hoses that are needed on every job are, water hose, pressure hose and softwash hose. These hoses will be unravelled "strip down" then when complete "packed up"... Hose reels will save you lots of time and energy! Especially if you are doing 3 jobs a day.
Second upgrade option that will be a massive improvment to your softwashing business is into a blending manifold. This is arguably the most benifical for your softwashing business because it removes the handeling of harsh raw chemicals. A blending manifold removed the need to batch mix your chemicals. Batch mixing is basically having a premixed solution ready mixed int a tank then pumping it out. rather than changing the strenght of the solution on the go by using a blending manifold. For more details on proportioning view our product section here . A blending manifold will also allow you to carry more of a potential softwash solution because the blending devise eliminates the need for batch mixing.
Complete custom built UK softwash system
If your looking for a more turn key system to add into your softwash business. Hero softwash can build custom systems that fit into your vehicle. Contact us to begin your custom build softwash build.
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