I got a call from a woman the other day in a panic because her house had been egged. She said she tried to clean it off but was unsuccessful so she wanted me to power wash it. I used to work in a body shop so I know what egg will do to car paint, it will eat through the clear coat and a lot of the time will need to be repainted, so I was a little leery of doing it. I stopped at a local company in my area that makes cleaning products for the exterior cleaning industry and talked to them about it. First off he wasn't very enthusiastic about it coming off but I got a product from them that he said should work. I got to the job site and told her that I wasn't sure how it would turn out but would try my best, she was fine with that and said to go ahead and do it. I tried the product they gave me and it didn't really work so I figured I would try to soft wash it. I sprayed my SH and GW mix on, let it sit for a few minutes and with a little bit of elbow grease (not much though) the egg was softened up enough to be soft washed off and looked nice. The customer was happy and I was really surprised that it came out as nice as it did. Just thought I would share this with everyone. I didn't take any pictures because honestly I didn't expect it to come off but it did
Ray Burke said
Jun 8, 2013
Yup.. Have had the same results with egg too... Also on stucco!!! Little dwell time, little brushing and WOW!!!
Mark Fermoyle said
Aug 10, 2013
Me too, but amazingly, I got by without any agitation! That surprised me because when the homeowner called me he stated the egg stains had been on the vinyl siding for over a month.
I simply drew 4% mix through my chemical injector on my power washer, soaped up the second side of the house, and when I returned to rinse the first side, the egg stains were mostly desintegrated and running down the siding. Washed off super easy with a soft fan tip.
Customer was exstatic.
Michael Hickey said
Aug 10, 2013
We often get asked to clean egg off of windows, and walls etc. The longer it is on the harder it is to get off. SH seems to be the best at breaking it down. I've heard that ammonia is very good as well but haven't tried it.
Dan Dykstra said
Aug 10, 2013
Same here, just did a house wash last week that had egg on it for the past 5 weeks. Just let the mix dwell for a little longer and it came out great.
I got a call from a woman the other day in a panic because her house had been egged. She said she tried to clean it off but was unsuccessful so she wanted me to power wash it. I used to work in a body shop so I know what egg will do to car paint, it will eat through the clear coat and a lot of the time will need to be repainted, so I was a little leery of doing it. I stopped at a local company in my area that makes cleaning products for the exterior cleaning industry and talked to them about it. First off he wasn't very enthusiastic about it coming off but I got a product from them that he said should work. I got to the job site and told her that I wasn't sure how it would turn out but would try my best, she was fine with that and said to go ahead and do it. I tried the product they gave me and it didn't really work so I figured I would try to soft wash it. I sprayed my SH and GW mix on, let it sit for a few minutes and with a little bit of elbow grease (not much though) the egg was softened up enough to be soft washed off and looked nice. The customer was happy and I was really surprised that it came out as nice as it did. Just thought I would share this with everyone. I didn't take any pictures because honestly I didn't expect it to come off but it did
I simply drew 4% mix through my chemical injector on my power washer, soaped up the second side of the house, and when I returned to rinse the first side, the egg stains were mostly desintegrated and running down the siding. Washed off super easy with a soft fan tip.
Customer was exstatic.