How to Clean Vinyl Fencing

A beautiful home is always a valued self made heaven that a man makes for himself for shelter as well as prestige purposes. In the capitalist world that we live in, people are always trying to emerge the best in whichever field that sets up competition among them building a beautiful home. A good fence is a must have to complement your good house and you can get to choose from a wide range of fencing options available in the building and construction industry today. Real wood has been popular in constructing beautiful fences but its maintenance cost is relatively high. A good and affordable option when fencing is using vinyl fencing. It can take grass or elbow stains or even get marks when for instance a lawn mower brushes against it. However, stains are not much a big deal as there are a lot of effective cleaning products and methods to solve that and restore a renewed look on your vinyl fence.

Cleaning Light Stains:

Requirements:

• A garden hose with a sprayer
• Water
• Dish soap
• Water container like bucket
• Piece of cloth or towel
• Scrubbing pad that is not abrasive

Steps:

• Hose down the whole fence with a garden hose pipe.
• Connect the sprayer to give pressure to the flowing water.
• Begin cleaning your vinyl fence in small parts working from bottom to top.
• The combined hose and sprayer will get rid of the grime and dirt particles using the pressurized water but some dirty areas may remain that requires scrubbing.
• To clean these dirty areas, take your bucket and fill it with warm water. Take some of your dish soap and add it to the warm water.
• Ensure the water mixes well by agitating it.
• Take your piece of cloth or towel and make it moist with the water then use it to wipe the fence. For the stubborn parts, you can make use of the scrubber provided it is not abrasive.
• After you are satisfied that your vinyl fencing is clean, rinse it with the hose and you are done cleaning.

Cleaning Tough Stains:There are some tough stains that a mere dish soap cannot remove such as grass and organic stains. You will therefore need some more complex method of cleaning than that of light stains.

Requirements:

• Water
• Bleach
• Bucket
• Piece of cloth or towel
• Scrubbing pad that is not abrasive
• Rubber gloves though not a must

Steps:

1. Fill your water bucket with 1 part of bleach and 5 parts of water. You can strengthen or weaken your mixture depending on your fence colour and dirt amount. Dark colours for instance require less bleach while brighter ones may require more. A white fence covered with stains may require 1 part bleach and 3 parts water.
2. Make your piece of cloth or towel moist with the water and bleach mixture and use it to remove the stains.
3. Ensure that you remoisten your piece of cloth as required.
4. Make use of a scrubbing pad that is not abrasive for the stubborn stains.

Removing Grass Stains, Tar, Grease, etc.

Requirements:

• Rubber gloves
• Plastic or wood scraper
• Automotive tar remover or mineral spirits
• Soft cloths

Steps

1. Start by giving your vinyl fence a general cleaning as described above.
2. Wear rubber gloves to protect your hands.
3. Take a soft cloth and moisten it with the tar remover or mineral spirits.
4. Rub the stained area gently as applying much pressure can leave a polished mark.
5. After you have successfully removed the stains, rinse your vinyl fence with water.

Vinyl fencing is the ideal fence type for anyone looking for that beautiful home environment. Cleaning shouldn’t be a problem with all the available products and methods of cleaning them.

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