| There is a new trend in the way wood decks | | | | say is very hard to screw up since you not |
| are constructed; composite decks and | | | | need chemicals to clean it, therefore it is |
| railings. Recently had the opportunity to go | | | | nearly impossible to damage wall washing. |
| on a bidding job with a deck cleaning | | | | Crystal White Corporation has post every 6 to |
| contractor to bid on cleaning and treating a | | | | 8 feet therefore the expansion and |
| large deck. When we got there we found out | | | | contraction of the composite does not seem to |
| the deck was not made of wood at all; it was | | | | be an issue or cause separation. |
| made of composite. There was nothing to | | | | Unfortunately we have also noticed that is |
| treat unless of course you want a spray with | | | | very low maintenance and is not need to be |
| armor all. It did clean rather nicely kind | | | | cleaned every year, so we're losing a few |
| of like washing a plastic fence. The new | | | | sales but it looks magnificent when completed |
| trend in composite railings has come about | | | | in since it is not made of wood but rather a |
| because the final railings do a better job | | | | composite wood polymeric substrate capped |
| facing down the elements and therefore owners | | | | with co-extruded PVC it never needs sanding, |
| and contractors often decide to put in the | | | | painting or coating.It will not fade and it |
| composite railings even though there are | | | | never yellows, like we have seen some plastic |
| slightly more expensive because they look | | | | fences do. It is guaranteed against |
| great for much longer.Composite railings that | | | | cracking, peeling, insects, warping, rotting, |
| are built too long between posts generally | | | | and water damage. .The railing comes in |
| have a problem with separation so the posts | | | | several colors; Pacific Cedar, Western |
| seem to be closer together, when they are not | | | | Redwood and driftwood gray and what we saw |
| debris gets inside any between the spaces | | | | was White and looked very real. The plastic |
| often bugs crawl and it makes a general mess, | | | | even has a wood grain texture to it. And |
| when cleaning composite railings you may | | | | although we did not see Crystal White's |
| notice quite a bit of dirt coming down | | | | docks, their composite decking is truly |
| between the cracks and therefore it takes a | | | | incredible. We understand that Crystal White |
| lot more Flushing Power to clean the deck | | | | Corporation has recently licensed their |
| than it would a wood only deck. When using | | | | product to Strandex Corporation for other |
| more water you have twice the chance of | | | | wood grains. Another good thing about |
| flooding the vegetation below if there is any | | | | weather best composite decking is that it |
| in this case there was, one of the most | | | | contains no copper, chromium or arsenic in |
| beautiful flower gardens I have seen in any | | | | its material like many pressure treated woods |
| middle-class neighborhood. We would need to | | | | to.What we like about washing it is they |
| cover the flowers and find proper drainage | | | | cannot splinter, check or come apart using a |
| for the excess water or actually uses squirt | | | | normal pressure washer with hot or cold water |
| bottle and do them by hand. We imagine that | | | | under 3000 P.S.I.. So it cleans very fast, |
| if the lady watched us use a squirt bottle, | | | | needless to say if your bidding a job on the |
| that she would probably throw our butts out | | | | phone for a five-star resort, golf course or |
| in the cul-de-sac.One of the composite | | | | Marina and then you show up and see that it |
| railings that we've been most impressed with | | | | is composite you'll make a ton of money in a |
| has been from Crystal White Corporation. | | | | very short amount of time, be sure to bid by |
| Their weather best natural wood vinyl is | | | | the job and not by the hour. So when you're |
| sturdy and attractive and very easy to clean, | | | | completed you'll feel like God and say |
| almost too easy almost like we should not | | | | "...and it was Good." I almost feel like |
| even charge for clean Crystal White also | | | | calling up the composite deck, Dock, railing |
| makes docks which attached to concrete walk | | | | and fence manufacturers and dealer reps to |
| ways. The "U" beam construction makes it | | | | get a list of all commercial buildings which |
| very easy clean and just in case we screw up | | | | have installed their product because I know |
| is guaranteed for 10 years. Although I would | | | | that is some high profit cleaning. |