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