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House & Soft Washing in Central Indiana

Give your siding its color back.

Black streaks and green film on your siding aren't dirt, they're algae and mildew. Soft washing kills it at the root with low pressure and the right solution, so your home looks freshly built again without any risk to the siding.

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Low pressure, real cleaning solution, no damage

Soft washing uses under 500 PSI, a fraction of what a pressure washer puts out, combined with a biodegradable cleaning solution that actually kills algae and mildew instead of just blasting it off the surface. That distinction matters more than it sounds: high pressure aimed at siding can force water in behind the panels, crack vinyl, strip paint off trim, or chip mortar joints on brick and stucco. The solution does the work; the rinse just carries it away.

We soft wash vinyl siding, fiber cement (Hardie board), brick, and stucco, and we soft wash asphalt shingle roofs the same careful way, low pressure only, since a pressure washer on a roof will knock granules loose and shorten its life. What looks like dirt on a roof or north-facing wall is almost always gloeocapsa magma, a black-streak algae that thrives in humidity and just keeps spreading until it's treated at the source.

Central Indiana's humid summers are exactly what that algae wants, which is why late spring through early summer is the busiest soft-washing window here, before the heat gets too intense for the solution to dwell properly. A fall wash before winter is the other common timing, especially for homes going into the holidays.

  • Under 500 PSI, safe for vinyl, paint, brick & stucco
  • Kills algae and mildew at the root, not just the surface
  • Roof soft washing available, low pressure only
  • Priced by home size and story count
A freshly soft-washed home exterior in Central Indiana
How a soft wash actually works

Solution first, rinse second

1

Pre-Wet Landscaping

Plants and shrubs near the house get a plain-water soak before any solution goes on the siding.

2

Apply & Dwell

The cleaning solution goes on at low pressure and sits long enough to break down algae and mildew at the root.

3

Low-Pressure Rinse

A gentle rinse carries the loosened grime away, leaving siding and trim exactly as they were, just clean.

House & soft washing questions

What homeowners ask before their siding gets washed

Yes, that's the entire point of the method. Soft washing runs under 500 PSI, well below the force that can crack vinyl panels, strip paint, or drive water up behind siding the way a pressure washer can. The cleaning solution does the actual work of lifting algae and mildew; the low-pressure rinse just washes it away.
We pre-soak plants and shrubs near the house with plain water before applying anything, and rinse the area thoroughly afterward. The solution is diluted specifically for house washing and breaks down quickly, but we still treat landscaping as something to protect, not an afterthought.
Yes, and it's a soft wash only, never a pressure washer. Asphalt shingles are covered with a low-pressure application that kills the algae staining the roof black without knocking granules loose the way high pressure would. It's a separate, more careful process than the siding wash, and we'll walk you through it before booking.
Central Indiana's humid summers are exactly what feeds gloeocapsa magma, the black-streak algae on north-facing siding and roofs, so most homes need a re-wash every one to two years to stay ahead of it. Homes with heavy shade or facing north tend to need it closer to the one-year mark; a recurring plan keeps it on schedule automatically.
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