Defy Oxygen Bleach Wood Deck Cleaner
Defy Wood Cleaner has the best deck cleaner ratings compared to most chlorine bleach deck cleaners. This oxygen bleach wood deck cleaning solution is highly effective at removing dirt, grime, mold, algae, and weathered graying from wood surfaces. Defy Wood Cleaner is a safe, powdered, oxygen bleach concentrate that is mixed with water to safely clean and restore the natural beauty of exterior wood. Unlike chlorine bleach based cleaners, this oxygen bleach wood deck cleaning system is environmentally safe and biodegradable and will not harm wood fibers, pets, grass or most plants. Using a chlorine bleach will not only harm the wood as well as the vegetation surrounding the deck, but it doesn?t actually clean or remove any stains, it just bleaches them out. When you use Defy Wood Cleaner, you can actually see it work as it foams up and penetrates down to the pores, giving your deck a thorough cleaning that a chlorine bleach deck cleaner could never hope to accomplish.
- Restores the natural beauty of wood
- Contains no acid or chlorine bleach
- Safe for plants and animals
- Biodegradable
- Removes graying
- Helps stains penetrate
Wood Deck Cleaning process
Even new wood needs cleaning to remove mill scale, making the surface more porous to easily absorb deck stains. Defy Wood Cleaner is part of a 3 step system to maintain your deck and keep it looking like new. The 3 steps are:
- Clean or strip using Defy Wood Cleaner or Defy Exterior Stain Stripper
- Brighten using Defy Wood Brightener
- Apply Defy water repellent wood stains
Defy Wood Cleaner is a powdered concentrate sold in 2 recyclable containers. A 2 lb. container of Defy oxygen bleach wood deck cleaner makes 5 gallons of solution and will clean approximately 500-1,000 total square feet (or 100-200 square feet per gallon). Defy Wood Cleaner is also an excellent cleaner for vinyl and aluminum siding.
WARNING: This product can expose you to Ethylene oxide, which is known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm, and Cumene, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information, go to www.p65Warnings.ca.gov.
How do you use this product? Should you put it in a garden sprayer like the brighter or use a 5-gallon bucket from HD? Also, when applied should it be scrubbed or left for so long and sprayed off? Should it be sprayed off with just garden hose or a power washer? Thanks
Mix it in a bucket first and pour it into a pump sprayer to apply. Scrub if needed and then pressure wash off.
Is this the best product for cleaning Pie wood deck
The Defy Wood Cleaner would work well.
Will the cleaner or brightener harm the grout?
No.
Also, will you be opening up new orders soon? Thanks again.
Middle of next week is the plan.
Will either Defy Wood Cleaner or Defy Exterior Wood Brightener spot, discolor or stain pavers or grout? If so, do you recommend any methods to protect pavers and grout? Thanks.
No, they will not harm pavers.
I replaced some pressure-treated pine boards. Do I need to wait a period of time before I clean, neutralize and stain them with the rest of the deck? Is there a special treatment for new pressure-treated wood? Thanks.
Thew new boards need to season a few months and then be prepped before applying a new stain.
I would use the Defy Wood Cleaner to prep and just apply one coat of the defy Extreme Stain to the horizontals. You do not have to neutralize when doing a maintenance coat but it would not hurt either.
Last spring, 2011, I stripped, neutralized and stained my deck. The stain I used was Defy Extreme semi-transparent light walnut. I was very pleased with the overall result.
(I live in the woods in Pennsylvania and you recommended Defy Extreme semi.)
This year, I want to clean some grime and light mildew and re-stain only the horizontal surfaces of the deck, since the verticals look great. Which cleaner should I use? Following the cleaning, would I need to neutralize? Lastly, should I do one or two coats with the Defy semi?
Thanks.
It is a sodium per carbonate deck cleaner. It was designed for cleaning all exterior wood. Main purpose is to remove dirt, grime, grayness, mold, and mold. It is sprayed on with a pump up sprayer. You should let dwell for 10-15 minutes, then scrub or lightly power wash off.
Read this link for more info:
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I have heard good things about the Defy wood cleaner…I am looking for a cleaner for grey wood on fences and deck..could you tell me the process for using this…dwell time, needs to be scrubbed, etc…thanks
Cleans decks and fences very easily