Sodium Hypochlorite, also known as hypo, is a key ingredient in the soft washing process, offering numerous benefits for both residential and commercial properties.

Firstly, hypo is a highly effective cleaning agent that can remove tough stains, dirt, and grime from various surfaces. 

Whether it's mould, mildew, algae, or other organic growth, hypo can penetrate deep into the pores of the material, ensuring a thorough and long-lasting clean.

Soft washing is also perfect for restoring white rendered walls, cladding, soffits and gutters, bringing that brilliant white sparkle back.

Soft washing also makes it an ideal solution for cleaning off any remaining black spot lichen and stains after the pressure cleaning process.

At Under Pressure we apply a hypo soft wash on most of our jobs, whilst the pressure cleaning process will remove all the dirt, algae, moss and white lichen, black lichen is more stubborn and will remain, the soft wash process will remove any residual black lichen and residual stains.

Surfaces that are too fragile to use high pressure cleaning on, can be washed down with lower pressure and a stronger hypo mix is applied to the area, this is then rinsed off leaving a clean finish.

Hypo treatments are not suitable for Asphalt, the use of hypo on asphalt can bleach the surface, leaving unsightly light patches, although there are tarmacadam paints to remedy this should a spillage occur..

Hypo treatments are harmful and highly toxic to aquatic life, these treatments will require that areas to be treated, have no ponds, rivers, natural streams, drainage into natural water sources or where drainage may penetrate neighbours ponds.

An assessment will be made during the quoting process, areas need to be kept free of pets and children whilst application is taking place and until area has been rinsed down.

(Under no circumstances will Hypo be offered as an option where it is deemed dangerous to animal or aquatic life).

C.O.S.H.H compliant.