Stucco walls add a southwestern charm to house, no matter where it's located. These walls don't need painting, but a periodic cleaning brightens them immensely. A pressure washer with a detergent solution is just the trick to make cleaning stucco walls a snap.
Instructions
1. Patch any cracks in the stucco to prevent water from seeping behind the wall. Allow the patches to dry for a week before you pressure wash them.
2. Prepare the area to be washed by wetting and covering all surrounding vegetation, disconnecting the power to any nearby electrical boxes and closing all windows and doors. Purchase a cleaning detergent formulated for use in pressure washers.
3. Set the pressure washer nozzle to low pressure mode. Refer to the owner's manual of the pressure washer to determine adjust the pressure.
4. Place the detergent injection tip into the cleaning solution, depress the trigger on the washer and aim it at the stucco wall. Work from the bottom to the top of the wall in sections fairly quickly so the the detergent doesn't dry.
5. Scrub any stained areas with a stiff bristle brush. If there are rust stains near faucets or hose connections, use a specially formulated iron cleaning solution. They're available at home improvement or hardware stores.
6. Switch the pressure washer to high pressure mode and remove the injector from the cleaning solution. Purge any detergent from the pressure washer.
7. Rinse off the detergent residue from the wall. Go slowly and let the power of the water from the nozzle take off all the dirt from the stucco. Start from the top and rinse down the wall in sections.
8. Make sure to rinse down the areas near the wall as well and don't leave any standing suds from the detergent.
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