The Goal
We started in with the goal of creating a cleaner that actually worked for cleaning composites, especially as it relates to common black mold stains. We had previously used common brand name deck cleaners, other cleaners, chlorine bleach and home remedies we found on the internet or that were recommended by composite manufacturers (thank god we did not poison ourselves) with little if any success in an attempt to clean common black mold staining for major composite manufacturers. They did not get the composites clean. We found that most cleaners only made mold staining and other common staining issues worse, especially when repeatedly used, as the mold never really went away, generally rapidly returned & other stains deeply saturated, exacerbating the problem while excessively bleaching composites beyond what most manufacturers disclosed! After some basic research, we quickly discovered the primary problem was the recommendation & use of sodium hypochlorite, against common mold remediation science. Other cleaning chemicals generally only broke down stains, but did not generally remove them, allowing them to deeply saturate, making them generally more difficult to clean. We were horrified of the dangers of accidentally mixing non-compatible cleaning chemicals, in the pours of most composites, after becoming sick cleaning a composite manufacturers decking, by following their cleaning chemical recommendations & noticing the corrosion these corrosive cleaning chemicals caused to structural metal decking hardware!
