FAQ: How Does Wet & Forget Compare to other outdoor cleaners?

28 July 2010 2 Comments

ph_scale Wet & Forget is a different way of cleaning than most traditional methods. The most significant difference is that once you apply it, all you have to do is let mother nature to do the rest. But how does the Wet & Forget process differ from other outdoor cleaning products? We received a similar inquiry that may help answer this question.

Q: How does the Wet & Forget cleaning process compare to other outdoor products?

A: Wet & Forget has a pH of 8 which is close to neutral (7), most traditional moss, mold, mildew and algae products have a pH of 11, 12 or 13. Every point increase in pH represents a 10 fold increase in alkalinity, so a pH of 12 is 10,000 times more alkaline or caustic.

This means Wet & Forget will not damage the surface when applied. This benefits the environment. We are not rinsing the product into the environment as it stays on the surface and breaks down from there. Another significant factor is that the application uses substantially less water, saving as much as one hundred gallons versus using a pressure washer or traditional cleaning chemicals that need to be rinsed from the surface. In fact, in most cases where water restrictions are in place, Wet & Forget is still able to be applied.

The active ingredient in Wet & Forget is Alkyl Dimethyl Benzyl Ammonium Chloride. Consumers probably already have this ingredient in their homes in the form of an anti-bacterial wipe or a similar product. Unlike these products, Wet & Forget contains a danger warning on its label because the product is a concentrate with 9.9% active ingredient. When diluted for application it is only 2% active.

We believe Wet & Forget is significantly easier on the environment than traditional moss, mold, mildew, & algae products that contain active ingredients such as bleach (Sodium Hypochlorite), ammonia (Hydrogen Nitride), caustic soda (Sodium Hydroxide), lye, TSP (Tri Sodium Phosphate) etc., which will damage the surface they are applied to, if not rinsed quickly, and harm the environment when they are washed into it.

Take a look at our store locator to find out where you can purchase Wet & Forget near you.

2 Comments »

Ray Cunningham said:

I’m the president of a cemetery board. I started using Wet and Forget around the 30th of May. Now, after a short period, you can see the results right before your eyes. It’s not a regular “scrub and scrub” mildew and mold product. It is so simple and user friendly to use…..my 6 year old great-grandson could apply. The cemetery stones/grave markers appeared that they had not ever been cleaned, in over a 100 years. I took over my position about one year ago and saw a need to try to do something. After more than one hour, on one stone, using every cleaning product known to man (including full strength bleach), the stones were not much better than before I started to clean. Now, I spent 2 hours spraying all the old black stones and went home and waited until it rained…that’s all there is to do using Wet and Forget. It works great!

Ray Cunningham, Walnut Grove Cemetery President, Ava, Missouri

# 30 July 2010 at 3:53 pm

John Bailey said:

I live by a lake in Central Texas. We tend to have a relatively high humidity and the Lake effect does not help. We have White Austin Stone walls around the garden (up to 8 feet high), stucco walls on the house and cast iron railings (white). For 12 years I have used Jomax, which is an excellent product in that it removes and protects against mildew. I have to use it annually.

This year I tried Wet’n'Forget. What a difference, the application time was minutes instead of days, the walls have only ever been this white once before (when installed 29 years ago). This product is not cheap. It is very good and worth the additional cost. I also think that the mildew resistance will probably last more than the 10 months I used to get with Jomax, so in the long run it will prove to be less expensive.

At long last, a better product has been produced. I thought that we had stopped developing better products about 1959, but here is a 21st century superior product. Thank you.

# 31 July 2010 at 2:47 pm