How To Remove Mulch Stains From Vinyl Siding

I peeled back a corner piece yesterday and peeked inside.

How to remove mulch stains from vinyl siding.

Apply it allow it to bubble and then brush it off with a wet scrub brush or sponge. Scrub the wood stain from the vinyl siding with a soft sponge. Mix 3 4 cup of oxalic acid granules and 1 gallon of hot water. The vinyl siding institute yes there really is such an organization offers some helpful and specific tips for dealing with stubborn moldy spots on your siding.

Apply the mixture to the stain and let it set for 5 minutes. Replace wood mulch with landscape fabric and small stones. The product can be bought a local wal mart. Plant a low maintenance groundcover in the area instead of using mulch.

The stains come from a weird clear looking fungus that grows on mulch. Add a fresh layer of mulch. Don t use paint thinner nail polish remover spot removers paint remover straight chlorine bleach or furniture cleaner on vinyl. And so i want to remove the vinyl.

I just bought a 1940 house that had vinyl siding installed about 20 25 years ago. Mouthwash mouthwash is something many swear by for cleaning artillery fungus off of vinyl siding especially mint laced varieties. The artillery fungus grows in wet times of the year on mulch and looks kinda like clear water and whitish strings. Put on rubber gloves.

If you have mud stains on vinyl siding try cleaning it with bar keepers friend. However never mix ammonia and bleach rinse thoroughly while the siding is still wet. Could see the old clapboard of some sort along with some plain styrofoam and tin foil like insulation. Just mix the powder with a little water and use a soft brush then rinse.

Use big pieces of pine bark or other bark mulch which are a less hospitable place for the fungus. Vinyl looks to be in okay shape i just prefer wood. Peroxide hydrogen peroxide has also been said to work especially at higher strengths. At the end of the string is a piece of something that looks like black peppers.

This will buy you a year before the fungus reaches to the top of the new mulch.