Rust and hard-water stains on your concrete come from your irrigation water and settle into the driveway and walkways around your home. We clean the concrete with strong pressure and plenty of water, then treat the rust and hard-water stains with oxalic acid. Call Tropical Window Cleaning Home and Commercial Services at (407) 324-9876 to have your Winter Park driveway stains evaluated.
We match the wash to the surface. We clean two driveway types most often: poured concrete and brick paver, the pair you see on nearly every home here.
Cured poured concrete can handle full pressure, as long as you have enough water volume to carry it. We run a surface cleaner across it for an even finish, with no wand streaks. Brand-new concrete needs a gentler touch. We soft wash it, letting the cleaning solution do the work, and save standard pressure washing for once the surface has settled.
Brick pavers get a gentler wash, and we skip the surface cleaner. We use wand work instead. That protects the sand packed between the pavers and keeps the driveway sitting level, the way it was laid.
The driveway is rarely the only concrete around your home. We also clean walkways, poured concrete pool patios, and the rest of the flatwork. We use the same methods and pricing logic as the driveway, based on square footage, condition, and material. In most cases, we clean them on the same visit as the driveway. We sort out exactly what gets cleaned when we meet you for the estimate.
When your driveway has an oil stain, you want a straight answer before anyone starts, and that is what we give you.
We review the significant stains during the estimate, so you’ll know where things stand before we start. We’ll be honest up front about oil stains: we have methods, and we’ll try, but we won’t guarantee full removal. If complete removal matters most, a hot-water specialist may be the better fit.
Here is how a job goes from the first call to the follow-up afterward.
Call or use the form on our website to schedule it, and we’ll come out to meet you at the property. We price it based on the driveway’s square footage, material, and how much grime and staining it has. We note any significant stains right then, and you get a written quote.
Once you approve the quote, we book the date with our office and lock it onto the calendar.
When we arrive, we walk the work plan with you before anything starts. Areas get added or dropped right there, so our office, our estimator, and the crew are all on the same page.
We water the surrounding lawn and beds before we start to protect the plants. We cover anything that needs it, and move or wrap furniture and delicate items.
We run commercial-grade cold-water pressure washers, with a surface cleaner on concrete and wand work on brick pavers. We apply the cleaning solution at the lowest effective strength and only increase it when a surface needs more.
Rust and hard-water stains get oxalic acid and purpose-made stain removers. If grease has worked into the surface, we use a degreaser.
We reset the property and walk you around the finished work. For anything cleaning can’t resolve, we photograph it and explain. Our office calls afterward to make sure everything went well, take payment, and ask how the crew did, because we stand behind our work.
We stand behind every job. If something isn’t right, we’ll come back and make it right. That holds per job, and we follow up until it is resolved.
A driveway usually takes about two hours. The exact time depends on the surface size, the material underfoot, and how heavy the staining is.
Keep your dog off any areas where we leave cleaning solution to dwell, and we will tell you which ones before we leave. The solution breaks down in sunlight over time, so those spots clear on their own. If you are unsure, just ask the crew on the day.
Yes, we use the water supply at your property, since cleaning concrete takes a lot of water. We let you know during the quote so there is nothing unexpected on the day.
No, we clean poured concrete and brick paver driveways, not asphalt. Cleaning does little for asphalt, so we don’t take it on.
Ready to see those stains gone? Call us at (407) 324-9876 to book a walk-around estimate. We’ll meet you at your Winter Park home, inspect the concrete, and price the job before we start. It is free, and you will know exactly what to expect.
