Cleaning a Garage with Wet & Forget Products

By Wet & Forget

As the spring temperatures roll in, your garage will become a busy place with lawn mowing, yard work, and home repairs. All this activity will leave your garage dirty and in need of cleaning.

Don’t let cleaning a garage become laborious and exhausting! Our guide will provide easy-to-follow steps for effortlessly cleaning garage surfaces. Moreover, we will also share tips on how to keep your garage free from spiders using Miss Muffet’s Revenge.

What’s the best way to remove stains on the exterior of my garage door and carport?

After the winter months, you may notice mold and algae stains on the exterior of your garage door or carport. Wet & Forget Xtreme Reach™ Hose End is the ideal product to remove the green and black stains.

Wet & Forget Xtreme Reach™ Hose End attaches to your garden hose and automatically mixes with the water. It will spray up to 30 feet high, making it easy to clean those hard-to-reach areas. 

The 48 oz container will cover up to 2,000 sq. feet. Notably, the product has an unlimited shelf life so that you can keep it on hand for future stain removal needs.

Wet & Forget Xtreme Reach™ Hose End works over time with rain and wind to gently clean algae and mold stains from carports and garage doors, restoring your vehicle’s cover to like-new condition.

Be sure to apply on a day where you won’t see rainfall for 4-5 hours after applying, as this is how long Wet and Forget takes to dry. We also recommend applying on a cooler overcast day to avoid any rapid evaporation of the product.

How To Clean A Garage Door:

1. Attach Wet & Forget Xtreme Reach™ Hose End to your garden hose and connect the fan tip. Turn on the spigot.
2. Turn the black dial counterclockwise to the ON setting. (The dial won’t turn any further past this setting).
3. Spray Wet & Forget on. It will work with the rain and wind to gently clean up the green and black stains over time.

Cleaning a carport with Wet and Forget is a little different than using it on a garage door. Follow our guide below for the best cleaning tips and tricks.

 

Here’s How To Clean A Carport:

1. Remove your vehicles from the carport.
2. Next, sweep the floors with a household broom. This will help to remove any loose dirt, grass, leaves, and other debris for better cleaning.
3. Connect Wet & Forget Xtreme Reach™ Hose End to your garden hose and attach the fan tip. Turn on the spigot and turn the black dial counterclockwise to the ON setting.  Spray the carport exterior and interior. Then, allow the space to dry overnight.
4. Wet and Forget will work over time with the rain and wind to clean up the green and black stains.

Note: For surfaces not exposed to rainfall (under the carport), we advise rinsing the area periodically with a hose on a jet setting to imitate rainfall. We recommend starting to rinse the surface a week after your application of Wet and Forget.

How can I clean, disinfect, and deodorize my garage workbench?

Workbench countertops can quickly become messy, accumulating dust, wood chips, metal bits, and debris. A clean, clutter-free space can make your shop time more productive.

Here’s the how-to:

1. Pick up all spilled screws, nails, or other small metal parts from the countertop, and toss. A magnet works well. 
2. Then, sweep up any loose dust and dirt from the space with a hand-held broom or a shop vacuum for easier cleaning.
3. Spray Wet & Forget Indoor on the workbench top, let sit for 10 minutes to disinfect the hard, nonporous surface, and then allow the surface to air dry or wipe the surface clean with a soft cloth.
4. That’s all you need to do!

Wet & Forget Indoor cleans, deodorizes, and disinfects hard, nonporous shop surfaces. It also cuts through grease and grime. Furthermore, it inhibits smelly mold and mildew growth with no stinky bleach or chemical odor.

What about my dirty garage floor?

Wet & Forget Indoor cleans up surface dirt and grime in no time!

How To Clean A Garage Floor:

1. Sweep up any screws, brads, nails, wood chips, metal bits, and debris. Use a magnetic broom or shop broom to pick these items off the floor and toss them.
2. Remove any loose dirt or dust from the floor with a shop vacuum.
3. Apply Wet & Forget Indoor to the garage floor by mopping with the product.
4. Mop the floor until the surface is thoroughly wet.
5. Wait 10 minutes, then dry the floor with a sponge mop. You can also wait until the floor air dries before resuming shop activities.
6. That’s it!

Where do garage spiders hide?

You can often find a spider cobweb in ceiling corners, windowsills, or light fixtures are visible. Spiders prefer dark, undisturbed locations such as:

Storage areas:

Keeping the garage clean and clutter-free is important to help prevent spiders by organizing and sorting the storage spaces. 

Under shop tabletops and chairs:

Additionally, spiders love to lurk under tables, stools, and chairs, as these areas aren’t frequently disturbed.

Under shop sinks:

Spiders need water to survive, so they often hide in dark, under-cabinet spaces, usually near the plumbing. They can frequently be found in the bathroom because of the moisture it provides.

To keep garage spiders at bay, make sure to keep the under-sink space clutter-free.

Why do spiders even make their way inside?

When the weather turns cold, yard spiders will seek the warmth and shelter of your garage. Here are a few ways that outdoor spiders make their way inside:

• On or inside moving boxes
• Inside stacks of firewood
• Wandering in under the garage or side door
• Through holes in window screens

Moreover, other sought-after spider hideouts include stairwells, sheds, crawl spaces, and closets.

How can I keep my garage spider-free?

Spiders love to hide in nooks, crannies, and out-of-the-way corners. These eight-legged arachnids prefer hibernating in enclosed structures like garages, sheds, and barns. Get spiders out of your garage with Miss Muffet’s Revenge spider killer.

Miss Muffet’s Revenge spider spray kills spiders in and around your home. The spray will create an invisible barrier around your space that repels spiders for up to 12 months.

Moreover, the flexible 3 ft. hose makes it easy to spray those tough-to-reach spots where spiders like to hang out.

For Indoor applications: Spray a 4-inch band of Miss Muffet’s Revenge along the base or floor of your garage. Then, spray the cobwebs and areas where spiders will likely reappear and remove them the next day with a broom.

Outdoor applications: Apply a 12-inch band of Miss Muffet’s Revenge around the exterior of your garage. When you apply, check to see that it will be a clear, dry day with no rain or high winds in the forecast.

Instead of cleaning a dirty garage once a year, try cleaning it after each season to minimize the workload. Wet & Forget products have an unlimited shelf life, so you can keep cleaning the dirty garage with the same product! 

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