Home Depot Assistant Composite Buyer 11/12/08
"Great work by the cleaner! The deck looks great!" Geoff Case, Assistant Composite Buyer, Home Depot
[Corte Clean used to clean a Home Depot Veranda composite deck after chlorine bleach and other products purchased from the Home Depot failed, even when a store manager used them.]
I “Googled” reviews for Corte Clean 10/9/09
I have had my composite decking for about 4 yrs now. This past summer I to have noticed “black spots” on my decking. I went to Home Depot and described the situation to them and they sold me some “Krud Kutter” That did not help! My wife said to try Soft Scrub with bleach, still did not help. My wife felt sorry for me because I had to do so much scrubbing. She called the company that manufactured my composite decking (WeatherBest) They told her that “it sounds like your decking has mold on it”!! They told her that the only product that they tell people to use is “Corte Clean” Well, I “Googled” reviews for Corte Clean and for some reason one click brought me to this site! In some of my searches I have also found out that the companies that manufacture composite decking did NOT do their homework as far as mold & mildew getting into the composite decking, and the ads for “No Maintenance, & Low Maintenance” are misleading to the public!! I also feel that I was lied to, but I am NOT going to take the decking out and replace it with anything else! But I also agree with the gentleman from J.P. construction who said all decking needs some maintenance! I did try the Corte Clean 3 weeks ago. I have a upper & lower deck behind my house! I figure about 600 sq. ft of composite decking! It only took about 2 hrs of my time (No Scrubbing) to clean my deck!! On Corte Cleans website they have “before” & “after” pictures of decking with mold & after cleaning and this is exactly how my deck looked!! This is just to tell you people that there is a product that will get the mold out without any scrubbing!!
Bay City, MI
Denny
From a blog Dated: 2009-10-09
http://www.greenerbuilding.org/product_detail.php?cid=25&pid=13
Corte Clean is great! Correct Deck 6/3/10
We own a home in Gardiner NY where we live from May to October.Every year, when we would come up here, the first thing I would do was to treat my composite Correct Deck
with Outdoor Chlorox to get rid of the mold spots all over the deck. It worked but only for a short time and I would have to do it all over again monthly. In Sept. of 09 I decided
to look for a better solution and found Corte Clean which I then applied to my Correct Deck. When I came back up in the beginning of May of 10 I was amazed to find my deck
spotless. How nice to find a product that works exactly as advertised and made in USA to boot.
Alex from Gardiner NY
GeoDeck 4/14/2010
We have tested this. We do encourage customers to use this product. Thank you!
Jessica Olmsted
Green Bay Decking LLC - "The Composite Solutions Co"
1518 S Broadway, Green Bay, WI 54304
PH: 920-435-1526 x110
FX: 920-435-1528
I found Corte Clean to exceed my expectations.
I have a rather large deck and boat dock that I recently resurfaced with TimberTech. The deck is in redwood T&G with the railing kit, and the dock is in the 5/4" cedar planks. They both turned out great. However, they both started to show black mold after about 4-6 months. I think a lot of reason for the mold is that I live in Missouri which has high humidity and the house is surrounded by trees. Mold and mildew is a constant problem on anything outside. After searching for a cleaner, I found Corte Clean on the Internet and gave it a try. It did a great job on cleaning the surface areas and was very easy to use. The railing was a little more of a challenge as it tended to leave a milky residue if it wasn't completed washed off. I ended up using a power washer for the final rinsing. I found Corte Clean to exceed my expectations.
Gary Bieg , Huttig Building Products Director, Business Applic
Trex Deck 6/3/10
It works great and it's the only product that has cleaned my Trex deck.
Thank you!
M. Elvester
(see photo in "Photo Gallery")
A CLEANER THAT WORKS! 4/28/09
Having a deck in "mold heavy" area this is the only product that works. Tried Mold Armour, bleach, damp-rid...these items did not work! CORTE CLEAN is easy and effective to use. For tough areas just sprinkle the cleaner on a wet deck and scrub. A great product! Top of the line customer service. Buy this product do not waste your money or time on other products! ED B.
ED B, U.S G.
Just in case you want to pass on to anyone 5/27/08
Product is working well on ChoiceDek , just in case you want to pass on to anyone.
C. Plotzke
Great product! 10/28/08
Gail Webb
ChoiceDek; Another Satisfied Customer! 8-19-08
After trying three other products and spending unnecessary amounts of money and time, I found Corte Clean. It works like it says it does. I subscribe to the K.I.S.S. method. Keep It Simple Stupid!! On their "You Tube" there is a video of it working. There's no salesman telling me that it will work or having to have to sell the cleaner. The video says it all. It gets the mold out. Plain and simple right before your eyes.
Independence, KY
S. Benner
Environment Concern and First Attempt!
I researched one morning, the best way to clean my Trex Decking. After reading several stories about what didn't work, I decided to try Corte Clean because of the environmental concerns of other products. I am so happy we tried this product first. There are many stories of people who have tried other products and wasted so much time, money and effort! Our deck look FABULOUS! I am thrilled and will use this product and will use it every year!
C. Pereira, Small Business Owner, Home Owner
LOVE IT! 5/14/08
I USE YOUR PRODUCT MYSELF & LOVE IT! (Correct Deck Owner)
KURT STUART, Sales , The Deck Yard (888) 513-6001
I've used your product for 3 years 9/8/10
I've used your product for 3 years to clean my 2000 sq ft TREX deck. Always get the mold off. Last year I skipped cleaning in the fall, and I had quite a spotted deck by this summer. Again Corta Clean worked after I put in the effort to clean the deck correctly.
K. Giuffrida
Honeoye Falls, NY
Sent from my iPad
Outstanding Product:7/9/09
Our Timbertech deck is 3 years old and had started to show "black spots". One app. at max strength restored the deck to its original, day one appearance.
There was no impact from seasonal rains/monsoons!! It is always great when a product does the job for which it is designed.
T. Abbott
Incredable Product 6/7/10
My TimberTech decking had very bad mildew & stains and with 1 strong dose of Corte Clean it came out spotless
i would recommend this product to anyone who wants to keep their composite decking clean. Very easy to use!
A. Antonucci, retired
TREX Corte Clean Review 5/26/09
I used Corte-Clean about 2 weeks ago for the first time on my Trex deck. I followed the directions exactly and the product worked as advertised. It removed all of my mold and the "black spots" that had built up over time. The one issue I have is that in doing it's job, the product also removed some of the original coloring of my deck. The color is now faded, or "bleached", if you will, a much lighter shade than it's original brown tone. I do not know if this is normal, given that I have had the deck for 2 years, and this is the first time I am cleaning it. I must say that this was unexpected and a little disconcerting. My deck looks much better now than before I used the product, however, it is not the original color I started out with - I guess this is the trade-off you live with in having a Trex deck. (Note from Corte LLC. Corte Clean can speed up the natural weathering process of some composites. The sun will naturally bleach/fade/weather composites. Corte Clean will not bleach/fade composites more than the sun would naturally, over time. Many customers that have previously used sodium hypochlorite based products in an attempt to clean TREX or older weathered TREX have reported that it restored some of the composites origional color. All TREX customers see "WEATHERING" link @ trex.com before using Corte Clean. We have found that TREX weathers by about 2/3 from its origional color over time or if Corte Clean is used to clean tough stains. Unfortunately, TREX owners will have to make a choice, Corte Clean stains from their composite and potentially speed up the weathering process or live with the stains.)
J. DiPalermo
1st time it actually came clean! 8/17/2008
Hi Scott,
Well, we used the Corte Clean following the directions on the can. The stuff is amazing! As you can see from the pictures, we had really bad black mold spots all over our Smart Deck composite decking. It is true -- the stuff works the best in sunlight. I mixed 2 cupfuls of Corte Clean in a gallon of hot water, sprayed it on and let it sit 25 minutes, brooming it once after about 15 minutes, and sprayed on more mixture after brooming. You can see the color difference and how clean the deck became.
I used all of the Corte Clean on a very dirty 14 ft x 16 ft deck, and ran out before I could finish the other 16 ft x 16 ft portion of my deck. So I am ready to buy more. Please stock this product! Once the word gets out, look out! It's the ONLY PRODUCT I'VE FOUND THAT WORKS without bleaching the composite material.
Thanks for the opportunity to provide this testimonial and I look forward to a bright-shiny deck from now on! Let me know when you get more product -- I'd like to keep at least a 10 pound supply on hand. Thanks Corte-Clean, and thanks to The Deck Superstore for offering this product.
Sincerely,
P. Thompson, Centennial, CO 8/17/2008 SmartDeck Composite deck owner -- deck installed in 2003 and this was the 1st time it actually came clean!
felt compelled to write 5/25/10
We have Trex decking. After reading your testimonials, I feel like I'm being very repetitive. However, I was so impressed with the results I felt compelled to write to you.
Before I used Corte Clean, I had used three different deck cleaners without any luck at all and the next recommended product contained bleach, something I did not want to use. My three products were a Wolman brand, Simple Green brand, and Krud Kutter. I decided to do some research on the web and happened upon your site.
My deck was horrible with mold - so bad I thought it was ruined and it's less than three years old. I decided to purchase Corte Clean instead of the recommended bleaching cleaner and it really was amazing how the mold disappeared.
The directions for use are right on and very simple. Corte Clean worked so well, in fact, I told my brother (who is in lumber sales) that if anyone ever asks him what to use to clean their composite deck, ONLY recommend Corte Clean!
I just wish I had some "before" pictures because the "after" looks brand new - can't thank you enough.
L. Gorrasi
Cincinnati, Ohio
Best Cleaner We’ve Found. 11/20/07
We finally got a chance to use your product yesterday and it has been the best cleaner we’ve found. (Used Corte Clean to clean TimberTech, TimberTech Distributor)
Dan Albright, TimberTech Product Mgr., Babcock Lumber Company
Worked Great!
Received, and used on deck, seems to have worked great! (TREX deck owner)
8/10/07
C. Tschupp
Thank You very much for your efforts 8/2/10
Dear Greg:
I don't think that you'll remember but you were kind enough to return my phone a couple of weeks back when I had called to express my dissatisfaction with Corte-Clean. To be honest with you, I was somewhat shocked that someone actually called me back (this simply does not happen very often these days). We had quite a lengthy conversation about your product, in which you advised me of several things I should do in order to get the desired results.
Indeed, after increasing the mix ratio and working on a smaller area, your product worked very well on my deck (Fiberon). It did clean up the mildew/grease spots and other discoloration caused by water drips of the whirlpool, roof, planter boxes etc. After using such a strong mix ratio, I was a little hesitant at first because a white residue was left on the deck even after spraying it off multiple times. By now though, that residue seems to have disappeared and I believe, according to your information, that this is a natural process. I also wish to thank you for the additional product and the instructional video you sent. I have not had a chance to view the video yet but I most certainly will.
Again, Thank You very much for your efforts in helping me.
Kind Regards,
M. Knipp
Mishawaka, IN 46545
Absolutely Cleans Our TREX Deck Beautifully 4-9-09
I just wanted to let you know this is the third year I have used Corte Clean on our Trex decking and how satisfied my husband and I are with the product.
We built our Trex deck and spiral staircase in 2005 and by the spring of 2007 we noticed black spots all over the deck and stairs. I contacted customer service at Trex. I explained to her that all I wanted was a way to get the deck back to its original shape. She told me that on their web site was a way to clean it but that she would send me some information. I received that information along with a claim form but they wanted us to use bleach on our deck. I got on line and found out that many people across the country that had Trex decking were very dissatisfied with the bleach and found that the spots came back even worse.
Corte Clean absolutely cleans our deck beautifully! By the time I found your product on the internet, our deck was in pretty bad shape. We had to use the scrub technique to get rid of the spots and in some places had to give it a second treatment. Thanks so much for all your ideas and help!!!
Bev C
West Liberty, IA
We have Trex porches... 12/7/09
Seems to be good for mold. I'm convinced to keep Corte Clean on hand.
Janet D.
Beautiful Job...
I used the product on our Trex Deck and it did a beautiful job. The entire deck is all uniform in color and the black spots all faded away. Thanks and I'll recommend your product to the Trex distributer. It was great doing business with you!
L. Majka, Happy Homeowner
Different Cleaning Procedure 5-18-10
Hello,
We have a TimberTech deck that is 3 years old. From the very first we have used Corte Clean as our sole deck cleaner and have learned a lot in the process. Just so you know, our deck is on the north side of our home in western Oregon--it is nearly always in the shade, and mildew is a big problem. That said, we love our TimberTech deck and currently use a different cleaning procedure than stated on your website, which we find to be MUCH easier and just as effective.
This is our method:
1. A day or two before cleaning, hose or blow deck clean.
2. On cleaning day, make sure deck is dry, and ideally choose a cloudy day that’s not too hot … in the 60s is perfect.
3. Sprinkle dry Corte Clean over a section of the deck, then very lightly spray (mist) with water from a hose. Use a long-handled stiff brush to scrub the Corte Clean and water into deck boards.
4. Continue this process on subsequent sections of the deck. Periodically, go back and re-spray and re-scrub previous deck sections, giving time for the Corte Clean to work and always keeping the deck moist.
5. Finish cleaning by using a strong spray from the hose to thoroughly rinse the deck.
Our experience shows that this easy method works absolutely as well as your Corte Clean instructions. But, we do not have to deal with a pump sprayer, measuring, mixing, etc., and we find our method to be so much quicker and easier!
Note that we do use about double your recommended amount of Corte Clean for our deck square footage. We found, however, that this was necessary as well back when we followed your cleaning procedure.
May I add a couple of quick comments after spending time on your website …
I really like that you do not promote use of a deck sealer. I appreciate your up-front comments on why you do not recommend such a product.
Thank you for Corte Clean!
Sincerely,
C. Teegarden