With this DIY deck cleaner recipe, the active ingredients do all the cleaning work, and intense water pressure isn't required. A regular garden hose is more than sufficient to rinse away the cleaner.

Once-a-Year Homemade Patio Cleaner and Deck Scrub While too harsh for regular cleaning, this recipe gives your deck or patio a good scrub down once or twice a year.

The very chemicals that keep the water in your swimming pool pristine can corrode your grill or degrade your deck. Mix in a little dampness and a lot of foot traffic and you get a real mess.

Then, it will be time to mix and apply the homemade cleaner and rinse again to refresh your deck. Step 1: Clear off the deck and spray it down with a garden hose. Photo: Getty Images ...