I've used some basic dish soap in a bucket of water for composite decking...I have a small scrubbing "broom" that fits in a 5 gal pail. Little soap...lots of elbow grease and good rinse with the garden hose. For real wood decks I use the cleaning products from Penofin...same bucket and broom tricks.
http://www.penofin.com/products_wood_strippe...