Clean your roof on a cloudy calm day when the wind isn t blowing and there s no threat of precipitation.
Gain detergent and chlorine for roof cleaning.
It will kill the sh and dry before it s clean.
Billy jensen of h2o pressure washing in new port richey florida found lauramine oxide that is sold under the trade name ammonyx lo.
Pool shock for roof cleaning.
Slick and slippery is not what you want while you re up on your roof.
It s a common practice to use pool ingredients to clean surfaces like concrete cement etc.
Detergent may be dry in the box but once it comes in contact with moss it becomes slick and slippery.
Sterner stuff as a last resort you can use a mixture of bleach diluted with an equal amount of water to kill roof moss.
Now it s time to formulate a plan to clean your roof with pool shock.
So pool shock products.
Gain ultra flings are double the size of gain original flings and they contain double the oxi boost and febreze and triple the freshness power.
They give you a better cleaning and scent experience for your biggest laundry loads and they re even better than our own liquid laundry detergent.
Chlorine bleach also known as sodium hypochlorite or sh is not meant to be a roof cleaning chemical because it kills surface algae but can not penetrate the roof shingle granules to remove black mold root structures.
Roof stains return in as few as 9 months and the roof mold is worse than before.
When we started we used a regular bug sprayer.
Using detergent to remove moss from your roof isn t just dangerous for your shingles.
Homeowners dumping detergent on their roof have lost their balance on that very detergent and ended up in the hospital.
Clean your roof on a sunny day which will cause the bleach solution to evaporate too quickly limiting its cleansing effects.
Splash dash roof cleaning contractors do not rinse the chemicals off the roof before they leave the concentrated residues that drip from the roof after dew or light rain will kill plants see picture below.
Use a three gallon pump sprayer use one gallon of sh and two gallons of water h2o add about 4 oz.
Clean your roof when it super hot out in the baking sun.
Why not clean my roof with bleach.
Some years ago myself and several other roof cleaners pioneered chlorine stable surfactants on that forum and introduced them to the roof cleaning world by telling several distributors about them.
Roof cleaning contractors are using a far more dangerous ratio of up to 90 chlorine water there are environmental consequences of using chlorine at these ratios which are explained below.
Why laundry detergent is dangerous on your roof.
Clean your roof without taking proper safety precautions.
And this chlorine comes with bleach like properties that can clean up the shingles and save your roof from harm.
It can also be dangerous for you.
