Pool shock for roof cleaning.
Gain detergent and chlorine for roof cleaning.
Clean your roof on a cloudy calm day when the wind isn t blowing and there s no threat of precipitation.
Use a three gallon pump sprayer use one gallon of sh and two gallons of water h2o add about 4 oz.
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.
It can also be dangerous for you.
It s a common practice to use pool ingredients to clean surfaces like concrete cement etc.
Homeowners dumping detergent on their roof have lost their balance on that very detergent and ended up in the hospital.
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.
Clean your roof without taking proper safety precautions.
Detergent may be dry in the box but once it comes in contact with moss it becomes slick and slippery.
It will kill the sh and dry before it s clean.
These larger ultra flings provide ultra freshness.
Slick and slippery is not what you want while you re up on your roof.
Roof stains return in as few as 9 months and the roof mold is worse than before.
Clean your roof on a sunny day which will cause the bleach solution to evaporate too quickly limiting its cleansing effects.
And this chlorine comes with bleach like properties that can clean up the shingles and save your roof from harm.
Now it s time to formulate a plan to clean your roof with pool shock.
When we started we used a regular bug sprayer.
So pool shock products.
Using detergent to remove moss from your roof isn t just dangerous for your shingles.
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.
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.
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.
Of liquid dish soap and spray from the roof top working your way down.
These detergents can harm the environment if they contain zinc sulfate.
Clean your roof when it super hot out in the baking sun.
Sterner stuff as a last resort you can use a mixture of bleach diluted with an equal amount of water to kill roof moss.
