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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Stephen burton on May 26, 2020, 08:41:10 pm
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What is the best chemical to use I have a customer who wants a roof cleaned which has very little moss but quite a bit of lichen backed on. Is soft wash a good method he doesn’t want it pressure washed, can I use my backpack and spray nozzle to cover the roof it’s not high and has the perfect pitched angle to do from the ground
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Cheapest and quickest will be hypo
Or if you want some pseudo green cred then pay out for algoclear - 10 times the cost and take weeks to kill off the lichen - but I will eventually get there
Backpack and spray trough your brunch you can agitate the surface at the same time for better effect
Darran
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Totally agree with Darren , bio is expensive and I dont feel it works any better than hypo , back pack and wfp with spray or brush is ideal fir applying hypo to roof I have made up my own spraying twin nozzle system to go on the pole it will go up and down the roof and sideways works a treat (http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1590525327_981E72CA-CF4D-4E76-9CC5-3ADCFC535579.jpeg)
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Cheers lads
Looks good that for a home made system, do you need to rinse the roof After?
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Yes we rinse after as you can get white salt deposits especially this time of year , but I know some that don’t bother
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Cheers splash and dash you rinse with pure? What should I be charging very roughly for this property exactly same at back (http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1590611197_14657A14-FBB5-48BB-B8B8-A17373FD859E.png)
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Cheers splash and dash you rinse with pure? What should I be charging very roughly for this property exactly same at back (http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1590611197_14657A14-FBB5-48BB-B8B8-A17373FD859E.png)
No rinse with Tap water price wise Ime guessing a scrape and treat would be around £900-1200
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Thanks for that, one last thing where is the best place to get hypo from?
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Thanks for that, one last thing where is the best place to get hypo from?
Ime lucky there is a farm shop 300 yards from my house I get it there £12 for 20 ltr , but you should be able to get it from farm shops , swimming pool supplies firms , or look on line but some places are very expensive , also check the strength of it most is either 10 or 15 % strength
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You’ll defo need to agitate that lichen, it won’t come off with just a softwash...
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You’ll defo need to agitate that lichen, it won’t come off with just a softwash...
Generally speaking regardless what you use chemical wise it won’t come off straight away Evan with a scrub most yellow/orange won’t come off but give it a few weeks or months and it will be totally free of it , but it does take time
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I use to run a pool business in Florida for 20 years be careful how you transport hypo over there it came in 2/1/2 Gallon jugs then we would put 12 jugs in a large plastic container to stop rusting the bed of our pick up trucks