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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: DJW on April 26, 2022, 08:07:19 pm
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Anyone managed to bodge one up for scraping lichen from solar panels?
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Don’t really think that’s a good idea on solar panels m8 unless it’s plastic.
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Gardner supper scraper works ok on solar panels still hard work think maby spray with biocide then come back to wfp in few days
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yep I have a nice 14" wide one
pre soak panels with hypo - 10 min coffee break and off you go - then rinse off
Darran
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1651010648_PHOTO-2022-04-22-17-04-40.jpg)
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yep I have a nice 14" wide one
pre soak panels with hypo - 10 min coffee break and off you go - then rinse off
Darran
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1651010648_PHOTO-2022-04-22-17-04-40.jpg)
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1651010648_PHOTO-2022-04-22-17-04-40 2.jpg)
Hypo on solar panels , arnt you worried about corrosion damage to the alloy frames ?? And possibly on the wiring ? What mix do you use ?
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Got a pic of your scraper Smurf? I use the Gardiner one but it’s too small and unstable for panels.
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yep I have a nice 14" wide one
pre soak panels with hypo - 10 min coffee break and off you go - then rinse off
Darran
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1651010648_PHOTO-2022-04-22-17-04-40.jpg)
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1651010648_PHOTO-2022-04-22-17-04-40 2.jpg)
Hypo on solar panels , arnt you worried about corrosion damage to the alloy frames ?? And possibly on the wiring ? What mix do you use ?
No Aluminium is pretty hypo resistant in it’s raw state and totally safe if anodised - then added security of being washed off - 3 or 4 to 1 mix
If wires are waterproof then they are hypo proof as you know plastic is unaeffected by hypo - and I don’t recall ever sticking a brush under the panels to soak the wiring - pretty happy with what we do
Darran
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yep I have a nice 14" wide one
pre soak panels with hypo - 10 min coffee break and off you go - then rinse off
Darran
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1651010648_PHOTO-2022-04-22-17-04-40.jpg)
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1651010648_PHOTO-2022-04-22-17-04-40 2.jpg)
Hypo on solar panels , arnt you worried about corrosion damage to the alloy frames ?? And possibly on the wiring ? What mix do you use ?
No Aluminium is pretty hypo resistant in it’s raw state and totally safe if anodised - then added security of being washed off - 3 or 4 to 1 mix
If wires are waterproof then they are hypo proof as you know plastic is unaeffected by hypo - and I don’t recall ever sticking a brush under the panels to soak the wiring - pretty happy with what we do
Darran
It’s interesting hearing how others do things , but hypo does corrode aluminium badly especially plastic coated industrial building sandwich panels on any exposed edges , so I would be a bit worried about it getting between the alloy frame and the glass panel , we scrape the panels and treat with bio but generally try and avoid ones covered in licken unless it’s huge amounts of money , we recently did a job that SS quoted the customer over 1k to do 12 panels with light amounts of licken took less than two hours £800 customer was highly delighted and so were we 😂😂😂