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Mitchellmoxo

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Cleaning solar panels with virosol
« on: June 09, 2013, 09:22:09 am »
Is virosol good for cleaning solar panels? Was thinking of pressure spraying on and then rinsing off with brush & tap water?

Thanks

CF Facilities

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Re: Cleaning solar panels with virosol
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2013, 09:30:44 am »
I got a hand pump sprayer from tool station £18.50 popped in a bit of virosol and away I went.

I have done two this week with polycarb roofs and results were really good.  8)

One customer had his roof cleaned by an old trad guy every six months but stopped coming so I had a go and he said its never looked as good..

Mitchellmoxo

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Re: Cleaning solar panels with virosol
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2013, 09:58:50 am »
Sounds great, are you just using a brush or something to rinse off? I do this with conny roofs but wasnt sure if virosol damaged the solar panels or something

CF Facilities

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Re: Cleaning solar panels with virosol
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2013, 11:27:19 am »
Sorry mate I did not read your post properly. Conservatory roofs I do Solar panel's I don't.

On reading other posts usually pure is enough but I am no expert.

scottt24

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Re: Cleaning solar panels with virosol
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2013, 11:29:49 am »
Pure is more than enough for solar panels
Thanks,
              Scott

R.C Property

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Re: Cleaning solar panels with virosol
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2013, 11:44:31 am »
DO NOT USE CHEMICALS ON SOLAR PANELS

if you dont get if off 100% then you can do more damage than good!!!!! then you would end up having to replace them for the customer!

Tadgh O Shea

Re: Cleaning solar panels with virosol
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2013, 11:53:29 am »
If you want to play it safe for cleaning conny roofs or solar panels, just check the ph value which you will find on the msds for all cleaning products. its safest to use a cleaner thats non-caustic,non-corrosive, most high alkaline based cleaners like TFRs for example are caustic and corrosive and will cause detrimental damage to surfaces from continuous use, if the ph value is over 10.5 its these products are more likely to cause the damage as they are highly alkaline, there are many janitorial suppliers in the UK stocking safer products which are non-caustic,non-corrosive, and will not cause detrimental damage to surfaces.just do a google search as there are many in the UK.

Re: Cleaning solar panels with virosol
« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2013, 12:07:07 pm »
There is absolutely no way you should use virusol on solar panels. Have you cleaned any solar panels before? If so, what did you use and how did you find the end results?

DG Cleaning

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Re: Cleaning solar panels with virosol
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2013, 06:33:06 pm »
What should be used, just pure?

R.C Property

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Re: Cleaning solar panels with virosol
« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2013, 06:59:57 pm »
yer thats the best thing to use,

Re: Cleaning solar panels with virosol
« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2013, 08:58:26 pm »
What should be used, just pure?
For now, pure is perfect. Won't be long before lots of products come to market. I should be testing one of them soon. Just waiting on delivery...
It will be interesting to see if they speed up the cleaning time. I can't see how they can yet, but I'm more than willing to be proved wrong and would buy in great quantities if it was good.

Tadgh O Shea

Re: Cleaning solar panels with virosol
« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2013, 11:10:29 pm »
Hi Steve, i can offer you a safe product that will clean and protect solar panels, this technology will help to increase productivity and drastically improve the amount of time you need to spend cleaning the panels on an ongoing basis, this is of benefit to you and your clients, as it will save you time on your regular cleans but you still charge the same rate, for your client this technology will prolong the life of their panels as well as improving productivity while at the same time it will not cause any detrimental damage to surfaces.
If this would be of interest to you bang me an email and i will send you on information under no obligation

Re: Cleaning solar panels with virosol
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2013, 09:09:17 pm »
Hi Steve, i can offer you a safe product that will clean and protect solar panels, this technology will help to increase productivity and drastically improve the amount of time you need to spend cleaning the panels on an ongoing basis, this is of benefit to you and your clients, as it will save you time on your regular cleans but you still charge the same rate, for your client this technology will prolong the life of their panels as well as improving productivity while at the same time it will not cause any detrimental damage to surfaces.
If this would be of interest to you bang me an email and i will send you on information under no obligation
I just want to clarify your claims if that's ok.
It will clean panels and improve the amount of time needed to clean panels. But will the application of the product not slow me down?
How will it help productivity?
How will it improve the life of a panel? They are only designed to last 25 years at the absolute most.

I'm asking out of genuine interest mate. Would you be willing as other companies have, to send me samples for testing please?  :)

Tadgh O Shea

Re: Cleaning solar panels with virosol
« Reply #13 on: June 11, 2013, 12:07:00 am »
Hi Steve, i will send you on samples and information on features and benefits.

Regards

Tadgh

Re: Cleaning solar panels with virosol
« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2013, 06:42:35 pm »
Hi Steve, i will send you on samples and information on features and benefits.

Regards

Tadgh
Do you have my address mate? It's on my contact page on my All Around website. Thanks. :)

Tadgh O Shea

Re: Cleaning solar panels with virosol
« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2013, 10:48:17 pm »
No Prob Steve had it.