Using detergent to remove moss from your roof isn t just dangerous for your shingles.
Gain detergent and chlorine for roof cleaning.
It can also be dangerous for you.
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.
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.
Of liquid dish soap and spray from the roof top working your way down.
It will kill the sh and dry before it s clean.
It s a common practice to use pool ingredients to clean surfaces like concrete cement etc.
When we started we used a regular bug sprayer.
Pool shock for roof cleaning.
So pool shock products.
These detergents can harm the environment if they contain zinc sulfate.
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.
Why laundry detergent is dangerous on your roof.
Clean your roof without taking proper safety precautions.
Clean your roof when it super hot out in the baking sun.
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.
Now it s time to formulate a plan to clean your roof with pool shock.
Billy jensen of h2o pressure washing in new port richey florida found lauramine oxide that is sold under the trade name ammonyx lo.
Slick and slippery is not what you want while you re up on your roof.
Why not clean my roof with bleach.
Sterner stuff as a last resort you can use a mixture of bleach diluted with an equal amount of water to kill roof moss.
Homeowners dumping detergent on their roof have lost their balance on that very detergent and ended up in the hospital.
These larger ultra flings provide ultra freshness.
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.
And this chlorine comes with bleach like properties that can clean up the shingles and save your roof from harm.
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.
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.