Failure is not an option - Certified SoftWash Roof Cleaning

John Smith · Lead Tech Certified

Failure is not an option

AC Lockyer · Administrator

Clorox Bleach or generic is 5%. That means to get a 2.5% solution you would cut it in half.

Go to tractor supply. Look at the lawn tractor / ATV sprayers. Just add more hose.

AC

Michael Derose · SoftWash Systems Certified Applicator

That type of work will require the use of a pressure washer after its been treated.

John Smith · Lead Tech Certified

I understand that 5% is half of what is in the mixoligy chart and doubling the sh would bring it up to 10%, but what am I cutting in half to get the 2.5%

AC Lockyer · Administrator

no mixology chart is based on pool bleach which comes between 10 and 12%. Store bleach is 5 to 6% I see you came over from the other site. R**A One half of pool bleach 12% would be a 6% solution and about the same strength as store bleach.

Does that help?

AC

John Smith · Lead Tech Certified

*sigh* yeah I found that site first. I'm sure you can see why I'm here now. Their warm welcome saved me $100 by not becoming a "Premium" member. Perhaps they are professional but thats not the atmosphere I want to be in or around. I checked out Tractor supply and think I have picked a sprayer. It's not much but it will get me started. I think I might have it figured out. With the store bought sh that I have I cut the water volume in half before dividing the sh volume into it so it's not diluted as much?

AC Lockyer · Administrator

If you use store bought bleach do a 1 to 1 ratio. One gallon store bleach to one gallon of water to make two total gallons. Avoid gallon containers that look bloated or pregnant. That means the bleach is old and bad.

Yes you wont find a single cross word here or anyone jumping ontop of another member. Strictly hand approved professionals posting real help here.

AC

Michael Derose · SoftWash Systems Certified Applicator

The surface your trying to clean is going to need to be pressure washed. Soft washing has its place but just not for the job at hand.

John Smith · Lead Tech Certified

Thanks Michael, I lack a ladder tall enough to get on the roof yet so I just sprayed it on the block to test it. New guy jitters and all that. I figured my mix wouldn't hurt the block. It was just a test spot.

John Smith · Lead Tech Certified

Is sh even necessary on block / concrete? If it has to be power washed after application anyway

AC Lockyer · Administrator

When its furry like that you need to use the NO NO BLASTER on it....yes.

AC

Danny Cronauer · SoftWash Systems Certified

Ya I second what mike said, I would spray it but first but then you need to pressure wash it off.

John Finch · Freshmen Member

You can get us a tractor supply system like AC said, I had one but the pump was too weak so I built my own and the used the largest pump Tractor supply had. I kept the other system for spraying around the house.

Gregg Austensen · Lead Tech Certified

I know that this is going off the original topic but magikman92 is not going crazy. What you are experiencing is due to the RETICULAR ACTIVATOR system in the brain. This helps filter out stimuli that we deem useless and helps us notice info that we deem important. The best example I can give that I'm sure we have all experienced is when you bought a car. After you've narrowed your seach down to a few or one car all of a sudden you see the cars everywhere. Almost like they never existed until YOU decided YOU wanted one.

Here's a wiki on it.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticular_formation

"Habituation - This is a process in which the brain learns to ignore repetitive, meaningless stimuli while remaining sensitive to others. A good example of this is when a person can sleep through loud traffic in a large city, but is awakened promptly due to the sound of an alarm or crying baby. Reticular formation nuclei that modulate activity of the cerebral cortex are part of the reticular activating system."

I'm sure that's more than anyone wants to know but I find it interesting. I'm sure there's some connection to how advertising works, repetition repetition repetition.

Gregg

-- Edited by GAustensen on Friday 7th of September 2012 12:44:39 PM

John Smith · Lead Tech Certified

I don't know if this is common but It's happening to me. Now that I have become aware of this process, every time I watch a tv show I find myself looking at the roof of every

house on the show as people are walking or driving. Any that come into view. It's annoying lol. I completly miss the point of the show because of it. " wow that shopping center

is in terrible shape, or, How can they expect to sell that house with a roof like that ?!?!?!?

John Smith · Lead Tech Certified

I'm glad I'm not going crazy , Thanks Gregg !!!

AC Lockyer · Administrator

magikman92 wrote:
I don't know if this is common but It's happening to me. Now that I have become aware of this process, every time I watch a tv show I find myself looking at the roof of every

house on the show as people are walking or driving. Any that come into view. It's annoying lol. I completly miss the point of the show because of it. " wow that shopping center

is in terrible shape, or, How can they expect to sell that house with a roof like that ?!?!?!?

I use to stay behind and watch the credits in movie theaters if I saw a dirty roof in the movie, to see where it was filmed.

AC

AC Lockyer · Administrator

magikman92 wrote:
I'm glad I'm not going crazy , Thanks Gregg !!!

Not crazy OBSESED!

AC

Gregg Austensen · Lead Tech Certified

What other biz has potential customers with signs on their roof saying " come tell me how you can serve me". Just need to educate homeowners and show them the power of SW

Ray Burke · Community Member

Not crazy at all. You'll actually find that you can't even go on vacation even without noticing dirty things! Thanks for the wiki info GAustensen!

Dan Signor · SoftWash Systems Certified Applicator

Ah yes, the wife and I went to Puerto Rico a few months ago and what was I looking at and taking pictures of? Roofs and Dirty buildings......then trying to figured out how to open a branch there. Lol

John Smith · Lead Tech Certified

I've been using google earth to fly around lafayette indiana and the surrounding areas. So many roofs, so little time. Starting out with my midget sprayer and my little truck I don't think it will be long before I order the Incredible Hulk from AC

Laurie Benjamin · Lead Tech Certified

lol...that stoill happens to me even when i am out with the wife..

Danny Cronauer · SoftWash Systems Certified

spray wash wrote:
Not crazy at all. You'll actually find that you can't even go on vacation even without noticing dirty things! Thanks for the wiki info GAustensen!

I was down in JAX about 2-3 weeks ago, and I just kept seeing algae everywhere! Its a blessing and a curse!