Bird Poo... - Certified SoftWash Roof Cleaning

Brandon Vaughn · SoftWash Systems Pro Staff

Bird Poo...

Eric Seitz · Sophmore Member

Yes roof mix will clean it right up. No need to rinse.

Steve Salley · Junior Member

Eric is right. It will come right off. If it is heavy enough and laid long enough, you might be surprised how damaged the shingle is underneath. That bird droppings overtime can destroy the shingle.

-- Edited by Steve Salley on Sunday 2nd of March 2014 06:33:43 PM

Doug G · Junior Member

You just stumbled on a new service......Charge them $1 per bird (plus ammo fees) and retire.

Lee Kendall · Junior Member

holy poo!

Zach Maynard · SoftWash Systems Certified Applicator

Everyone is spot on, it will dissolve pretty quick, and man are some of those shingles deteriorated.

Robert Baxter · Freshmen Member

Hi all ...

I have a customer who wants the pigeon poo cleaned up. Yes, I can do that.

However, the customer wants to use some product that will get rid of them.

Any suggestions?

Chris Mozick · Junior Member

Bird spikes is the best defense. I install them all the time.

Chad Eneix · SoftWash Systems Authorized Professional

If you get very stubborn bird droppings I have used a product called Dirty Bird by Winsol. It is an enzymatic cleaner that digests the droppings to make them soft and then they can just be rinsed away. I used this on the underside of a bridge and it worked well. Thanks to John A. for letting me know about it.

John Aloisio · SoftWash Systems 5-Star Professional

The product Dirty Bird is expensive, but it works great. Here are some pics of a US Coast Guard job we did a few years ago. It was about 25,000/SF of synthetic cedar shake.

Roofs were covered in Seagull pooh disbelief