Roof cleaning salution

[Tim Fields]

hey guys im finding some very useful info on this site i have a question an it may sound dumb. i see yall talking about using a 60/40 mix which i know what that means so my question is i am using downstreaming so of course when i use the SH i put it in a bucket and let it mix it self is that the wrong way? should i use dawn if so how much do dawn would i use in a five gallon bucket of SH. and im asking for doing a house not for a roof i know using a pressure washer is no good for a roof

There are some guys who know what they're doing who do as you describe using SH, water, downstreamed. Most use some type of soap with the SH/water mix. Dawn is often used for a roof cleaning surfactant, but you'll probably get better house wash results if you use a soap made for house washing. Usually, that soap will have detergent builders and water softener agents blended in which helps greatly in the rinse process.

[Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa]

hey guys im finding some very useful info on this site i have a question an it may sound dumb. i see yall talking about using a 60/40 mix which i know what that means so my question is i am using downstreaming so of course when i use the SH i put it in a bucket and let it mix it self is that the wrong way? should i use dawn if so how much do dawn would i use in a five gallon bucket of SH. and im asking for doing a house not for a roof i know using a pressure washer is no good for a roof

Forget the downstreaming brother, that is not how we clean roofs in tampa.
You need to get you a dedicated chemical pump. Downstreaming will not allow you to get enough chemical strength to clean a roof, unless you have a very small GPM machine. Even then, it is a hokey way to clean a roof. 12 volt roof cleaning pumps can be had at Northern Tool under 100 dollars, just be sure to use at least 1/2 hose, and 5/8 hose works even better.

[Mathew Johnson]

it has every thing to do with it, I never had great results until I switched to a dedicated roof pump

I use a Yamada air diaphram pump and a gas powered air compressor, prior to that I used a 12volt Fatboy system with a accumulator tank set at 60 psi

I still run 1/2 inch Goodyear Pliovic hose and a Titan stainless reel with a stainless manifold

To be honest you just cant do it properly with a pump up sprayer plus its way to time consuming and dangerous to boot!

We use the same setup in our box truck with the yamada pump and compressor - had it for six years now - same pump and same compressor with 200 feet of polybraid hose. We have it set up on a manifold with ball valves to draw deck stripper, oxalic, roof mix or a misc detergent.... what ever we need. We have ran everything through this from the things listed to hydrochloric acid, hydroflouric acid, and even readyseal. We have a ball valve plumbed to water so it is easy to rinse it out between chems.

Great system and a great bang for the buck

[Bill Booz]

We use the same setup in our box truck with the yamada pump and compressor - had it for six years now - same pump and same compressor with 200 feet of polybraid hose. We have it set up on a manifold with ball valves to draw deck stripper, oxalic, roof mix or a misc detergent.... what ever we need. We have ran everything through this from the things listed to hydrochloric acid, hydroflouric acid, and even readyseal. We have a ball valve plumbed to water so it is easy to rinse it out between chems.

Great system and a great bang for the buck

It's true, these systems are very reliable!! I had a similar rig run to a holding tank for SH, mix tank and miscellaneous tank for anything else. The only part that would go bad were the valves. We have been using electricpumps on a smaller truck as a space saver. They are not as dependable.