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My only cedar shake roof job

Roof Cleaning Manchester CT 860-970-1919 · Guest

Nice Job!

Eric · Guest

tha looks great,now can you use apple sauce mix to clean wood type roof,the reason i ask alot of people want to say that bleach will dry out there roof,i am not trying to do that!thanks

Feb 12, 2009

No it won't dry out asphalt shingles. But I don't recommend it for wood. It softens the fibers too much degrading it's integrity and it also bleaches out the natural color of the wood.

-- Edited by Mike Sullivan at 20:06, 2009-02-27

Eric · Guest

thanks

absolutelyclean · Guest

Someone explain to me how to fill out the signature line and how to sposting please. Thsnk you

Feb 13, 2009

Click on user details. On the left side, click on signature.

Baltimore MD Roof Cleaning 410-482-4367 · guest

Oxalic acid is the answer
Wolman sells a Oxalic acid cleaner made just for this called Wolman^� Deck & Fence Brightener�and they are great company that really know their stuff!!

http://www.wolman.com/product_category_list.asp?CatId=79

Envirospec claims that restore is safe for cedar but i'm not shore I beleive it, we tried it and it seemed ok.

http://www.envirospec.com/pages/CleaningChemicals.htm

ehow says to use any generic brightner, many contain bleach derivitaves so I don't beleive them either.� Redwood should be done with Oxalic acid�as well.

-- Edited by Baltimore MD Roof Cleaning 410-482-4367 at 19:06, 2009-03-04

Roof Cleaning Richmond VA 804-687-4960 · Guest

Oxalic Acid is all I have ever used years ago on shingle roofs. When I started in 1986 I used Oxalic acid an Alkota 2800psi 4gpm hot water system, two ladders tied together on opposing sides of the roof and a tree arborist rope and sling set up. I have since improved my safety standards and cleaning methods. I would then apply CFW as a sealer (pre voc compliance days this was my go to sealer). Over the past two decades cedar roofs have become few and far between in VA. replaced by asphalt, slate, and composite shingles. I have not cleaned a cedar roof in a good 10 years. The one ongoing problem I had was with the roofing nails used while installing cedar shingles over time would back out, be hard to see and slice gauges on my legs, arms and hind quarters sometimes requiring stitches. The demand is low in Richmond to clean cedar shake roofs. Other wise I would be more intune and upto date on proper cleaning methods for wood shake shingles.

B.A. · Guest

we have leads for cedar shake, I'm just not that interested. The customer never wants to pay the large amount $2500-4000. It's also easy to break shingles when you walk on them , thus having to replace and now you'll never get the continuity.

Baltimore MD Roof Cleaning 410-482-4367 · guest

Cedar is a business all it's own. Please be carefull if choosing to do cedar jobs for the first time. Consult the PWI for info on how to clean cedar, and practice on some pine first. Doing this will save you loads of headaches.

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