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Has anyone ever attempted to clean a Wood Fiber Roof that was produced by
Masonite? I believe it was called Woodruff. It is not a Wood Shake Roof, but a
Wood Fiber Composite.

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Not me, but I'd imagine it would be pretty easy like cleaning that composite decking I see everywhere. It scratches pretty easy and permanently, but withstands basic cleaning procedures and most chemicals.

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Hey I'm a new guy here so definitely don't take this as an insult if I am saying something wrong but I have been in the mold remediation industry for quite some time and was contracted out to clean decks of a certain manufact. and the only thing that worked was oxalic acid and you have to be very careful using this. But it did work.

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I also helped a local builder on a stack of composite shingles that was sitting on a job site a bit too long for the liking and they became dark and spotty. Obviously growing mold he was very concerned for his buyer and his name. These I believe they were calling E-Shakes they had a formal name I think it was Enviro or Environ shake. Anyway there was a holdoff with the job and they say in the shade for a good while getting damp for months and he called us up to take a look and we cleaned them with a H2O2 solution I use that is about 22% then we spread them out in the sun. They seemed to really hold in the moisture and dried out a bit when in the sunlight not to mention the growth dissapated. I think the sun was the real pro on this one.
The real knowledge I gained here is these things are crap.
From a products standpoint and its biological growth capabilities I believe you have to consider the electrical charge of the product if you are dealing with a polomer. A magnet sprayer would be best if you get the right chemical to breaK its bond. But the grooved textured plastic cedar may be of the hardest thing to clean.

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I looked it up. It was part of a class action but the filing date is over as of 2009.

It's basically like masonite siding on a home so it's pretty tough but can get holes and swell, buckle, delaminate, etc. Appears Masonite is no longer being made at all due to this. Crazy to put on a roof...not bad if you're willing to care for it on as siding. My parents had the nail holes caulked when we repainted. That's what you need to do to preserve masonite. Then it will last a long time imo.

Anyway, to get back on topic, if it looks in good shape, should be pretty safe to treat but I'd be real cautious.



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Yeah the ESA (Environmental Solutions Agency) called me up and we had top clean those decks because they gave a "no mold" guarantee. And that, ofcourse, help up like pant without a belt. They agreed to clean the decks as opposed to replacing them. (I assume this is the same suit)
We tried doing there protocol and it was just stupid. We had to hand scrub these things for hours and it still left them spotty. Then we got smart and threw their products in the trash along with the $225 per deck we were getting for cleaning decks when we were not allowed to use anything stronger than a hose. But ofcourse they let you use a think bristled brush. When we used our own stuff it worked well.

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LOL.  Now that's funny!  I too like it when paper-pushers tell me how to clean. 



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Not easy to work with to say the least.

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Sodium Percarbonate is what comes to mind. This is a very good deck cleaner and very safe. But if there's mildew and other growth on the roof, then,...I would use a basic house wash mix that has bleach in it. Like it or not, bleach is king when it comes to killing molds and growths and making them disappear. 3% bleach isn't gonna hurt the surface.

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