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Did a white roof today and used the Apple cider sauce mix. Used a lot of Dawn. No Tsp because the house was painted aluminum. Had to shoot it a couple times. Mix ratio 40% SH. Any one else run into this? Could I have done anything different to have it stick better the first time.

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Its very common to hit the roof again.

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How long in between applications do you usually wait?

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How much surfactant did you use? You said a lot? Also pics help if you have any

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Sounds like your mix was a little weak. white roof sometime need to be hit 2 times.



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So Mike, if a house is painted aluminum you should not use TSP?  Good to know.  What will TSP do to the paint?  Any other situations to not use TSP anybody?

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It will etch aluminum and glass...I used it ony once.

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In your opinion Dwayne should I stay away from TSP starting out and learning to control my spray or just be sure to rinse good?

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There in the Salem Ill. area, there a ton of older homes. I'm sure most of those still have the stained glass and original bubble glass. I personally would stay away for now and learn your control of spray and run off.

This of course is my opinion. Good luck

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Here in Salem there are a lot of older homes with dirty roofs.  I will take your advice Dwayne until I become good at spraying.  How much of a difference is there between a batch of love with tsp vs. no tsp?



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I only used it a few times, too many things to worry about spraying it on glass, aluminum or dissolving it with hot water...dont have time for all of that wink got work to do!

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you near your phone?

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I like your thinkin Bob and I like your companies name.  Still kickin around names for mine.



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yep

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I use tsp a lot , I WONT  use it if they have sky lights or if I have to do a house wash, I  feel it does a better job cleaning, considering Sh is not a cleaner but a destainer



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TSP
Tri-sodium Phosphate will: remove chalky paint, remove old and weathered paint, etch glass, leave a film on most everything unless rinsed well, and deglaze or degloss most any finish.

If you are prepping for a new paint job or are extremely confident in your spray technique that's one thing. I personally only use it to prep a surface for repainting.

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Thanks Craig,

K.I.S.S...Method

As for your name you should try to use your city or state along with "cleaning, roof. shingles, dirty, ugly stuff that people search out online,

 like Illinois Roof Cleaning?

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