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william morris · Exterior Cleaner

Cedar roof cleaning

Diamond Roof Cleaning · Approved Exterior Cleaner

How is Bruce Sullivan owning this town?

william morris · Exterior Cleaner

He does not own the area he is a man of integrity and cant train me because there another gentlemen 42 miles away from my location that purchased this are. I was going to buy his biz offering. That being said I will be moving forward with bolting cedar roof cleaning to our service offering. my main need is the process chems tips tricks etc thanks

waxman18324 · Founding Member Rest in Peace

William,

There are about eight threads are the NSWA forum to get you started(reading). Just use the search button above this thread.

Hank

Diamond Roof Cleaning · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Pre wet the wood. Treat it with a 2-3 % solution. Let dwell. Then rinse using a garden hose with a jet or stream tip. When done treat with an oxalic acid at 12 ounces to 1 gallon of water and apply to cedar. Make sure the shake is not brittle or mushy. If so the replacement is the best option. If moss is present you just have to soak it with more solution. Letting it dwell is the important part. Never spray bleach on dry wood.

william morris · Exterior Cleaner

Thanks for the help Diamond and hank what is the ball park sq ft price thanks for the help

waxman18324 · Founding Member Rest in Peace

William,

I sent you a pm regarding the prices as I don't want to share this info with my competition.

Hank

Dave O · Retired Member

William,
I commend you and your wife for being house parents for a Christian home for Children in Crisis. I thank you for your sacrifice and ministry to children in need. You will truly be blessed.

SprayWash · Approved Exterior Cleaner

My thoughts exactly Dave!!!

Michael Wedge · Approved Exterior Cleaner

I triple Daves motion

william morris · Exterior Cleaner

Thanks for the encouraging words. Have a great week. we start our great adventure middle of next week

Chris Mozick · Approved Exteior Cleaner

I quadruple 😄😃😃😊 Glad to have such helpful people in this world today.

BlueRidge · Approved Exterior Cleaner

william morris wrote:
He does not own the area he is a man of integrity and cant train me because there another gentlemen 42 miles away from my location that purchased this are. I was going to buy his biz offering. That being said I will be moving forward with bolting cedar roof cleaning to our service offering. my main need is the process chems tips tricks etc thanks

William,

Bruce may or may not read this but here is the real deal. He DID NOT, overnight figure out cedar roof cleaning. I can tell you or others the hours of conversation I had with him concerning this subject as he was "fine tuning". Integrity? He sold his "special" cedar cleaning process you a young man very close to me and didn't say one word to me because money talks.

Mike gave you the answer... Bruce charges a lot for that!

Ed Thompson · Approved Exterior Cleaner

I didn't think they had many cedar roofs in Fla. Cedar roof cleaning is easy and good coinage.

william morris · Exterior Cleaner

Ed and or others what is the best way to find cedar roof homes or say metal roof thanks.

Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

High end Homes

-- Edited by Art O on Sunday 8th of January 2023 06:04:17 AM

william morris · Exterior Cleaner

Thanks Art

Ed Thompson · Approved Exterior Cleaner

william morris wrote:
Ed and or others what is the best way to find cedar roof homes or say metal roof thanks.

I'm not sure what's the question. Are you looking to market to homes with cedar and metal roofs?

william morris · Exterior Cleaner

Ed I have an interest in marketing to both.

Ed Thompson · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Go create an account on Merchant Circle. They give you a free blog section. Write an article titled "Cedar Roof Cleaning Jacksonville, Fla., phone#". Write an informative 300 word piece about cedar roof cleaning, the benefits, the pitfalls. Then do it again for another town. Then do it again for metal roofing for a town, then another town. All easier said then done.

william morris · Exterior Cleaner

Thanks Ed for your time and expertise.

Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Good Thread

Liberty SoftWash · PWS Vender

Diamond roof Cleaning wrote:
Pre wet the wood. Treat it with a 2-3 % solution. Let dwell. Then rinse using a garden hose with a jet or stream tip. When done treat with an oxalic acid at 12 ounces to 1 gallon of water and apply to cedar. Make sure the shake is not brittle or mushy. If so the replacement is the best option. If moss is present you just have to soak it with more solution. Letting it dwell is the important part. Never spray bleach on dry wood.

Hell yea!

Steve Salley · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Have any cedar guys used the "Wood Restore" from AC as the final neutralizing step in addition to or instead of oxalic acid?

We have used it on a wood garden barn and a beautiful wood arbor and swing set.

I liked the results but you guys have the expertise on cedar roofs.

We have a few big dollar homes with cedar shakes I want to restore in our town.

tjteed · Approved Exterior Cleaner

We use on cedar shake roofs. We don't restore, just clean. I figure it can only help. We promote that it will neutralize any bleach residue and provide some additional re-hydrating as well as mold/mildew resistance. Its really hard to quantify the results and tell by the way the finished cleaned roof looks because all of the roofs look a bit different when done and they all look so much better than the "before" It helps with some of my clients that say they want the roof sealed and I explain why we don't seal. I think they just want an "after" or "finishing" product sprayed on when done to make them feel better.

Steve Salley · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Thank you for the input. I misused the word restore. You answered what I wanted to know about the end result look versus oxalic acid. I will do some side by side comparisons

John Aloisio · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Steve,

I like the results of Wood Restore and how easy it is to use. Plus it is very safe to handle. I have been using it for almost a year now and did some initial testing for AC, in the field. Depending on the size of the job, we use anything from a pump sprayer or a Gilmour 362 hose end sprayer. It works great for large decks and for cedar roofs. You just dial in the ounces per gallon you want it to apply. We use the one once per gallon setting. Here are a few pics of of stuff we did with Wood Restore. If you look close at the Mahogany deck pics you can see the foaming purple color of the Wood Restore. It dries clear just to clarify. The purple color is some of the UV inhibitors marker tints showing when wet.

-- Edited by John Aloisio on Wednesday 6th of January 2016 06:39:29 PM

Josh Brown · Member

Diamond Roof Cleaning wrote:
Pre wet the wood. Treat it with a 2-3 % solution. Let dwell. Then rinse using a garden hose with a jet or stream tip. When done treat with an oxalic acid at 12 ounces to 1 gallon of water and apply to cedar. Make sure the shake is not brittle or mushy. If so the replacement is the best option. If moss is present you just have to soak it with more solution. Letting it dwell is the important part. Never spray bleach on dry wood.

This is an excellent way to get it cleaned. Especially on cedar roofs that are just black with algae and mold. What would you say do when the roof has tons of growth on it? Would you spend time rinsing each shake thoroughly to get it all off or would you just make sure it's all dead then spray it with oxalic and let the rain do the rest? Thoroughly rinsing sometimes can take days. I've uploaded some photos for examples. After Cedar 3.jpg Cedar Before X.JPG

-- Edited by Admin on Wednesday 30th of November 2016 07:30:32 PM

Admin · Head Quarters

Josh no need to insert all your Pics. We can click on them an see them. Also fix you camera so the pics are smaller.

waxman18324 · Founding Member Rest in Peace

Josh Brown wrote:
Diamond Roof Cleaning wrote:
Pre wet the wood. Treat it with a 2-3 % solution. Let dwell. Then rinse using a garden hose with a jet or stream tip. When done treat with an oxalic acid at 12 ounces to 1 gallon of water and apply to cedar. Make sure the shake is not brittle or mushy. If so the replacement is the best option. If moss is present you just have to soak it with more solution. Letting it dwell is the important part. Never spray bleach on dry wood.
This is an excellent way to get it cleaned. Especially on cedar roofs that are just black with algae and mold. What would you say do when the roof has tons of growth on it? Would you spend time rinsing each shake thoroughly to get it all off or would you just make sure it's all dead then spray it with oxalic and let the rain do the rest? Thoroughly rinsing sometimes can take days. I've uploaded some photos for examples.

-- Edited by Admin on Wednesday 30th of November 2016 07:30:32 PM

Josh,

I thought you bought into Bruce Sullivan's Network? Doesn't he have an opinion on what to do?

Hank