Doug Rucker
Roundtable Host 2009
I would have to say that my use of the Powdered Bleach and Green Wash was a disaster. Today I tried to clean an appx 3700 sq ft house. The roof was a Decra Steel Coated Roof.
The product has left a white cloudy type haze over everything that it came in contact with including the roof areas that were the dirtiest. I have been told by A.C. that this haze will come off after the first rain, but the problem is that even after repeated heavy rinsing the haze is still there. I sure hope that it does come off. My customer was out of town today when we did the cleaning. (Roger Lin, of USA Pressure Wash, helped me on this job today) and the customer will be in for quite a surprise when he returns on Sunday. I sure hope it has rained by then but I doubt that it will remove it. I felt so bad that I couldn’t even leave an invoice for the customer to pay me. I will have to wait till he returns to find out his opinion of the job and discuss further options. I am considering going back and cleaning with my regular roof mix before he gets home to see if that will help.
Here are some other observations about the product:
We had to constantly agitate the product in the tank. Roger had to continually go from keeping the ground areas wet to agitating the mix in the tank.
I used appx 150 gallons of mix. Which means I used 450 ounces of Powdered Bleach. I Was told for every 50 gallons of water to use 150 ounces of mix and 16 ounces of Green Wash. Seems like I used twice the amount versus my normal mix.
Instructions say to agitate for 15 minutes prior to using. I could handle this if the product cleaned faster than SH, but it did not. In fact I found it to be very slow. 15 minutes of agitation before I get started on top of continually going back to agitate the mix is a huge time waster to me. I have a few gallons left and there is a huge mound of powder in the bottom of the tank.
As I stated above, the white haze that was left on the roof is also on everything else that it came in contact with including the driveway, garbage cans, gas grill and windows. I now have to go back to clean all that and hope it comes off. I tried before leaving cleaning some of the glass and other areas with a rag and water but it would not come off.
I am sorry to say, but my experience was terrible and I will not be using this product again. It took me 7 hours today, would have taken 4 had I used my normal roof mix of SH, Water, and Amonyx Lo. Looks like what was a very profitable job will turn into a huge loss.
The product has left a white cloudy type haze over everything that it came in contact with including the roof areas that were the dirtiest. I have been told by A.C. that this haze will come off after the first rain, but the problem is that even after repeated heavy rinsing the haze is still there. I sure hope that it does come off. My customer was out of town today when we did the cleaning. (Roger Lin, of USA Pressure Wash, helped me on this job today) and the customer will be in for quite a surprise when he returns on Sunday. I sure hope it has rained by then but I doubt that it will remove it. I felt so bad that I couldn’t even leave an invoice for the customer to pay me. I will have to wait till he returns to find out his opinion of the job and discuss further options. I am considering going back and cleaning with my regular roof mix before he gets home to see if that will help.
Here are some other observations about the product:
We had to constantly agitate the product in the tank. Roger had to continually go from keeping the ground areas wet to agitating the mix in the tank.
I used appx 150 gallons of mix. Which means I used 450 ounces of Powdered Bleach. I Was told for every 50 gallons of water to use 150 ounces of mix and 16 ounces of Green Wash. Seems like I used twice the amount versus my normal mix.
Instructions say to agitate for 15 minutes prior to using. I could handle this if the product cleaned faster than SH, but it did not. In fact I found it to be very slow. 15 minutes of agitation before I get started on top of continually going back to agitate the mix is a huge time waster to me. I have a few gallons left and there is a huge mound of powder in the bottom of the tank.
As I stated above, the white haze that was left on the roof is also on everything else that it came in contact with including the driveway, garbage cans, gas grill and windows. I now have to go back to clean all that and hope it comes off. I tried before leaving cleaning some of the glass and other areas with a rag and water but it would not come off.
I am sorry to say, but my experience was terrible and I will not be using this product again. It took me 7 hours today, would have taken 4 had I used my normal roof mix of SH, Water, and Amonyx Lo. Looks like what was a very profitable job will turn into a huge loss.
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