Apple Roof Cleaning
Roof Cleaning Instructor
I have heard of, but have yet to see, a new type of infestation on roofs down in South Florida, caused by the white fly epidemic.
Have any of you roof cleaners down in South Florida tried to clean this stuff off of roofs yet ?
I understand it is resistant to the standard roof cleaning chemicals we all are using.
Evidently, the secretions of these White Flies leaves a sticky Goo on roofs that then attracts Mold.
I just talked to a roof cleaner down in Broward County Florida who told me that this stuff is "immune" to the roof cleaning chemicals.
He said he shot a roof with this crap on it several times, and no dice!
My thought on this problem some of us Florida Roof Cleaners will have to face one day are these.
Sodium or Potassium Hydroxide, or a blend of both, and a surfactant, may be required, as well as a very low pressure rinse.
Forget about SH, for this stuff!
I have no intentions of selling roof cleaning chemicals, or equipment, but if I did, I would be hard at work, developing a roof cleaning product that is effective at removing this growing problem!
Perhaps Russ Johnson, or AC Lockyer of Softwash Systems will take the lead on this, and corner the market on this growing problem ?
These Whiteflies are spreading north from the east coast of florida, and it is just a matter of time before they cross the Everglades, and work their way possibly up here to Tampa and Orlando!
Roofs unfortunate enough to be under trees really have problems apparently!
These Whiteflies nest in the Trees, then drop their secretions on the roofs below, and then Mold and Algae stick to these Whitefly secretions from the airborne spores, and bingo, BIG PROBLEMS !
Have any of you roof cleaners down in South Florida tried to clean this stuff off of roofs yet ?
Evidently, the secretions of these White Flies leaves a sticky Goo on roofs that then attracts Mold.
I just talked to a roof cleaner down in Broward County Florida who told me that this stuff is "immune" to the roof cleaning chemicals.
He said he shot a roof with this crap on it several times, and no dice!
My thought on this problem some of us Florida Roof Cleaners will have to face one day are these.
Sodium or Potassium Hydroxide, or a blend of both, and a surfactant, may be required, as well as a very low pressure rinse.
Forget about SH, for this stuff!
I have no intentions of selling roof cleaning chemicals, or equipment, but if I did, I would be hard at work, developing a roof cleaning product that is effective at removing this growing problem!
Perhaps Russ Johnson, or AC Lockyer of Softwash Systems will take the lead on this, and corner the market on this growing problem ?
These Whiteflies are spreading north from the east coast of florida, and it is just a matter of time before they cross the Everglades, and work their way possibly up here to Tampa and Orlando!
Roofs unfortunate enough to be under trees really have problems apparently!
These Whiteflies nest in the Trees, then drop their secretions on the roofs below, and then Mold and Algae stick to these Whitefly secretions from the airborne spores, and bingo, BIG PROBLEMS !