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Before you test this make sure theres nothing in the thickner that will have a bad reaction with the sh infact why don't you post whats in it so we all can put our heads together , your doin your homework keep it up

caesar99 wrote:

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Thanks.  I will be careful and will try to read up on any adverse chemical reactions with other chemicals.

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Chris T. of Apple and myself have discussed and researched Bentonite as a thickening agent as well.

I have personally tried a variety of ways to thicken up the mix to keep more cleaning agent on the roof, where it can do its job of cleaning instead of some amount invaraibly dripping on plants or on the ground where it is just wasteful and an
unneeded expense when less chemical could be used.

At that kind of price per 50lb bag it could be a solution to longer dwell times and less runoff.

I've researched so much, there are many positives to this if proportioned properly in accordance to how much roof cleaning mix you are going to use.

We, in that I mean, Myself and Chris, recently had a long phone discussion on looking into this and other thickening agents again further .

Steve, please kindly continue to some MORE of your own research as well.

Look at chemical compatibility charts and look at interaction levels and MSDS sheets for Bentonite.

Chris and I post enough material on this board.

Steve, I put it to you to research patents, old files and records about test studies using thickening agents.

These are topics that you can post about and that help the roof cleaning community at large.

Help yourself and help others here as well by finding out more about this and other additives that can be used to increase hang time/dwell time and which are chemically compatable with SHC and then keep a journal of your discoveries and research , then you can begin revealing your findings here on the board?

I have had a look at this too..here is a link for bentonite as a surfactant

http://www.articlearchives.com/chemicals/specialty-chemicals-industry-cleaners/586637-1.html