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I love that! Great job...Nice rig

sweetwaterfish · Guest

LOL...and thats just our pressure washing rig...our softwash & roof rig is on another truck

JimGreatOutdoors · Guest

I know this is a newbie question, but if I am unable to find a good supply of SH is pool chlorine the next best thing. I have tried searching an answer for this, I just haven't found a definate yes or no.

Thanks for your time and help

Roof Cleaning Katy Texas (281) 392-2304 · Apr 30, 2010

Pool Chlorine is Calcium Hypo Chlorite. Yes it will work. Chlorine is what does the trick. You can get a higher percentage of chlorine in SH than Pool Chlorine. So therefore you use a lot more Pool Chlorine than SH when you clean a roof.

sweetwaterfish · Guest

Jim...

I've been softwashing & roof cleaning on and off for 10 years now, and I've never used any Chlorine but Pool Chlorine. However, I will give the disclaimer that I do live in Florida, I get very fresh Chlorine ( my supplier brings in 1-3 truck loads per week) and my Pool Chlorine runs about 1.50 per gallon.

I typically use a 35-40% chlorine mixture on most shingle roofs. I was experimenting last week and used Amonyx LO and a 30% mixture and got satisfactory results. Had to re-spray a few problem areas on roof.

Roof Cleaning Corpus Christi TX · Guest

Roof looks good.

Wish we had suppliers like the ones in Florida.

Here you have to get it in the 55'ers, no bulk stuff here. O Well.

PaulS · May 3, 2010

Roof Cleaning Katy Texas (281) 392-2304 wrote:

Pool Chlorine is Calcium Hypo Chlorite. Yes it will work. Chlorine is what does the trick. You can get a higher percentage of chlorine in SH than Pool Chlorine. So therefore you use a lot more Pool Chlorine than SH when you clean a roof.

My SH supplier bottles skids and skids of 1 and 5 gal containers for pool supply companies. They pump the same stuff into my tanks ($2.00/gal). It's 12.5% sodium hypochlorite. I assume this is also "Pool Chlorine"??

Kleen Roof and Exterior Cleaning · May 4, 2010

It's not the same as pool chorine. I have seen it called pool shock, pool sanitizer. Tha tis the stuff that is SH. Read the bottle. It will tell you what it is. Aks them how fresh it is tho. Big difference between pool supply places as to how long the stuff sits around.

Roof Cleaning Katy Texas (281) 392-2304 · May 4, 2010

Pool Chlorine (Calcium Hypo Chlorite) and SH are both used to sanitize swimming pools, drinking water, etc... I you can't find either of them in your area, ask someone in either of those 2 fields what type of sanitizer they use and where they get it.

May 4, 2010

Roof Cleaning Corpus Christi TX wrote:

Roof looks good.

Wish we had suppliers like the ones in Florida.

Here you have to get it in the 55'ers, no bulk stuff here. O Well.

I do Love the convenience of being able to just drive up and fill my tanks. On a busy week we go through about 600+ gals of fresh SH. I spend more $$ on SH than I do on fuel most weeks.

Roof Cleaning Corpus Christi TX · Guest

That sure is a lot of love you have and use Larry. hahahahaha

Hope to see you in Florida at the end of July. Long time no talk.

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