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ClancysGutterCleaning wrote:

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I'll try krud kutter because scrubbing is a pain. You say it never eats the paint or kills the grass?

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I wouldn't say never whne talking about chems cleaners, but it is by far the most useful cleaner when it comes to gutters. In my area, gutter cleaning is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are gonna get, lol. 
We seem to have so many different types of white aluminum gutters so you never  can tell until you test them. They could be annodized, baked, spray painted, clad. And from there you have all of the different types of paint and sometimes paint even comes off with simple green.

We just find that Krud Kutter is the top of the pyramid when it comes to cleaning gutters. For us it is the most likely cleaner to provide the most desireable results the fastest while being the least harmful. Especially for something you can pick up at a convenient store.

Next would be the Streak lightning that PWP sells, also great results with little drawbacks. Not to be confused with the Grease Lightening stuff that AC is talking about. I hear the Florida guys do very well with that but it is paint removal city in our neck of the woods. Most stuff is, but when the job calls for basically a gutter stripper because nothing else works then you gotta do what ya gotta do to git er done. The problem is most of that stuff says not to use it on metal and like every other surface under the sun for that matter. If thats the case then what does it clean? I guess that goes to show you haw tough it is to clean things outdoors and nothing is ever, ever absolute(except death and taxes ofcourse).

That is just one mans opinion though.

ClancysGutterCleaning wrote:

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You all have been extremely helpful and I thank you.

The last question I have is, does f13 kill plants/grass?

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I have always used Simple Green to clean the gutters.  Just do not let it dry on the gutters until you have wiped it off 1st.

ClancysGutterCleaning wrote:

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You all have been extremely helpful and I thank you.

The last question I have is, does f13 kill plants/grass?

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 The F13 Im sure could have killed some plants in her hayday but I would an F-22 because of its stealth technology and bombing capacity if you are interested in firing up some vegitation.

ClancysGutterCleaning wrote:

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DeJay, kick ass brother thank you! Does that brush attach right to that pole?

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Simply Glass wrote:

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 Huh. I have never seen anyone climb a ladder to clean the exterior of gutters before.
Here is a pic of how we do it. Its pretty fast and a lot less fatige then moving a ladder around. It seems to me that it wold be pretty scary to have the cleaner dripping on the rugs of the ladder while in the air.

Here are some links to everything you might need.
http://pressuretek.com/fguge.html
http://pressuretek.com/10hilowwabr.html
http://shopwindowcleaningresource.com/window-cleaning-tools/extension-poles/ettore-poles/ettore-27-3-section-rea-c-h-pole.html

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So I take it that you just dip it in the solution and brush it on the house.  That is the way it should be done.

I never had much luck with that because it dried on the gutters before you could wash it off.  That is why we hand clean gutters.  A pain the you know what.  That is why I do not push it.  How do you handle the excess run off.