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crystalclean wrote:

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what kind of mixture are you using? that looks great.

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Not sure what he's using in particular,..but pretty much anything butyl based, Purple Power, Castrol Super Clean,.Simple Green,Mean Green from the dollar store I think will even work.

PTstate sells a product called Gutter Grenade,..it is potassium hydroxide based I do believe,...and I may tru some of that this year,...just for the sake of it.

Right now though, I personally use Purple Power from Wal-Mart @$4.97 a gallon,..and you can cut it at least in half,..and even thirds when the weather is warmer.

Temperature when cleaning gutters is the key really,..if it's below 50-60 and no sunshine,..they can be tough to impossible.

Jeff

-- Edited by Raystown Roof Cleaning Central PA 1-800-236-0322 on Monday 31st of January 2011 07:48:09 AM

  I'm definately going to start pushing gutter cleaning.  Do you guy's include it in your house wash or do you do it as an add on?

Gutter Grenade here too! We also include it in our house washes. Extra benefit kind of "Seals The Deal".

  That was quick, thanks guys.  To be honest the last few years I just did a normal house wash and however clean the gutters came was it.  I'm planning on kicking it up a notch and include it in our house wash.

Roof Cleaning Little Rock Arkansas wrote:

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Gutter Grenade here as well. It is included in all of our house washes.

We wont clean the gutter exteriors unless we clean the entire house.

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+1

 

We do the same as Arkansas Pro Wash.

 

Chris

Chris,  thanks for the ideas, I bought a 16 foot pole today for gutter scrubbing.

  What is the right mix?

AC the brush doesnt work, I was sold by the pics and idea too. I have it somewhere, A long soft bristle brush works best and holds more soap. The kind of brush that you would use to wash your car. The car wash brushes at depot are to stiff. I got mine from pep boys, an auto supply store.

@ Tom around here we have 3 story houses, They are a pita! The extending pole we use has the twist lock things. I think its 24 feet. The twist locks fail over time. I got mine from depot, cost I think it was 50 bucks. We need a new one already, Duct tape only works soo long!

EDIT: @ Jeff Temps kicked our butt on one of the last houses we did last year. Had to scrub the gutters 3 times! I wasnt happy with it but it wasnt comming cleaner. HO's were thrilled, they had their house washed before. We got 2/3 of the dirt off the gutters.

-- Edited by gutterdog on Monday 31st of January 2011 06:46:50 PM

We use a 24ft pole, 4 sided truck wash brush and an ethanol-butyl based cleaner. Ripper from Envirospec has this ingredient and does the job. we are going to try the potasioum hydroxide based f-13 this season.