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Quinn

Welcome to RCIA

MJ wrote:

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Welcome to RCIA, your ROI on RCIA will ten fold, Regarding the green, think about the Benjamin's, that is what will keep you in business, I'm a LEED educated in new construction, there is very little green that works to be found in what we do. I have spent thousand's of dollars researching green friendly chemical's, they don't exist. They are for selling, not for using, but that is OK, if your the one selling.

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I agree with MJ. The only way "Green" products work is in sales pitches, not on roofs.

Inevitably, in each case, it is not a "green chemical cleaning job" We do chemical cleaning. Those who spray "green" stuff on roofs, finish cleaning by firing up their pressure washing machines. Ya, they have a story "We have it turned way down" "We only use it to rinse"

But the fact is, they accomplish cleaning with the pressure washer. They could spray baby shampoo on most roofs-or just water, and blast it clean "Looking" with a pressure washer.

I say "Looking" because the living algae spores are still on every inch of roofing and now, all over much of the house and all nearby "everything else" including the neighbors house!

If you want to push "green, Eco-Friendly"

Explain to customers how by not using pressure on roofs, no damage is done and that means, in the long run, less tar, asphalt, nails and flashing etc in the landfills.

I do some "Eco-Friendly Green" online advertising, but I explain that it is based on keeping roofing out of landfills and that the "green" hype products don't work.