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I quess I can't. This job was only my 3 job and I am ready to throw in the towel

Just finished soft washing a church for the second time and the parsonage for the third time. The roofs look bad, all cloudy.

I cannot in good concience ask to get paid.  I wouldn't pay me

This time, yesterday, I used a 50/50 solution and 2 quarts of MAO per 50 gallons.

I see all the pictures that are posted that look great but mine would not..

Are the pictures being posted taken some time after the washing or are they being taked upon completion.

I have a job coming up in 2 weeks that will require a man lift.  If I have to go back even for a second time it will actually cost me money to wash this house.

I thought that upping the % would solve the porblem.  I quess not.

Anybody got some ideas what I should do now. I'm sick over all of this and especially over all the money and time I spent setting up my rig

I'm sure the SH is OK.  I get it directly from the chemical company who ships 4000 gallons a week to local water companies.

Over the weekend I did a finger test. After I dipped my fingers in the SH they got warm and turned white as if I put peroxide on them.

ChicagoLand Roof Cleaners wrote:

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I quess I can't. This job was only my 3 job and I am ready to throw in the towel

Just finished soft washing a church for the second time and the parsonage for the third time. The roofs look bad, all cloudy.

I cannot in good concience ask to get paid.  I wouldn't pay me

This time, yesterday, I used a 50/50 solution and 2 quarts of MAO per 50 gallons.

I see all the pictures that are posted that look great but mine would not..

Are the pictures being posted taken some time after the washing or are they being taked upon completion.

I have a job coming up in 2 weeks that will require a man lift.  If I have to go back even for a second time it will actually cost me money to wash this house.

I thought that upping the % would solve the porblem.  I quess not.

Anybody got some ideas what I should do now. I'm sick over all of this and especially over all the money and time I spent setting up my rig

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 What is MAO, and why are you usuing a half gallon per 50 gallons mix? That much surfactant will make any roof look cloudy. Pray for rain or get the hose out and rinse it.

Exactly what I'm talking about.

Gary,

MAO is Myristamine Oxide which I understood it to be a newer version of Ammonyx Lo. I got it from Brainard Chemical

It seems to me that that was the amount to use this forum on order to cut down on the runoff.

Roof Cleaning Cleveland (216) 323-0552 wrote:

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Jim, it may need a second coat. Could the soap be bcmao, if it is that's what I use. Cut back on the soap.

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 Cut way back!

ChicagoLand Roof Cleaners wrote:

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Gary,

MAO is Myristamine Oxide which I understood it to be a newer version of Ammonyx Lo. I got it from Brainard Chemical

It seems to me that that was the amount to use this forum on order to cut down on the runoff.

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