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must be a SLOOOOOOOOOW news day!

 

Sorry Chris, just messin with y'a!

I/m busy tryin a new trick of startin fire by rubbing sticks together...

supposidly eventually you get fire.  that whole thing of a BIC lighter is old skool.

Roof Cleaning New Jersey wrote:

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I talked to Clyde a few days ago. He's living the American dream.

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 You mean chillin out in Bangkok with a fist full of fake $100 bills? 

Just check the merchandise first! caveat emptor! 

I've cleaned quite a few roofs with Calcium Hypochlorite. It DOES work, and if it wasn't for liquid hypo,...I'd be using CH to clean roofs. So, it is feasible,..just not practical when there's a better alternative.But mix the stuff and let it settle,..then spray,...DO NOT keep stirring the CH,..there will ALWAYS be undissolved material in a batch of CH,...NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU STIR OR MIX!!!! In fact keeping it stirred up will create more residual to deal with.

Jeff

Raystown Roof Cleaning Central PA 1-800-236-0322 wrote:

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I've cleaned quite a few roofs with Calcium Hypochlorite. It DOES work, and if it wasn't for liquid hypo,...I'd be using CH to clean roofs. So, it is feasible,..just not practical when there's a better alternative.But mix the stuff and let it settle,..then spray,...DO NOT keep stirring the CH,..there will ALWAYS be undissolved material in a batch of CH,...NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU STIR OR MIX!!!! In fact keeping it stirred up will create more residual to deal with.

Jeff

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 The scale is worse at higher PH.

So, I was thinking, we should add some acid to the water to lower the PH of the water, and maybe that helps reduce/eliminate the scale

When house washing we rinse with a pickup tube with "Jet-Dry" or other dishwasher rinse aid bucket of water to keep windows from streaking or etching. just keep it all wet between cleaner solution and rinse solution.

 

BTW, post more often Jeff, always good info!

 

-- Edited by Maverick Contracting on Thursday 25th of April 2013 06:58:34 PM

I always thought the the solubility was fairly quick,..of the soluble "parts" of CH,...It will mix readily and fast,...BUT,..it is the insoluble "parts" that never dissolve that make it seem insoluble and cloudy. It will settle out though and become a clear liquid. But it will still leave residue on anything it dries on, even after the settling out,..just not as bad. Done successfully only by TRUE professionals,.Ha,Ha,..Chris,..that should be the certification test,..cleaning successfully 10 roofs with CH,..then you get certified,...because then you definitely paid your dues,Ha,Ha,...

Jeff

Raystown Roof Cleaning Central PA 1-800-236-0322 wrote:

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I always thought the the solubility was fairly quick,..of the soluble "parts" of CH,...It will mix readily and fast,...BUT,..it is the insoluble "parts" that never dissolve that make it seem insoluble and cloudy. It will settle out though and become a clear liquid. But it will still leave residue on anything it dries on, even after the settling out,..just not as bad. Done successfully only by TRUE professionals,.Ha,Ha,..Chris,..that should be the certification test,..cleaning successfully 10 roofs with CH,..then you get certified,...because then you definitely paid your dues,Ha,Ha,...

Jeff

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 Do you know about that special water that window cleaners and car washers use Jeff ?

It is called Deionized Water, and it is used because it will not spot windows, and cars are washed and rinsed with it at night, in car dealerships.

Calcium Hypochlorite has more scale formation in hard water, maybe the right water will make it work better ?

IF we could solve the scale problem Ray, it might help out roof cleaners who have trouble getting SH ?

LOL, then, we can "go into business together" by selling a combination window and roof cleaning setup apparatus (Skid)

Have you ever seen the big tanks of Deionized Water Jeff ?

They look like North Korean Nuclear Missles, but not to "worry"! We will put a wrap on them 

 

 

 

I have alternatives for just about every other cleaner I use,..but a feasible substitute for roof chemical. If for some reason I had to go back to CH I would like to be armed with as much info as possible. So CH never leaves my thinking altogether.

Jeff

Raystown Roof Cleaning Central PA 1-800-236-0322 wrote:

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I have alternatives for just about every other cleaner I use,..but a feasible substitute for roof chemical. If for some reason I had to go back to CH I would like to be armed with as much info as possible. So CH never leaves my thinking altogether.

Jeff

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 CH has NEVER "left" my thoughts, not so much for me (SH is cheap and plentiful here in Tampa), but as an alternative roof cleaning chemical, for our roof cleaning brothers where SH is not as cheap, and as easy to obtain.

Plus, CH evaporates, and leaves Calcium, not plant kiling Salt!

It is also a FAR better disinfectant then SH, and roofs I have cleaned with it seem to stay cleaner longer, then roofs cleaned with SH.

CH, if we can ever manage to "perfect it", has serious advantages for a "Splash and Dash" roof cleaner.

Tarp the plants, Splash,  then pull the Tarps and  Dash, no worries about rain or the morning dew bringing plant killing salt down on the landscape.

Once the chlorine in the CH has evaporated, it is about a Biodegradable and environmentally friendly roof cleaning chemical (GREEN) as it gets!

Calcium, unlike Salt, will not alter the ecosystem, like a ton of salt will!

Here in Tampa Florida, our soil is sandy, so any salt that gets in the soil, is soon washed out of it by the rain.

But up north, salt run off from a roof cleaning, can effect the landscaping for many years.

Plants don't LIKE to grow in Salt you know ?

IF I was a roof cleaner using CH instead of SH to clean roofs with, I would not lose many jobs to an SH roof cleaner Jeff, because I would simply present the scientific facts to any potential customer, and guess what ?

I think they would pick me!

It s my opinion Jeff, that someone will someday "perfect" CH for roof cleaning Jeff, and then what ?

It has the potential to effect us ALL, that's what!

The RCIA has always been "at the forefront" of most major discoveries and improvements in roof cleaning Jeff.

The things we all now take for granted for cleaning roofs like Air Pumps, Chlorine stable surfactants, Liquid Gain Ultra, large diameter roof cleaning hose, to name but a few, are all RCIA Pioneered Innovations.