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Spray on solution for cedar shake roof.
Apply one coating of oxygen bleach to the darkest stained areas first then coat the entire shingled surface with the spray.
Normally after a 10 year period of not cleaning a homeowner will notice the green moss or mold the lichen or the dark brown to black coloration of fungi.
Cedar wash cleaning application.
Cleaning away the age is the first step in caring for cedar shingles.
How to clean cedar.
Spray the oxygen bleach mixture onto the shingles.
Apply it with a pump sprayerlet it sit for about 15 minutes before rinsing it off with with a garden hose.
1 pound powdered oxygen bleach 2 gallons of water.
Use a 12 volt pump system with pressure of about 60 psi.
This is important as standard high pressure power washes might damage cedar shingles.
Whichever type of chlorine you use you can apply the solution of chlorine and water to the roof using a typical garden pump sprayer.
Conduct a soft wash on your roof.
Apply with garden style pump sprayer or other pump spray system.
A soft wash also known as a non pressure wash is where you take low pressure water and spray down a surface.
Be sure to keep the hose pointed downward to avoid forcing water up behind the shingles.
Clean cedar with a scrub brush and hose off or use pressure washer to rinse surface clean.
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Bleach solutions are not effective however in removing dirt rust stains extractive stains heavy moss or lichen growth.
Typically it is applied in the fall when sunlight is diminishing and moss begins to develop.
Let the chemical do the work.
Then spray the roof beginning at the ridge and working downward.
Moss killer works at any time of the year.
Stains rinse right off easily with cedar wash a pressure washer and an easy spray on and rinse application.
For any of these homemade.
Once dry seal the newly cleaned surface with wash safe cedar seal to keep surface protected.
Follow this by spraying another coat of the oxy bleach onto the darker stains.
The cedar bureau recommends using a solution of 1 part bleach to 3 parts water.
Run the water for a moment until the moss killer begins to flow out.
Effectively removes stains from molds fungus and roof moss without the use of bleach on cedar shakes shingles clapboard decks beams and other wood surfaces.
1 to 3 cups white distilled vinegar 2 gallons of water.
1 to 3 cups chlorine bleach 2 gallons of water.
