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Steve CM

getting rid of barnacles on con roofs
« on: May 20, 2009, 04:59:04 pm »
this is the first time i have come accross them and i don't know how to shift them.

anyone been able to do it before??

Thanks
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MNWC

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Re: getting rid of barnacles on con roofs
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2009, 05:36:59 pm »
if you find out let me know

There buggers !
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Steve CM

Re: getting rid of barnacles on con roofs
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2009, 05:42:51 pm »
probably a case of scrapping them off i guess if it can be done. would be nice if you could just through over a chemical to aggitate them off though eh? ;)
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richywilts

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Re: getting rid of barnacles on con roofs
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2009, 07:41:36 pm »
wat are barnacles???? cant say iv heard of it haha
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Re: getting rid of barnacles on con roofs
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2009, 07:42:50 pm »
how the feck did they get up there?!? has global warming hit some new high that i didnt hear of!?
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gary999

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Re: getting rid of barnacles on con roofs
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2009, 07:46:50 pm »
Barnacles ;D

shiver me timbers!!  aaarrrrrhhhhh!! jim lad! ;D
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simbag

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Re: getting rid of barnacles on con roofs
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2009, 08:17:14 pm »
I take it by 'barnacles', you mean lichen? If so, I give a good dose of tfr, and bit of a scrub, then leave for a while to soak. I then use an old squeegee on pole and basically use it as a soft scraper, and scrape up and down, usually removes worst of it, then wfp. I've only done this on polycarb roof so far, so I'd be careful if its a glass one.
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Window Washers

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Re: getting rid of barnacles on con roofs
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2009, 08:25:55 pm »
if it is the flat things your talking about they are a pain in the backside, tfr then take the heads off them and tfr again.

If your really talking about barnicals I have never seen one on any con roof I have every cleaned
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martinsadie

Re: getting rid of barnacles on con roofs
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2009, 08:29:24 pm »
must be Jack Sparrows house  ;D
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simon w

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Re: getting rid of barnacles on con roofs
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2009, 09:18:23 pm »
Quote from: gary999 on May 20, 2009, 07:46:50 pm
Barnacles ;D

shiver me timbers!!  aaarrrrrhhhhh!! jim lad! ;D


Pieces of eight... pieces of eight...   ;D
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Steve CM

Re: getting rid of barnacles on con roofs
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2009, 06:36:17 am »
maybe there not barnacles. i can't be sure, but they bloody look like them ;D ;D

i'm going back there today i was gonna soak up with tfr anyways as i didn't have any yesterday. i think its to stubborn for tfr but we will see i guess. what ever it is is a living breeding species.
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karygate

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Re: getting rid of barnacles on con roofs
« Reply #11 on: May 21, 2009, 06:43:19 am »
i have put a ice scraper on a plastic angle adapter and attach it to an old pole. i rinse with pure water leave a couple of minutes and then they just scrape off. done a few now and it works well.
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gary

daniel worgan

Re: getting rid of barnacles on con roofs
« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2009, 07:22:11 am »
i use a scraper on a pole.soak them first and then scrape them off easily.
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