Answer:

• Cleaning and impregnating. – Clean using “DAKSHAMPOO” cleaning products + impregnate with our permanent “TURBO IMPREGNEER” impregnating agent.

Benefits:

• Roof tiles become and remain dirt and water-repellent.
• No longer needs to be treated annually.
• The cheapest method in the long run.

Instruction:

• Pre-treat the surface with “ROOF SHAMPOO” products such as “QUICK CLEANER” or “ALGAE REMOVER” and rinse with a high-pressure cleaner.
• Impregnating with the permanent “TURBO IMPREGNATE”

Answer:

• Yes, that is possible with our “EcoThickener”. You can use it to foam or even make it into a gel (thicken).

Benefits:

• Sticks to the roof.
• Doesn't run straight into the gutter.
• 75% fewer resources required.

Instruction:

• Add the “EcoThickener”.
• Spray the thickened agent with a pressure pump onto the roof. Or spray the agent with a foam lance onto the roof/facade.
• After a two-week exposure period, rinse with a high-pressure cleaner and impregnate or simply leave it and repeat annually.

No, by pre-treating it and spraying it with appropriate water pressure it does not have to be harmful. On a microscopic level it more or less affects the substrate but it is more harmful to leave the dirt for years. It is best to thoroughly clean the roof, facade or terrace once and impregnate it permanently so that it never has to be sprayed with a high-pressure cleaner again. Annual high-pressure cleaning should be avoided.

Things to note:

• Pre-treat with our cleaning products so that less water pressure is required.
• Using the correct pressure washer/lance/nozzle.
• Do not hold the nozzle too close.
• Do not focus on the same surface for too long.
• Spray diagonally from top to bottom.
• Avoid slots around skylights.
• Do not use a dirt cutter on facades/masonry.
• Determine the possibility of moisture penetration by inspecting the roof boarding. (Water under the roof tiles will dry up again by itself.)

Benefits:

• Damage caused by algae, moss and lichens is stopped immediately.
• Instant 100% clean result.
• Suitable for durable impregnation / coating.
• Makes defects in roof tiles visible so that they can be replaced/repaired.

Cons:

• Chance of one-time water under the roof tiles if the roof boarding or roof tiles are not waterproof. Water under the roof tiles usually dries up quickly. With good roof boarding, the water is drained into the gutter.

Answer:

• 600 liters of water per hour
• 130 bar water pressure
• dirt cutter for roof tiles
• flat blasting for facades

Benefits:

• Not harmful to roof tiles with normal use in combination with good pre-treatment to loosen dirt.
• Not harmful to joints with normal use in combination with a good pre-treatment to loosen dirt.

Instruction:

• Pre-treat the surface to be cleaned thoroughly so that less water pressure is required for cleaning.
• Determine an appropriate distance between the nozzle and the surface to be cleaned. Maintain the distance as long as possible.
• Work as quickly as possible so that less water and hydropower is needed.

Optically clean is the highest achievable and algae and lichens can be completely broken down but never clean down to the capillaries for impregnation or coating.

Cons:

• Not clean down to the capillaries.
• On average, several treatments are required.
• Never becomes 100% clean down to the capillaries.
• Not suitable for impregnation / coating.
• Must be re-treated every year.
• The most expensive method in the long run.
• Does not make broken roof tiles immediately visible, which means leaks are not reported/resolved.

Benefits:

• No chance of water under the roof tiles.
• Easy to do yourself.

Instruction:

• Apply roof shampoo products to the roof.
• Apply Eco Thickener Roof Shampoo to make the products sticky or thicker so that they stick to vertical and sloping surfaces and do not run straight down.

Yes, that is possible and very sustainable.

Benefits:

• The roof in the color of your choice for a fraction of the cost of new roof tiles.
• Much easier to do than replacing roof tiles.

Instruction:

• Pre-treating roof tiles.
• Rinse with a high-pressure cleaner.
• Apply bonding primer.
• Coat roof tiles in at least two layers.

• Above 5 degrees Celsius.
• Not in the hot sun.
• Not with too much wind.

Answer:

Dirt from influences from the air can generally be cleaned well to very well, as the examples on our website show. However, an outside wall can contain various dirt that has been absorbed over time and cannot be cleaned with our products. Think of rust, soot, weathering, damage and the like.

Benefits:

• Your exterior wall will be nice and clean and fresh again.
• No expensive tools required.
• Since 2014 we have been cleaning exterior walls with great success using Dakshampoo's “Quick Cleaner”.

Cons:

• Some types of contamination cannot be removed, such as soot, rust, weathering, damage and the like.

Instructions:

• Pre-treat walls with the “quick cleaner”.
• Rinse with a high-pressure cleaner.
• Spray the “quick cleaner” again on visibly dirty areas and leave it to work for 20 minutes to two weeks.
• Rinse with water if it needs to be impregnated.
• Or leave it on the walls if it does not need to be impregnated.

• Make water and dirt repellent.
• Making it more sustainable.
• Minimize maintenance.

Coating roofing in color:

• Repair fragile/breakable/worn roof tiles.
• Choosing a different color for the roof.
• Cheaper than new roof tiles.