How to soft wash concrete roof tiles

February 08, 2022

How to soft wash concrete roof tiles


A customer wanted to know what, in our experience, is the best way to soft wash concrete roof tiles.

We told him that it’s important to first determine if the concrete roof tiles have a surface coating. Some do, some do not.

If they are coated, click here to learn the principles of treating coated artificial slates, which are similar to the principles of treating coated concrete tiles. 

If they are not coated they will likely have had a "through-colour" dye added during manufacture, as in the photo above, in which case soft washing them is straight-forward.

Nowadays we treat nearly all roofs with Bio Cleanze (click here to visit our roof cleaning page which explains in detail) unless a customer has a particularly strong reason for wanting rapid results, such as preparing to move home.

In which case we would tackle it with the more labour-intensive process of treating with Lighting Cleanze.

Click here to view a time-lapse video of Ben treating a roof with Bio Cleanze – and watch the magic happen.

Click below to learn about Benz softwash biocides:

Bio Cleanze

Lightning Cleanze

We hope this information is helpful and sincerely wish you great success in your soft washing business,

Ben, Leo, Fiona, Stevie & Anthony

 

You can now order Benz softwash chemicals & equipment by phone:

GB (England, Scotland, Wales): 0800 70 74 222 

Ireland and other countries:
 00353 214 622 978

Lines open Monday - Friday, 9am – 5pm

The above numbers are for taking orders only (click here for tech support)
 

Click here to explore all Benz Softwash cleaning chemicals & equipment

Benz Softwash Bio Cleanze DDAC biocide & Benz Softwash Lightning Cleanze SH sodium hypochlorite biocide

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