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It's sold under several brands, Lilly Miller is the brand I use. It comes in crystals and powder. When doing the whole roof I use the tractor sprayer to spray a stream a long distance, but for shorter spot coverage I use a super soaker squirt gun. This stuff works great.
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Ken,
The norm around here is a zinc strip to keep the moss, etc., at bay. The roofers put a strip of zinc sheet metal over the peak before putting on the ridge cap. The sheet metal is about 4" - 6" wider than the ridge cap so that 2" - 3" of it is exposed on each slope of the roof. When it rains a minute amount of the zinc leaches out and runs down the roof keeping it coated.
This is more than enough to keep any growth at bay.
Best of luck.
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Ken, The norm around here is a zinc strip to keep the moss, etc., at bay. The roofers put a strip of zinc sheet metal over the peak before putting on the ridge cap. The sheet metal is about 4" - 6" wider than the ridge cap so that 2" - 3" of it is exposed on each slope of the roof. When it rains a minute amount of the zinc leaches out and runs down the roof keeping it coated.This is more than enough to keep any growth at bay.Best of luck.
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Murf, on our 12/12 roof we have one of those zinc strips at the peak. It keeps the moss off the roof for 4-6 feet down but below that the moss happily grows, at least on the shady sides. I think a zinc strip every 4 feet would keep it off but it's harder to retrofit than to spray once very year or two. We really don't have to spray very often to keep the roof moss free.
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I don't have a problem with moss on my roof so I don't spray moss killer. The moss grows only on the Mastershield. I am at a loss to explain exactly what this "moss" really is. It is not the fluffy green moss like you see at the base of a tree, it has a much dryer look to it and it is a very pale light green. It looks like a fungus. I have tried to clean it off but it grows right through the holes and I can't brush the underside. Quite honestly, cleaning the gutters was easier than trying to get this stuff off. I am sure there is a way to clean it, but why buy it if it needs to be cleaned? Even if I could take it off without voiding my warranty, it seems to me it would be very hard to brush the underside because there is metal underneath the filter that would make it near impossible to brush the underside of the filter itself.
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Beaner, curious, how long ago was your MasterShield installed? It's been a few months here with no sign of what you're seeing.
Curious, it might be worth spraying a little bleach on a small section to see if that helps. That should kill about any moss, fungus or algae. It might be corrosion which stainless certainly shouldn't have.
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About three years give or take. It definitely is not corrosion. How do I post pictures?
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You can post them in your album, When you're logged in click on "My Profile" at the top of the page and scroll down to Add/Edit photos.
What does MasterShield say about the green stuff?
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OK I posted the photos. Mastershield came out and cleaned it once and said it was not a "product failure". They said they would continue to service it but at their normal service rate which is four times what I could get the gutters cleaned for. I am not mad, I just feel like it was a lot of money to go from cleaning my gutters to cleaning my gutter covers.
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Hmm, can't see your picture.
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Try this link.
Picture link fixed by moderator Murf.
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