My Experiance Gutter Zapping?

[therock]

I have heard of Gutter Shock and Zap. Are they the same thing?
Anyway, I used Zap today on 13 year old white gutters. They looked gray. 1 part zap to 2 parts water as directed. I had already cleaned the house with powerhouse and a little bleach mixed earlier in the week.
I'm glad I did not spray it on and let it sit. It did not go as I have read about here. I applied it with a brush and let it sit 3 or 4 and rinsed before it dried. I could barley tell a difference. After a second try It was snot much better.
I had to make it a little stronger and scrub lightly back and forth and rinse immediately. I found if I let it dwell, it just moved around a bit. No I did not let it dry.
I was using a long pole from the ground so down force was not real hard. Anyway they look good now after 4 scrubbings.
I just wanted to report it is not as easy as I have read in other posts here.

 

[Rpw]

I use g-zap straight. I pour enough in a 5 gallon bucket to cover the bottom. I brush it on. You are right , you can not let it dry.Do not brush hard usually when the liquid hits the gutter it come clean without really brushing.Do be carefull because painted finishes can be removed especially if you brush hard or leave it on to long.

 

[Aplus]

Some gutters come clean without brushing, but most do not. Everyone is different.

 

[DrWhipIt]

Like RPW, I use it without dilution, pouring a small amount in a bucket, dipping the brush in it, and then rinse it off.
Perhaps the gutters had been painted?

 

[therock]

No...

... they were not painted. We bought the home new. We have lots of trees and I have screens on the gutters to keep pine needles and other types of leaves out but it just makes the water wick through the stuff on top of the screens and over the edge and really discolors the gutters pretty hard. And this has been this way for 13 years.
Now that I have a machine and an X-Jet to blow them clear I plan on removing the screens and blowing them clean a few times a year.
I will say they look new now.
I was worried about having to get new gutters because we are re-siding the home very soon in Vinyl and I did not want old looking gutters with new trim. The gutter chem saved me from springing for new ones.

 

[DrWhipIt]

I do ALOT of gutter cleaning and the only thing screens or gutter guards do is slow me down and make gutter cleaning more expensive. (I do it by the hour) Take those screens off and make your life easier! For the cost of gutter guards on most of the homes I do, I could clean their gutters for five years, twice a year!

 

[therock]

Thank You! N\M

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[Sonlight]

I just did a house today with white gutters and found that the "trick" was definately dwell time. Too long and the black gunk just moved around. Not enough and the product didn't seem to work. For me, one minute seemed about right if applied 2:1 with the x-jet. I did two washings and on the second application, I used a turbo nozzle to rinse. The results were fantastic.

 

[Ron Musgraves]

I just did a house today with white gutters and found that the "trick" was definately dwell time. Too long and the black gunk just moved around. Not enough and the product didn't seem to work. For me, one minute seemed about right if applied 2:1 with the x-jet. I did two washings and on the second application, I used a turbo nozzle to rinse. The results were fantastic.

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