Hahaha I was at a fire a few days ago. Made entry thru the Charlie side of the structure that was a fireball. Put the wet on the red and finally made it into the structure. Then we heard a high pitch whistle, turned around and saw a propane tank under direct flame impingement haha had the same thought
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I had a grill tank rupture in a hog building fire. Need some fresh 12.5 SH for that quality of poo stain!
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This stuff is like artillery fungus for me… I don’t do ANYTHING with it.
I was kind of thinking the same thing.
I was contacted recently by a company called ShoreBest. They were pitching me a new product called Artillery Spores and More. Apparently some guys have had good success with it for removing Artillery Fungus and similar organic stains without pressure. I think they want around $28/gal. I don’t have any previous experience with the company, so I’m not linking their page. But a quick google search will work.
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Thx Alex!
Same here…point it out the to customer and leave it alone.
Hard to make a comment on this, i always do a walk through with clients, set expectations.
Let them know whats possible whats not and cost.
I do pw not miracle cleaning.
No quotes over the phone.
I also always do a walk-through this crap is just annoying 
LIKE IBS said walk away tell them you just cant get that… You have to have a knife to trim it, had them last week. told him cant be done with out damage…
I did the job just did not get them off… told him paint over it…
Did you ever get the artillery spores and more and did it work
No, I didn’t. I’m guessing that it does work. But the main thing that turned me off from trying it was what the salesman described on the phone: 45 minute dwell time. Yuk. Ain’t nobody got time for that, lol.
If I get a customer who has a house loaded with the artillery spores, and they are very anxious to get it cleaned off, I may try upselling them and putting in an order. But so far all my customers have just learned to live with it, and switch to a different mulch.
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I’m going to throw it on the list of solutions for my winter experiment!
I consider those vines landscaping. It’s a vine like English ivy or other types of vines that are not part of the house. If it’s at eye level I’ll pull them off and leave the dots but it still looks like crap. Any higher and the vines stay and I tell them a house wash doesn’t remove them.
People around here seem to know about artillery fungus. I’ve never had anyone expect me to get it off. I tell them the only way to remove it is with dynamite.
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Lol. I wish my customers were as well informed. Everytime I mention it they think I’m scamming them. It’s got to the point that I put links to info in electronic estimates. Its turning into a real problem around here and I’m planning to find the method with the best results and offer it as an upcharge. Just need to establish a baseline for pricing with some experimental methods.
If/when you find a method to remove Artillery Fungi then you’ll be faced with a different issue
I saw someone post on here a grinder with a modified brush on it…my first thought was holy cow could you imagine the damage that thing would cause on oxidized siding.
So is there any chemical application/mechanical method that won’t cause issues with oxidation?
I’ve though about experimenting with adhesive/vinyl wrap remover.
Maybe @CaCO3Girl has any experience with Artillery Fungi
Hahahaha that gave me a good laugh !
Going on the list. Yea oxidation is an issue as well as time.The circumstances will have to be just right for it to be worthwhile. I’m hoping to get the method down so cold I can charge a competitive price for a worthwhile service but that’s going to take some effort. Nothing else to do once it cools down past a certain point anyways and I can always retest when the season starts. I already have some customers that are on board for experimental removal. My home has a few spots to test on as well.
My dad had me scrape and wire brush them when I was a kid.
No experience…I assume they get in a talon or something into the wall. Any growth, I usually hit it with a caustic solution, like the purple power. the pH makes it inhospitable to be there. Usually kills the things and then hopefully they fall off later. Not sure it would work with what you guys have going on, but it’s worth a try.
Why bother even trying to remove them? If you find a chemical to do it in 5 minutes without damaging the surface great!
But if not, the time and the headache required doesn’t make sense to you as a business owner or the homeowner to pay an extra $X for stuff they can barely see.
You probably pointed it out to let them know it can’t be removed in hopes of thwarting the 1/100th customer that would see them later and accuse you of not washing the house.
When it comes to artillery fungus I’ll defer to the wise and honorable Elsa of Disney’s Frozen acclaim.
“Let it go.”
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