Good Day - I am currently caretaking a home that is located on the ocean. It has Aluminium Gutters, windows and doors.
How do I go about cleaning mildew and stains on these as I know you aren’t supposed to use bleach.
I am located in the Bahamas so some things may not be available here so any info on where to get products would be great too.
Everyone uses bleach here for the most part. Maybe won’t get everything you’ve got there, but it’ll get most of it.
Who told you that? Is it a regulation in the Bahamas?
Lot of people around me seem to be under the impression that as soon as bleach hits aluminum it’ll rust… always seems to be an uphill battle with those people.
Wetting the area with water then use chlorinated water, let sit and repeat as needed. Works well. Dilute chlorine increase as needed.
In my experience thats called gutter whitening. A lot of times the gutters are already tarnished and wont come off with SH. I know lots of videos ive watched for that people say its an upsell and use LA’s Totally Awesome. You have to apply the LA’s, let it dwell forblime 2 to 5 minutes, and agitate it with a stiff bristled brush then rinse. Not all of it might come off but it will get it cleaner.
Also known as gutter brightening. I’ve found LA’s totally awesome @50/50 works very well and I don’t really even pay much attention to the dwell time. I agree with your 2-5 minutes. Others claim 15-30 seconds. <–I don’t find that speed necessary. I have the green soft bristle brush and an up to 24’ extension pole. I throw it in on gutters that just really won’t come respectably clean. I let the customer know, but don’t try to charge them for it, so they realize they got a freebie. I went the extra mile.
The amount of friction/brushing is negligible, ime. I apply it with a pump sprayer when I am ready to mostly focus on it and then hit it with the brush, rinse it off and they look remarkably better, imo. I spray up to ~100’ linear at a time.
Edit: I did want to add, I rinse everything down before and after applying the LA’s totally awesome…plants, siding, eves, decking, rails, whatever may get or have gotten some of the LA’s on it…gets a double rinse. It’s part of how I use the dwell time.
