Heavy fallout on aluminum siding

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I am doing some work on an apartment complex which paid to have some fallout removed. OneRestore works like a charm on vinyl siding but doesn’t really touch aluminum fascia and siding.
I have tried purple power and LA Awesome on it and still nothing. I tried dillutions all the way to just using 100% product and it’s not budging. The fact that it’s 15-20 feet up does not help but I have the awesome green brush on a pole and I know I am making good contact and it’s just not buding.

Any recommendations on what to use? I did warn the customer that not all of it’s going to be removed on aluminum so I did set the expectations.

Here is an example:

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The paint tends to fade on the aluminum too. May just be time for a fresh coat of paint.

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You could try gutter gernade by pressure tek……I use it for oxidation removal off aluminum gutters.

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have you tried any citric based cleaners?

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No I have not. I will give it a try on a small area, thanks!

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got a 20’ pole? I brush a lot of that stuff with HW mix and then immediately rinse and it seems to work. Most of the time it isn’t fallout, and if it is I have used some dlimonene product and brushed it lightly then rinsed. Did the trick. There is a lot of aluminum flashing on the homes around here, and the ones by the leeward side of the homes get the chimney soot.