How To Wash Aluminum Gutters

Rinse the gutters with a hose.

How to wash aluminum gutters.

Simple green makes a concentrated environmentally safe cleaner with good stain removing properties. Spray the gutters put on your safety glasses and don rubber gloves if your skin is particularly sensitive to cleaners. F 13 gutter grenade is a multipurpose gutter cleaner that s safe for all types of gutters. It attacks the oxidation and not the paint or material.

Another option is to spray the gutters down entirely at the beginning so that you can turn the hose off. If you have aluminum gutters you ll want to be careful when choosing a chemical as some may cause aluminum to corrode. For that mix half cup of household liquid detergent with a half cup of bleach in two gallons of water. Once the mixture is applied to the gutters let it stay for 10 15 minutes before rinsing it off with a garden hose and a nozzle sprayer.

Use this solvent to scrub off the outer surface of your gutters with a stiff brush or a piece of cloth. On a windy day some of the spray might fly back into your face and you don t want this stuff in your eyes. A simple solution of water and white vinegar works very well for cleaning the outside of the gutters and won t corrode aluminum. Turn the nozzle on the bottle to clean.

Spray a five to ten foot section at a time because otherwise the gutters may dry before you have cleaned them.