Cleaning Solutions That Work on Rubber Roof

For rubber roofs...Dawn Dish Detergent or Spic-n-span or Murphy's Oil Soap and a soft brush.

Bleach is not really recommended and absolutely nothing with petroleum products/ingredients.

Some tree sap and a few stains are perfectly acceptable on a roof.
You risk damaging the roof by trying too hard to aggressively remove them.

downtheroad wrote:
For rubber roofs...Dawn Dish Detergent or Spic-n-span or Murphy's Oil Soap and a soft brush.

Bleach is not really recommended and absolutely nothing with petroleum products/ingredients.

Some tree sap and a few stains are perfectly acceptable on a roof.
You risk damaging the roof by trying too hard to aggressively remove them.

Ding, ding, ding......

downtheroad wrote:
For rubber roofs...Dawn Dish Detergent or Spic-n-span or Murphy's Oil Soap and a soft brush.

Bleach is not really recommended and absolutely nothing with petroleum products/ingredients.

Some tree sap and a few stains are perfectly acceptable on a roof.
You risk damaging the roof by trying too hard to aggressively remove them.

just curious what can get tree sap off the side of my fiberglass sidewall?

rode2nowhere wrote:

just curious what can get tree sap off the side of my fiberglass sidewall?

Rubbing alcohol. I find that those glasses wipes work great.

rode2nowhere wrote:

just curious what can get tree sap off the side of my fiberglass sidewall?

Goo Gone, WD 40, even hand sanitizer.
I have found that it works better on a hot day or use a hair dryer to warm up the sap so it gets soft/gooey .

The directions for our rubber roof specifically call for Spic and Span.

I use that and a soft bristle brush a couple times a year. Works great IMHO

I use Dicor Rubber Roof Cleaner (and Dicor Rubber Roof Protectant) from Camping World. I spray the cleaner on and scrub (lightly) with a medium bristle brush. (I tried a soft brush, but that didn't cut the dirt.) After cleaning and rinsing the roof, I let it dry and then apply the roof protectant.

Once in the Spring when it comes out of storage, and once in the Fall before it goes into storage.

We used to use Crisco to take pitch out of the kids' hair. Rub it in good and then clean with a degreaser like Dawn. When we used to whitewater raft (in our younger days), the best thing we found for cleaning up the rubber was Simple Geeen. That even took the black aluminum marks from the raft frame off.

Tree sap?... Pinesol! Turpentine also works (Real turpentine not mineral spirits)

gina_in_georgia wrote:
Folks,

My husband and I cleaned our travel trailer's rubber roof this afternoon with soapy bleach water and a scrub brush. It worked mostly okay, but is there anything that works better? We're under trees and have regular tree goop to clean.

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Gina-in-Georgia
Cleveland, Georgia

Kaboom oxi bathroom cleaner, the purple spray, will take back to new condition. No black spots at all.
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