How To Wash Aluminum Gutters

Rinse the gutters with a hose.

How to wash aluminum gutters.

Use a sprayer attachment if you have one and spray the gutters from the ground to rinse them. A simple solution of water and white vinegar works very well for cleaning the outside of the gutters and won t corrode aluminum. Use this solvent to scrub off the outer surface of your gutters with a stiff brush or a piece of cloth. Simple green makes a concentrated environmentally safe cleaner with good stain removing properties.

Turn the nozzle on the bottle to clean. Another option is to spray the gutters down entirely at the beginning so that you can turn the hose off. For that mix half cup of household liquid detergent with a half cup of bleach in two gallons of water. It attacks the oxidation and not the paint or material.

Aluminum readily welcomes a solution of warm water and acetic acid more commonly found in the kitchen as white vinegar after scooping the gunk from your gutters with the trowel mix a bucketful of solvent using 1 cup of vinegar for every 3 gallons of water. Spray a five to ten foot section at a time because otherwise the gutters may dry before you have cleaned them. For aluminum try gutter zap which removes electrostatic bonded streaks with little scrubbing. F 13 gutter grenade is a multipurpose gutter cleaner that s safe for all types of gutters.

Spray the gutters put on your safety glasses and don rubber gloves if your skin is particularly sensitive to cleaners.