Vinyl siding is very popular due to its durability and simple maintenance.
Bug spray stains on vinyl siding.
They seem to be appearing everyplace on the vinyl siding soffits and porch floor and nothing really removes them other than working on em one at a time.
Most pesticides strongly caution against spraying near unprotected siding and for good reason.
Since spiders will many times nest up under the eaves and soffits it s important to treat most of the siding on the home.
2 allow siding to completely dry.
They leave an ugly mess on the siding.
Dirt and insect secretion stains however can adhere to vinyl siding attracting molds mildews and algae.
Attempts to scrape a bit off leave a mess maybe pitting the vinyl.
Movieman deal addict feb 11 2008 2363 posts.
What you have is bug feces from an insect called a lace bug.
They stain and the stains are permanent.
I ve tried simple green straight bleach ammonia laundry stain remover 409 vinyl siding cleaner and in the past power washing.
Insect stains and other debris can be removed by simply cleaning vinyl siding with household cleaners.
While there is no guarantee you will ever be able to get the siding back to the way it was the steps below will give it a good attempt.
1 remove oxidation mold algae and bug stains from siding using vinyl renu professional grade cleaner.
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Is it really bug spray residue on the vinyl siding or is what you re really seeing damage to the vinyl caused by the bug spray.
The stuff will not come off with any ordinary cleaner including 303.
I was experiencing the same thing over a period of years but was minimal.
There s nothing to remove the damage is permanent in the vinyl surface.
Lastly vinyl siding has a tendency to promote mold and algae growth.
On my recent camping trip i sprayed a deet based insect repellant and got some on the black vinyl doorposts.
Plus mold mildew and stain removal bugspray stain on vinyl siding hi i sprayed bug spray on the vinyl siding of my house and it doesn t seem to want to be removed.
How to restore faded vinyl siding to like new in 3 easy steps.
As luck would have it i had a house yesterday with both stain over spray to the point where the homeowner was thinking of re siding and raid.
For the over spray i used a small spray bottle of roof magic straight let it dwell for just a few seconds and pressure washed it off.
I haven t come up with anything that will get the spots off.
This will require a lot of product to be applied so expect to use 3 4 gallons of finished spray per treatment.
