"Robert11" wrote in message
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Hello:

Have a typical colonial, painted white.

The somewhat shady side of the house has a few good size patches of very
light colored
green colored moss on it. (I assume it's moss, but perhaps fungus,
algae, or... ?)

No big deal, but not too happy with it.

Live in New England.

In a few months will be real, real, cold up here.

Questions:

a. Will that kill the moss ?

b. If so, when "dead", will the green color go away ?

Reason I'm asking is that we will be re-painting the house in the Spring,
and if the green color will actually go away, will just wait until then.

Thanks,
B.

I have this problem all the time, and on the North sides. I fill a sprayer
with 1/3 liquid laundry detergent, 1/3 bleach, and 1/3 water, and I spray it
on from a spray bottle, the kind you squeeze (like windex). After a few
minutes, I hose it down, and repeat if necessary (which it usually isn't).

The green will come back eventually, and it will come back after you repaint
too, but this is a painless fix. I just did the front of the garage
yesterday, and spent a whole half hour at it.

You mentioned that your house is white. If it weren't, I'd try it on an
out-of-the way spot first.

Keith