I have a redwood fence that has quite a bit of green moss growing on
it in quite a few places. (From watering the flowers I suspect). My
wife wants me to power wash the moss off the fence, but I have some
concerns about how good this is for the redwood. The fence was built
in 1961, so the wood is getting quite old. The boards on the fence
are 1 X 8. Does anybody have an opinion on this?

"woods" wrote in message
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I have a redwood fence that has quite a bit of green moss growing on
it in quite a few places. (From watering the flowers I suspect). My
wife wants me to power wash the moss off the fence, but I have some
concerns about how good this is for the redwood. The fence was built
in 1961, so the wood is getting quite old. The boards on the fence
are 1 X 8. Does anybody have an opinion on this?

If you can remove a single board, you can the power washer. Choose one
that can be replaced reversed if the PW wrecks the weathered finish.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

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woods wrote:

I have a redwood fence that has quite a bit of green moss growing on
it in quite a few places. (From watering the flowers I suspect). My
wife wants me to power wash the moss off the fence, but I have some
concerns about how good this is for the redwood. The fence was built
in 1961, so the wood is getting quite old. The boards on the fence
are 1 X 8. Does anybody have an opinion on this?

Are you kidding? This is usenet. Not that you would know anything about
that, since you think it's a google group you're posting to. *Everyone*
has an opinion. Mine is that if the moss bothers your wife, she's the
one who ought to do something about it. Moss adds character, says I.

Meanwhile you should just crack open another beer and call one of those
adult entertainers from craigslist to come over and keep you company.

On Apr 30, 10:39*am, woods wrote:
I have a redwood fence that has quite a bit of green moss growing on
it in quite a few places. *(From watering the flowers I suspect). *My
wife wants me to power wash the moss off the fence, but I have some
concerns about how good this is for the redwood. *The fence was built
in 1961, so the wood is getting quite old. *The boards on the fence
are 1 X 8. *Does anybody have an opinion on this?

Use bleach to kill what is growing, put it in a garden sprayer, just
washing wont do it easily. Bleach then wash and spray before it gets
all green again in the future.

On Apr 30, 8:39*am, woods wrote:
I have a redwood fence that has quite a bit of green moss growing on
it in quite a few places. *(From watering the flowers I suspect). *My
wife wants me to power wash the moss off the fence, but I have some
concerns about how good this is for the redwood. *The fence was built
in 1961, so the wood is getting quite old. *The boards on the fence
are 1 X 8. *Does anybody have an opinion on this?

Try one of the moss killers that works with natural fatty acids,
several come in liquid form that you apply with a garden hose hookup.
Kill the moss first - takes about a week for the stuff to work and
loosen it up. Then with a broom or similar you can loosen the stuff
enough to take it off with a stong hose spray. This reduces the risk
of damage to the wood. I haven't tried redwood, but I have "firred"
cedar and spruce, and you will almost certainly see a difference in
the finish using a high pressure spray.

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:39:19 -0700 (PDT), woods
wrote:

I have a redwood fence that has quite a bit of green moss growing on
it in quite a few places. (From watering the flowers I suspect). My
wife wants me to power wash the moss off the fence, but I have some
concerns about how good this is for the redwood. The fence was built
in 1961, so the wood is getting quite old. The boards on the fence
are 1 X 8. Does anybody have an opinion on this?


Use Jomax (a detergent) to clean your fence. Power wash can damage
wood.

In article , Phisherman wrote:
On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:39:19 -0700 (PDT), woods
wrote:

I have a redwood fence that has quite a bit of green moss growing on
it in quite a few places. (From watering the flowers I suspect). My
wife wants me to power wash the moss off the fence, but I have some
concerns about how good this is for the redwood. The fence was built
in 1961, so the wood is getting quite old. The boards on the fence
are 1 X 8. Does anybody have an opinion on this?


Use Jomax (a detergent) to clean your fence. Power wash can damage
wood.

Correction: power washing *will* damage something as soft as redwood.

On May 1, 8:05*pm, (Doug Miller) wrote:
In article , Phisherman wrote:
On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:39:19 -0700 (PDT), woods
wrote:

I have a redwood fence that has quite a bit of green moss growing on
it in quite a few places. *(From watering the flowers I suspect). *My
wife wants me to power wash the moss off the fence, but I have some
concerns about how good this is for the redwood. *The fence was built
in 1961, so the wood is getting quite old. *The boards on the fence
are 1 X 8. *Does anybody have an opinion on this?

Use Jomax (a detergent) *to clean your fence. *Power wash can damage
wood.

Correction: power washing *will* damage something as soft as redwood.

There is a zinc compound that is good for moss. I forget what you call
it but remember google is your friend.

Jimmie