Cedar Roofs: Every Contractor will tell you their Cedar shake and Shingle preservative is the best. Ask to see a list of roofs they have cared for the longest.
We are doing all we can to raise the bar on the standard of care for Cedar Roofs.
The cedar roofs we protect keep the look of brand new cedar, stay clean year after year without turning gray from sun damage.
What product makes Cedar Shake & Shingle roofs last the Longest?:
We got the recipe from AMTECO company. AMTECO continues to do extensive research in order to continue to make the best wood preservative on the market. AMTECO’s “TOTAL WOOD PRESERVATIVE”. A tested and proven combination of
ingredients that block UV light, keep moss, algae, lichen and other organic growth from occurring in & on cedar shakes and shingles. The ingredients we use to make cedar roofs last and stay clean are a proprietary recipe developed by AMTECO. We follow Amteco’s recipe exactly. We will not dilute a proven recipe to try to increase our profit. We believe we will profit more each year as we prove to be Portlands Best Choice for making Cedar Roofs last.
What causes cedar shake and shingle roofs to deteriorate?
- Sun light / UV light ultraviolet light: The sun breaks down the wood.
- Rain: washes away the oils that are naturally found in cedar.
- Insects: Certain wood eating insects are designed to attack dead wood in order to speed the deterioration process. This is simply part of the cycle of life.
- Moss, algae and lichen thrive on the surface softening wood and also contribute to the deterioration of the wood shakes or shingles.
- Some Roof Cleaning contractors that use caustic products mis represented as wood preservative that actually speed up the deterioration of the wood. Unfortunately in the Portland area this is very common.
We do not strive for mediocrity. We want to be the best choice for cedar roof preservation. Thats why we don’t use water based roof treatments on cedar roofs.
Water Based Products offer Limited Benifit as a Wood Preservative.
Water is the main ingrediant in what most roof cleaning contractors are applying to cedar roofs after cleaning. If it is not the best practice why is it the most common? I wish for my sake it were a matter of my compitition simply being ingnorant, but that is not the case at all. Sure there are some sole proprietor contractors just following the example of the big contracting companies and buying something inexpensive that they can add lots of free tap water to.
For 14 years now I have been trying to understand why two biggest roof cleaning companies in Portland, Oregon are applying a product that they must know to be only moderately affective for preserving cedar roofs. Amteco’s “Total Wood Preservative” is the best. http://www.cedar-guild.com/faq It was tested and proven.
Perfection does not fit the big business model. Big companies rely on systems that can be replicated over and over again easily. Employes must be able to be trained quickly and easily replaced. It takes a long time to develop the ability to spray an oil based product like AMTECO’s TWP without making a mess. Water based products allow for accidental over spary. Some over spray from a water based product on a warm day will float only a very short distance before it evaporates. Over spray from an oil based product will float until it finds something to stick too. Cleaning it off takes time and knowledge of the best products to remove it. After 14 years of using AMTECO’s TWP only two people in our company are trusted to spray it. We feel good about doing the job as best as it can be done and there is some pride in knowing very few people can do what we do. So what is different about the Cedar roof preservative we use?
THIRD, the high solids content of these products, plus the oil base, assures you that the finish will remain as a “gel” coating. This gel finish, capable of softening in the heat of the sun, will re-fill any microscopic cracks, should they appear after a winter’s damage cycle.