Cleaning a Rubber Roof

[jabrabu]

Originally Posted by The Gritz Carlton

Murphy's Oil Soap works great and doesn't dry out the rubber.

I read somewhere that this is what the TPO manufacturer recommends. All these other recommendations for Spic N Span, Simple Green, magic erasers, etc. will clean and make it white again, but I'm not sure if they are good for the material in the long term.


I have used the Thetford roof cleaner since it is specifically designed for that. I used a soft brush. It didn't get the roof perfectly white again, but that's not a big deal to me.

[The Gritz Carlton]

It's all I've ever used...even back to the Lance truck camper which was a metal roof.

[SuperD]

TPO is a relatively inert material, as long as you don’t use abrasive cleaners such as Soft Scrub not much else will harm it.

[RichS]

I have a TPO and I think the manual says to use laundry detergent. I use a liquid. It doesn't say to do anything else. I did confirm that with Thor.

[rickymac]

Seems like I use Dawn Dish Detergent on everything these days. What do you think about using Dawn or mixing Dawn with a laundry detergent?


I remember seeing my mother scrub pots and pans back in the day. I wish Dawn had been available for her to use.