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olryfarr
Aug 9, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/9/00
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Principally on the North side of my house, sided with white, textured vinyl,
during the summer months, I find small brown spots appearing that wipe off
easily with a cleaner and sponge. However they keep reappearing. On the
vinyl clapboards close to the deck, I notice bunches of the small brown
spots lying on the deck. My guess is small bugs, but I don't know. Has
anyone ever experienced this problem? Any ideas. Thanks. -Paul
during the summer months, I find small brown spots appearing that wipe off
easily with a cleaner and sponge. However they keep reappearing. On the
vinyl clapboards close to the deck, I notice bunches of the small brown
spots lying on the deck. My guess is small bugs, but I don't know. Has
anyone ever experienced this problem? Any ideas. Thanks. -Paul
Hamm4fun
Aug 10, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/10/00
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Sounds like some kind of mold or fungus. I get some black stuff on the north
and east side of my house but none on the south and west. Guess which sides get
the sun.
RamblinOn
Aug 10, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/10/00
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Hamm4fun wrote:
Likely suspect, as you say, is mold/mildew on the shady sides of house. May also
be sap or pollen from trees. Sap is usually a bit sticky, though. Try cleaning
it off with bleach added to your washing solution - if too high up you can use a
hose end garden sprayer. Just be careful of what you get the bleach on - will
cause rusting of metals or rotting of fiber if too strong.
Larry Robinson
Aug 10, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/10/00
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If the spots are brown, no bigger than a grain of rice, and are not flat but
have enough dimension to them that they can be scraped off with a fingernail
they may be fly poop. Flies like to congregate on the shady side of the
house in the hot months and they have to poop somewhere.
have enough dimension to them that they can be scraped off with a fingernail
they may be fly poop. Flies like to congregate on the shady side of the
house in the hot months and they have to poop somewhere.
You cannot prevent them from hanging around or pooping, but you can use a
garden hose to wash them off.
Hope this helps.
--
- Larry
"olryfarr" <olry...@mint.net> wrote in message
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Daniel Hicks
Aug 11, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/11/00
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olryfarr wrote:
>
> Principally on the North side of my house, sided with white, textured vinyl,
> during the summer months, I find small brown spots appearing that wipe off
> easily with a cleaner and sponge. However they keep reappearing. On the
> vinyl clapboards close to the deck, I notice bunches of the small brown
> spots lying on the deck. My guess is small bugs, but I don't know. Has
> anyone ever experienced this problem? Any ideas. Thanks. -Paul
>
> Principally on the North side of my house, sided with white, textured vinyl,
> during the summer months, I find small brown spots appearing that wipe off
> easily with a cleaner and sponge. However they keep reappearing. On the
> vinyl clapboards close to the deck, I notice bunches of the small brown
> spots lying on the deck. My guess is small bugs, but I don't know. Has
> anyone ever experienced this problem? Any ideas. Thanks. -Paul
If they're distinct spots not much bigger than the period of a
typewriter, they're probably flyspots. Larger spots with fuzzy
boundaries would likely be mildew.
ff...@cs.com
Sep 24, 2000, 8:11:57 PM9/24/00
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In article <QIzk5.93639$i5.13...@news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com>, Larry Robinson
<infor...@genealogy.koolhost.com> writes:
>If the spots are brown, no bigger than a grain of rice, and are not flat but
>have enough dimension to them that they can be scraped off with a fingernail
>they may be fly poop. Flies like to congregate on the shady side of the
>house in the hot months and they have to poop somewhere.
>
>You cannot prevent them from hanging around or pooping, but you can use a
>garden hose to wash them off.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>--
>
>- Larry
>
>
>"olryfarr" <olry...@mint.net> wrote in message
>news:8msut0$9gv$1...@ruby.mint.net...
<infor...@genealogy.koolhost.com> writes:
>If the spots are brown, no bigger than a grain of rice, and are not flat but
>have enough dimension to them that they can be scraped off with a fingernail
>they may be fly poop. Flies like to congregate on the shady side of the
>house in the hot months and they have to poop somewhere.
>
>You cannot prevent them from hanging around or pooping, but you can use a
>garden hose to wash them off.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>--
>
>- Larry
>
>
>"olryfarr" <olry...@mint.net> wrote in message
>news:8msut0$9gv$1...@ruby.mint.net...
>> Principally on the North side of my house, sided with white, textured
>vinyl,
>> during the summer months, I find small brown spots appearing that wipe off
>> easily with a cleaner and sponge. However they keep reappearing. On the
>> vinyl clapboards close to the deck, I notice bunches of the small brown
>> spots lying on the deck. My guess is small bugs, but I don't know. Has
>> anyone ever experienced this problem? Any ideas. Thanks. -Paul
>>
>>
>
>
>vinyl,
>> during the summer months, I find small brown spots appearing that wipe off
>> easily with a cleaner and sponge. However they keep reappearing. On the
>> vinyl clapboards close to the deck, I notice bunches of the small brown
>> spots lying on the deck. My guess is small bugs, but I don't know. Has
>> anyone ever experienced this problem? Any ideas. Thanks. -Paul
>>
>>
>
>
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Sep 24, 2000, 8:17:04 PM9/24/00
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In article <QIzk5.93639$i5.13...@news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com>, Larry Robinson
<infor...@genealogy.koolhost.com> writes:
>If the spots are brown, no bigger than a grain of rice, and are not flat but
>have enough dimension to them that they can be scraped off with a fingernail
>they may be fly poop. Flies like to congregate on the shady side of the
>house in the hot months and they have to poop somewhere.
>
>You cannot prevent them from hanging around or pooping, but you can use a
>garden hose to wash them off.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>--
>
>- Larry
>
>I have spots all over my vinyl siding. They're small raised and hard. When<infor...@genealogy.koolhost.com> writes:
>If the spots are brown, no bigger than a grain of rice, and are not flat but
>have enough dimension to them that they can be scraped off with a fingernail
>they may be fly poop. Flies like to congregate on the shady side of the
>house in the hot months and they have to poop somewhere.
>
>You cannot prevent them from hanging around or pooping, but you can use a
>garden hose to wash them off.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>--
>
>- Larry
>
you pick them off the siding they
seem to leave a pit mark on the siding. When you scape the spots off, they
sometime smear.
I tried removing them with mineral spirits because they seemed to be similar
to tar.
They seem to be getting worse.
Can't believe it's fly poop. That doesn't seem possible. Wish someone had
another idea. I just put an
addition on my house and already noticed some of those spots on the new
siding.
Got to to something..
Frank
Daniel Hicks
Sep 25, 2000, 12:22:08 AM9/25/00
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ff...@bellatlantic.net wrote:
> I have spots all over my vinyl siding. They're small raised and hard. When
> you pick them off the siding they
> seem to leave a pit mark on the siding. When you scape the spots off, they
> sometime smear.
> I tried removing them with mineral spirits because they seemed to be similar
> to tar.
> They seem to be getting worse.
> Can't believe it's fly poop. That doesn't seem possible. Wish someone had
> another idea. I just put an
> addition on my house and already noticed some of those spots on the new
> siding.
> Got to to something..
> I have spots all over my vinyl siding. They're small raised and hard. When
> you pick them off the siding they
> seem to leave a pit mark on the siding. When you scape the spots off, they
> sometime smear.
> I tried removing them with mineral spirits because they seemed to be similar
> to tar.
> They seem to be getting worse.
> Can't believe it's fly poop. That doesn't seem possible. Wish someone had
> another idea. I just put an
> addition on my house and already noticed some of those spots on the new
> siding.
> Got to to something..
Sorry, it's fly poop ("flyspots"). The stuff is tar-like and probably
will slightly dissolve plastic under the right circumstances, hence the
pits.
Get rid of what's attracting the flies.
Lee & Cathi Thomas
Sep 25, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/25/00
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<ff...@bellatlantic.net> wrote in message
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off what they call artillery fungus, little black speck that can shoot up to
20 feet. The news report said it's very difficult if not impossible to
remove.
Cathi
dk2...@gmail.com
Sep 17, 2015, 3:59:13 PM9/17/15
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On Wednesday, August 9, 2000 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, olryfarr wrote:
> Principally on the North side of my house, sided with white, textured vinyl,
> during the summer months, I find small brown spots appearing that wipe off
> easily with a cleaner and sponge. However they keep reappearing. On the
> vinyl clapboards close to the deck, I notice bunches of the small brown
> spots lying on the deck. My guess is small bugs, but I don't know. Has
> anyone ever experienced this problem? Any ideas. Thanks. -Paul
I have small brown spots on vinyl siding. The seem to be in a certain pattern which in 1 on every siding. They are not raised and not bird poop. Tried pressure washing an no luck. What could they be?
> Principally on the North side of my house, sided with white, textured vinyl,
> during the summer months, I find small brown spots appearing that wipe off
> easily with a cleaner and sponge. However they keep reappearing. On the
> vinyl clapboards close to the deck, I notice bunches of the small brown
> spots lying on the deck. My guess is small bugs, but I don't know. Has
> anyone ever experienced this problem? Any ideas. Thanks. -Paul
Uncle Monster
Sep 17, 2015, 5:08:19 PM9/17/15
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cl...@snyder.on.ca
Sep 17, 2015, 5:44:20 PM9/17/15
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micky
Sep 17, 2015, 6:51:26 PM9/17/15
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In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 17 Sep 2015 12:59:08 -0700 (PDT),
Dirt attracted to the spot electrostatically because of a nail
underneath the siding?
I don't know if this can happen outside, but I saw it once inside in a
house where the oil furnace wasn't working right. Everywhere the
sheetrock was attached by a nail (or screw?) was a grey spot. Even
though there was wachamacallit, plaster, over the nail head. IIRC
where the sheetrock encased an I-beam, it was all grey.
underneath the siding?
I don't know if this can happen outside, but I saw it once inside in a
house where the oil furnace wasn't working right. Everywhere the
sheetrock was attached by a nail (or screw?) was a grey spot. Even
though there was wachamacallit, plaster, over the nail head. IIRC
where the sheetrock encased an I-beam, it was all grey.
gregz
Sep 18, 2015, 2:07:24 AM9/18/15
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Greg
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