Black Spots On Vinyl Siding

Here is a photo of what the actual fungus that produces the black spores.

Black spots on vinyl siding.

Removing spots from vinyl siding. Here is what the spores look like on the vinyl siding. Some tell us it s from spiders. A side of my house in new york is covered in the dots.

This article discusses common causes of stains or discoloration found on vinyl building siding. We have these small black spots that look like specks of tar all over our white vinyl siding of our house. We have thousands of tiny black spots pin head size all over the siding of our house. It s hard to see shotgun fungus itself because it s only 2 millimeters wide.

The lady called us out in a job today to have us take big poop off her siding. A first use a scraper or wire brush and scrape over a section of affected vinyl siding. Dirt from rain splash up algae lichens mold moss or even smoke or chemical stains have different causes and different preventative measures. I ve found the following over the counter product works with elbow grease to remove the spots.

The artillery fungus or shotgun fungus is a wood decay fungus that likes to live on moist landscape mulch. How to clean fly poop or possible artillery fungus stains. Others have said it s a fungus from mulch. Store bought cleaners such as windex will usually do the job for these kinds of spots but if you want to make your own chemical free solution you can use a natural mixture of.

I have been experimenting with various solutions on my vinyl siding to remove the spots. It s on the porch my windows but it is worse on the siding. It goes all the way up to my second story windows and is even under my soffit and on my gutters. The vinyl siding institute yes there really is such an organization offers some helpful and specific tips for dealing with stubborn moldy spots on your siding.

Vinyl siding stain diagnosis. Also known as artillery or cannonball fungus sphaerobolus it uses internal water pressure to forcefully fire its spores similar to seeds up to 20 feet away the fungus sets its sights on bright areas so that means it will aim for any pale surface that reflects light such as the siding on your house.