On Oahu, salt spray, red dirt, pollen, and bird mess build a film on your glass that rain never fully rinses off. Your system keeps working, it just quietly makes less. We bring it back to the output you already paid for.
A solar panel makes power by letting sunlight reach the cells under the glass. Anything sitting on that glass, even a thin, even layer you cannot see from the ground, blocks a share of that light. Less light in means fewer kilowatt-hours out, every sunny hour of every day.
Oahu is one of the harder places in the country to keep panels clean. Coastal homes get a fine salt mist that dries into a mineral haze. Trade winds carry red dirt and pollen. Birds and their nests leave acidic droppings that bake on in the sun. And our "cleaning" rain usually makes it worse, because it dries in spots and streaks rather than rinsing the panel clear.
The frustrating part is that you cannot feel it happening. There is no alarm and no leak. Production just drifts down a few percent, then a few more, until a cleaning brings it back and you see on your own monitoring app how much you were leaving on the roof.
If your panels have not been cleaned in over a year, or you live near the coast or under trees, there is almost certainly output waiting to be recovered. We will tell you honestly if there is not.
We clean with ultra-filtered water fed through soft-bristle brushes on a reach pole. It is filtered far cleaner than what comes out of a garden hose, so it rinses the panel without leaving the hard-water film a hose does, and it dries with no wiping. No high-pressure blasting, no dish soap, no store-bought "solar cleaners," and no abrasive pads that scratch the anti-reflective coating.
This is not a shortcut. It is the exact method spelled out by the panel manufacturers themselves. SunPower, LG, Panasonic, REC, and the rest all specify low-pressure, non-abrasive, chemical-free cleaning, because anything else can void the warranty on a system that cost you five figures.
Filtered far cleaner than a garden hose, so it rinses the grime off instead of leaving a fresh hard-water film behind.
Gentle enough for the coated glass, firm enough to lift baked-on salt and droppings without scratching.
The manufacturer-approved approach, so your panel and workmanship warranties stay fully intact.
No detergents means no runoff that reaches the ocean. What comes off your roof is just water and dirt.
The silent efficiency killer on coastal homes. Invisible until it builds up, and it never washes off in the rain.
Peak-season buildup and red dirt can drop output by 20% or more before you ever notice on the bill.
Acidic, opaque, and it blocks whole cells. Cleared safely, with the deck underneath rinsed and sanitized.
Treated only where needed with a plant-safe, reef-safe spot cleaner, then rinsed clear with filtered water.
Plenty of cleaners drive off and leave you guessing. We hand you receipts. Every job ends with documentation, so you can see exactly what you paid for and keep an eye on the health of your array over time.
Panel-by-panel documentation of the whole array, texted to your phone the same day.
If we spot a cracked cell, a hot spot, or a damaged junction box while we are up there, we tell you. No upsell pressure, just a heads-up.
We will tell you how often your specific roof actually needs it. Coastal homes usually want twice a year, inland homes often once.
Every visit stands on its own. No contracts, no auto-charges. You decide if and when we come back.
The math is simple. If a cleaning restores even ten percent of a system that offsets a few hundred dollars of power a month, the recovered production covers the visit quickly and then keeps paying you back until the next round of buildup. Cleaner glass also runs cooler, and cooler panels are slightly more efficient on their own.
Form, phone, or text. All three reach the same person and get a reply the same afternoon.
Before a brush touches the glass, we do a top-down sweep and flag anything we see.
Ultra-filtered water and soft brushes, panel by panel, edge to edge. No rush, no shortcuts.
Before and after shots of everything we touched, sent straight to your phone.
Free quote, no obligation, about two minutes. We will take a look at your roof and give you an honest number.