[Alex Wingrove]

Hi

What causes the white deposits, and what is the best way of removing so they don't come back.

Regards

Alex

[Kev Martin]

What white depposits?  On what surface?  Photos please?  Send themm to me at tilinglogistics@hotmail.com if you can't post them on here and I will try to help.

Kev Martin
Marblelife Ltd
Tiling Logistics Ltd

[Alex Wingrove]

Can you not see the photo?

[Alex Wingrove]

Now

[Matt Gibson]

Its efflorescence. Hydrochloric acid will shift it. Kev will give you to full cause buts due to moisture and salts seeping out and solidifying. Very difficult to stop it.

[Kev Martin]

Now

As matt says it is efflorescence.  It needs three things to manifest itself salts, water and a route.  Take anyone of those away and there is no efflorescence.  Easily removed usually with a wash of Phosphoric Acid sometimes if the salts have calcified you need to manually scrape most away and then apply Phos Acid to finish off.  Aqua Mix then do a product called Aqua Mix Eff-Ex which is a cleaner but also a penetrating fluid that forms a membrane sub surface and helps prevent re-occurrence depending on how bad it is. 

http://www.custombuildingproducts.com/products/aqua-mix/problem-solvers/aqua-mix-eff-ex.aspx

The main thing is to investigate thoroughly and find out if there is a new source of salts or water causing it.



Kev Martin
Marblelife Ltd
Tiling Logistics Ltd

[Alex Wingrove]

Thanks very much for the reply.

I didn't fancy just using pressure to clean it, I wanted a slightly longer lasting solution.

Thanks for the reply's

Alex

[Alex Wingrove]

Kev

can you send me a pro forma for the aqua mix, so I can buy some from you

Thanks

[Kev Martin]

Kev

can you send me a pro forma for the aqua mix, so I can buy some from you

Thanks

Give me a call in the morning and I will set you up a Trade Account
01217055333


Kev Martin
Marblelife Ltd
Tiling Logistics Ltd

[Roger Oakley]

Watch out Kevin, he might even nick/copy some of your text off of your website if you ain't careful, with what they can and cannot do.

[chris scott]

Walk away from that.

[Rob_Mac]

Why?

Rob

[chris scott]

No damp coarse and it's surrounded by trees.

[Rob_Mac]

What we have is a gateway to either a private estate or very large dwelling.

I would offer to clean the entire structure, including cap stones, avoiding the lights electrics and what looks to be a camera on the right hand side, These could be bagged, whilst cleaning.

I would then follow the topic advice as far as resolving the effervescing. I would further up-sell a maintenance package so that it could look its best, ongoing

There's an opportunity there that would be stupid to ignore!

Rob

[chris scott]

What we have is a gateway to either a private estate or very large dwelling.

Rob

No sh*t sherlock..did you work that out for yourself?
What you have there will be an ongoing nightmare that will keep recurring.

[Rob_Mac]

It certainly isn't anywhere in Crosby, although with the new website, fingers in money lending, chemical supply chain and all the websites you have going on - it could be your driveway!

I feel it possibly isn't because anyone with all that going on doesn't have a battered phone screen that makes viewing pictures off the forum difficult to the point where you get the response completely wrong.

I'm back as well - goodnight

Rob

[chris scott]

I am working on a new phone..but all the modern touch screen ones are not waterproof or dustproof. I buy a case to make it so it will be the size of the first Motorolas!
Was not the far away ...still a sandstone just the wrong continent.

[Rob_Mac]

My New Years resolution is to never fall out with you again

Rob

[Rob_Mac]

I bet my reply will be closer to what will happen, knowing Alex

Rob

[Rob_Mac]

I have zoomed in on the picture big time. I agree that there is no damp course, though I can't be as certain as Chris but a lot of what is going on there has nothing to do with rising damp (oooeeerrrr Rigby).

It has everything to do with salts coming out of the structure and i agree with Chris that it is the atmosphere that the gateway is in, overhanging trees keeping the whole area away from sunlight and so it is damp.

A good clean and seal will sort all the problems out and as I posted before there will be a real opportunity to up sell

Rob