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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: kordun on April 13, 2011, 07:20:53 pm

Title: cleaning ivy residue- anyone wants this job?
Post by: kordun on April 13, 2011, 07:20:53 pm

I had an enquire today to clean/remove ivy from the walls. How would you clean/remove that? Also some green walls need cleaning. Pictures attached

Thank you

Title: Re: cleaning ivy residue from a property
Post by: drive surgeon on April 13, 2011, 07:37:41 pm

i had simalr job this week. even a turbo struggled to shift it.

Title: Re: cleaning ivy residue from a property
Post by: Matt Gibson on April 13, 2011, 08:44:42 pm

Best thing to do is scrape all the vines off and any thick stuff and you'll be left with all the little spores. You won't budge the spores without damaging the brick. So just tell the client this. The green stuff will cone off with pressure an water. We used to use acid on the bricks and even that wouldn't budge the Ivy spores.

Title: Re: cleaning ivy residue from a property
Post by: Andy Foster on April 13, 2011, 08:51:38 pm

Pull off all the vines and steam will shift the suckers that are left behind, takes ages though so price well.

Title: Re: cleaning ivy residue from a property
Post by: BDCS on April 13, 2011, 09:07:41 pm

Put soda through a wet blaster

Title: Re: cleaning ivy residue from a property
Post by: Matt Gibson on April 13, 2011, 09:15:14 pm

BDCS where do you get your soda from?

Title: Re: cleaning ivy residue from a property
Post by: BDCS on April 13, 2011, 11:15:50 pm

I have heaps - I have a soda blaster!

http://www.northernpowerclean.co.uk/

Title: Re: cleaning ivy residue from a property
Post by: kordun on April 13, 2011, 11:35:13 pm

thanks guys, Building is a 3 story high so will need roof ladders or scaffolding

Title: Re: cleaning ivy residue from a property
Post by: kordun on April 14, 2011, 12:13:49 am

I don’t really fancy doing this job, so if anyone interested in this job ill pass you contact details. Property is between Reading & Oxford

Title: Re: cleaning ivy residue- anyone wants this job?
Post by: Blast Off Stoke on April 14, 2011, 07:25:19 am

not a 5 minute job  :o