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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: TomCrowther on April 04, 2012, 09:53:19 am

Title: cleaning red tarmac drieveway
Post by: TomCrowther on April 04, 2012, 09:53:19 am

Hi All, I am doing the rear of a property over the next few weeks. Simple flags so easy to clean. They also have a very dirty red tarmac drive which they may want doing afterwards. Customer is worried about "loosing the colour" when cleaned. What do you advise for this drive? The condition looks pretty good, no big cracks or loose areas.
Thanks for any advice, Tom.

Title: Re: cleaning red tarmac drieveway
Post by: BDCS on April 04, 2012, 10:33:54 am

If its proper red tarmac then the tar is coloured red at the plant so its the same as any other tarmac. Take one stone out to make sure its not just a coating over black.

Title: Re: cleaning red tarmac drieveway
Post by: TomCrowther on April 04, 2012, 09:42:45 pm

OK, cheers will do.

Title: Re: cleaning red tarmac drieveway
Post by: paul marshall on April 28, 2012, 07:53:16 am

i do one of these for a regular every year and it takes me forever , i always seem to leave tide marks no matter how long im on it ,,last year i give her a price for the back and told her 20 quid for the tarmak but it would just be a quick goin over as oposed to a proper clean ,not very profesional i know but just cant get it right ,,done lots of black stuff on probs but cant get it right on red, :'( :'( :'( :'(

Title: Re: cleaning red tarmac drieveway
Post by: Blast Away on April 29, 2012, 01:21:12 pm

Done my mates house here in the link every year and always comes up great, never loses colour.

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