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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: FRESHER on February 17, 2015, 11:30:01 am

Title: Brown Marks on buildings from outlets
Post by: FRESHER on February 17, 2015, 11:30:01 am

You know those brown marks you see from outlets on buildings, normally fairly new properties?  What is that causes it and how do you get it off?  It would really annoy me if it was on the side of my house or flat and totally ruins the look of some buildings.  Thanks.

Title: Re: Brown Marks on buildings from outlets
Post by: BDCS on February 17, 2015, 01:43:55 pm

Brown Mark lives near me  ;D

Title: Re: Brown Marks on buildings from outlets
Post by: BDCS on February 17, 2015, 01:47:11 pm

Sorry thought you meant Mark Brown

Title: Re: Brown Marks on buildings from outlets
Post by: FRESHER on February 17, 2015, 01:59:14 pm

haha ffs!

Title: Re: Brown Marks on buildings from outlets
Post by: BDCS on February 17, 2015, 04:31:26 pm

Post a photo and I'll give a clear concise answer

Title: Re: Brown Marks on buildings from outlets
Post by: FRESHER on February 17, 2015, 04:43:44 pm

see if this works;

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.960124,-3.165018,3a,37.5y,28.26h,110.08t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sLOWiK1zv3O2qrQaJDOx00A!2e0 (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.960124,-3.165018,3a,37.5y,28.26h,110.08t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sLOWiK1zv3O2qrQaJDOx00A!2e0)

that should take you to street view, if you look around you will see a brown mark on the tan coloured render coming from the 2nd floor.

Title: Re: Brown Marks on buildings from outlets
Post by: Aqua Power Solutions on February 17, 2015, 06:03:06 pm

Looking at that building on Google its hard water marks coming from the overflow pipe

Ed

Title: Re: Brown Marks on buildings from outlets
Post by: Matt Gibson on February 17, 2015, 07:36:24 pm

Rust

Title: Re: Brown Marks on buildings from outlets
Post by: Richy L on February 17, 2015, 08:15:45 pm

yep, rust.

It will lighten with some hypo and a very light pressure wash but I have never got it out completely.

Title: Re: Brown Marks on buildings from outlets
Post by: FRESHER on February 17, 2015, 08:24:12 pm

Thanks for the replies.  I did wonder if it was rust.  Any way to stop it from happening?

Title: Re: Brown Marks on buildings from outlets
Post by: Matt Gibson on February 17, 2015, 08:25:11 pm

Tell them to take the central heating out, and block up the hole.

Title: Re: Brown Marks on buildings from outlets
Post by: BDCS on February 17, 2015, 08:45:03 pm

Depending on the render try oxalic having done the RAMS