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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: allyoops on October 12, 2007, 04:47:20 pm

Title: lime?staining on mortar and brick
Post by: allyoops on October 12, 2007, 04:47:20 pm

can anyone suggest what to use to get rid of what appears to be lime staining on mortar joints and the residue that has run on to the brick,have tried brick acid but it doent make a lot of difference,hope you can help,cheers Neil

Title: Re: lime?staining on mortar and brick
Post by: ag on October 12, 2007, 07:01:29 pm

not sure about this, but doesnt lime permeate from inside a brick. I heard that the cheaper the brick the more lime and then the white marks, so maybe its not possible??

Title: Re: lime?staining on mortar and brick
Post by: drive surgeon on October 12, 2007, 07:53:20 pm

this is called efflorescence!!   you can buy efflorescence remover from builders merchants. ;D

Title: Re: lime?staining on mortar and brick
Post by: allyoops on October 12, 2007, 08:02:46 pm

its not effloresence its permeating from the mortar not the brick,cheers

Title: Re: lime?staining on mortar and brick
Post by: drive surgeon on October 12, 2007, 08:10:26 pm

oh right not sure then sorry . ???

Title: Re: lime?staining on mortar and brick
Post by: Roger Oakley on October 12, 2007, 08:24:11 pm

Neil, got a photo of the staining you can post or send me?

Title: Re: lime?staining on mortar and brick
Post by: allyoops on October 12, 2007, 08:27:44 pm

will try to get one,it seems pretty common in this area the deposits look like a calcium deposit like something you would find inside a cave

Title: Re: lime?staining on mortar and brick
Post by: drive surgeon on October 12, 2007, 10:06:20 pm

it could be a stalictite or stalicmite, ha ha  ;D

not heard of this, let us know how you get on. ;D

Title: Re: lime?staining on mortar and brick
Post by: keith b on October 14, 2007, 03:33:58 pm

allyoops,

Go to: www.ibstock.co.uk/download/cleaning_clay_brickwork.pdf

Title: Re: lime?staining on mortar and brick
Post by: allyoops on October 15, 2007, 01:45:16 pm

Thanks Keith its lime running as shown in the picture,cheers Neil