Clean It Up
UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: drive surgeon on January 16, 2008, 01:47:31 pm
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hi i have been bust doing driveways and patios but i have been finding that where there have been piles of leaves they have left a horrible brown stain on flags, york stone etc. the pressure washer wont shift it. what can i use to get it out???
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anyonr had these stains before?/ like brown stuff.
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its most probably sap from the leaves, get some acidwash from jewson and give that a try or some strong detergent from a commercial supplier and a deck brush.
reseal afterwards to avoid this happening again.
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i wonder if roger oakley will know what to use??
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It is most proberbly leaf tanin, very easy to get rid of.
What you need is Sodium Hypochlorite aka chlorine bleach, if you can get 13% or better, mix it down with water 1:1 when mixing remember water first then add the hypo. spray on to your surface, dwell time 20-30 mins then wash off. Watch out for your run off areas as this will kill grass, plants, etc. Just water any grass etc before you start. PPE, goggles, nitrile gloves, I also use a face mask (resperator type) This stuff will burn you if it goes on you so take care. I know so don't like the use of "bleach", but this will work for you.
Give me a call (during the day) Jamie if you are not sure about anything with this one.
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many thanks again rog, i was wondering if normal bleach would do it, but from experience i have found bleach can discolour white or grey flags so im always cautious. where can you purchase this stuff from ( sodium hypochlorite )?
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A swimming pool suppliers out-let.