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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: mark.laycock1@ntlw on March 13, 2009, 07:45:43 am

Title: t.f.r
Post by: mark.laycock1@ntlw on March 13, 2009, 07:45:43 am

morring all,

how many of you use t.f.r to clean block paving,paving,imprinted concrete?
seen a few guys using this .

Title: Re: t.f.r
Post by: BDCS on March 13, 2009, 09:06:09 am

What are you trying to get off ?

Title: Re: t.f.r
Post by: mark.laycock1@ntlw on March 13, 2009, 01:40:01 pm

no not me i seen some guys the other day . they were telling me that they apply tfr by brush amd use a stiff brush all over driveway,patio then use there hot water washer.

Title: Re: t.f.r
Post by: drivewasher on March 13, 2009, 01:53:57 pm

Mark, there are 2 types of TFR one is caustic the other isn't. The caustic one probably loosens the dirt a little but just water should do it as good

Title: Re: t.f.r
Post by: mark.laycock1@ntlw on March 13, 2009, 02:24:02 pm

hi yes thats what i said to them use your hot one if you have to .

Title: Re: t.f.r
Post by: drive surgeon on March 13, 2009, 03:28:54 pm

you should not need hot water for most drives, in fact only if its infested with lichen do you really need hot.  or oil stains.  applying tfr seems a waste of money and then there are the environment issues.

Title: Re: t.f.r
Post by: mark.laycock1@ntlw on March 13, 2009, 03:35:25 pm

yes thats what i said to them they are wasting there money in both ways.

Title: Re: t.f.r
Post by: Griffus on March 13, 2009, 03:55:02 pm

I think some people use chem's as they think it looks good to their customers. Maybe it adds a little bit of doubt in the customer's mind as to whether they can achieve the same results with their trusty old Karcher.

I can't think of any other reason.

For bog standard drive cleaning cold water at pressure is more than adequate, environmentally friendly too (apart from the engine's emisions!). Applying TFR to a drive prior to PW is a waste of time and money.

Title: Re: t.f.r
Post by: drive surgeon on March 13, 2009, 05:25:36 pm

i know about the fumes, i cant stand the fumes, it gives me a bad chest and coughing all the time. :'(

Title: Re: t.f.r
Post by: TVCS on March 16, 2009, 07:56:22 pm

It may make the custy think the drive is really getting cleaned but the grass and the flowers in the beds dying wont cheer them up.    Waste of time and money.