Cleaning Brick and Stone - Outdoor HowTo From Home Work With Hank 

Who wants to watch a video that shows you how to clean something and then the guy says why you might have to do this two or three times? There are plenty of videos that show you how to do it once and it's beautiful

You didn't mention the product you were using to clean efflorescence. Is this available in Britain?

Good information, thanks for sharing

The National Brick Association, the makers of bricks, says never to use acid to wash or clean bricks. It can damage the color of your bricks and void your warranty.

we have calcified water on our property and outside our house is brick. what should i use on hard water?

What are the concentrations of tsp for red brick exterior walls?

A high pressure washer won't push dirt in deeper, but if you don't have a good cleaning solution, it won't clean that well unless you are using a commercial high pressure and temperature sprayer. If you decide to use a high temperature and pressure, you don't need any solutions. The temperature of these machines can reach about 250 F. This will dissolve anything, however you will need to ware the proper safety apparel, such as helmet, goggles, high temperature gloves, apron and boots. You would only do this if you have a large area to clean. If you are just doing your garage, driveway or barbecue, a regular pressure washer and solution will work fine.

thanks for the "how to." I might suggest taking before and after pictures and showing them at the end of each demonstration or at the end of the video.

Thank you. This was helpful

A few before and after comparisons would have been nice. Thanks

How long did that take to do?

Very good this thank you

How about the name or the brand of the efflorescence cleaner? That would make your video really really useful don’t you think?

t was difficult to hear the name(s) of the products.

I use hydrochloride acid for dark bricks use about 2 to 3 inches in a bucket fill it with water get a broom that will soak the acid and hold it in the bristles and put it strait on the wall leave it there for 5 to 8 minutes and go anout 10 to 15 metres aciding the wall at a time while leaving it the acid on the wall go straight away and start scraping when you've scraped it all off then wash it off then repeat on lighter bricks put 5 to 10 mil in the bucket and repeat as above if you put to much acid in it will stain the wall and bits of the lighter brick will turn green if it turns green not to worry just use chlorine as what you would use for a swimming pool put about 2 to 3 inches of chlorine and fill it up with water and repeat as a acid clean would be carried out.

Is that Martin Short?

would be been nice to see the results, good video thou.

@0:26 "Yo, cleaning up masonry..."

How can I remove ivy tendrils from my brick home?

I got some good info out of this video yes

Why do I want to get on a ladder a bunch of times?

Acids can destroy br8ck and concrete - Must saturate it with water 1st. Got a Non-Acid Option?

I disliked this video because he did not show a before and after.. how do we know if it worked on the brick??

Wait he dudnt show reveal

Problem is you should always power wash your masonry lol. You telling me that chemical alone will clean it is absurd. I clean sky scrapers in Detroit to homes in the country all use power washer. Lime stone, brick, blue stone, tile, block, concrete. Same story different surface. 200* water and one restore will clean just about anything. I'd rather you tell the diy people leave it to a professional. You telling them they can buy dangerous chemicals to play with isn't smart nor safe. Example prosoco 1261 hard water remover will place you in the hospital for a week min if you get slashed with it. Please anyone reading this I say it for your protection call your local pro. They will agree with me lol

I'm scratching my head as to why you didn't clean the fire place smdh..

Bleach jell doesn't work.

I always love to fuck shit up by using the right tool, but for the wrong job ya know, fo shits n giggles, yo.

You said you were using a special product LOLif you're going to do a how to video you might want to tell the viewers the name of the product you're using! from the way the jug looks I was able to look it up and it is artisan efflorescence remover! It is a non acid solution. every review on home Depot and Lowe's website says this product does absolutely nothing! Or it took 5 and 6 applications at full strength. Maybe that's why we didn't get a before or after picture.

is this gonna kill ma plants?

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so "how to" comprises buying proprietary cleaners and following the instructions on the label. Naturally these are items available in USA sad, I was hoping for some info on what active ingredients to buy from generic sources, not overpriced "specialist" cleaners.

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