Patio Cleaning - Chemicals ?

Yes it leaves my hands so soft just like my face ( thats one of my cats licking my soft face)

 

Thanks HarryS, it also works a treat for washing down the house walls just after the rainy season starts as with all the dust that has accumulated, it looks really bad with the first rains.
Just remember to turn down the pressure or some of the paint may be washed off along with the dirt.

Sounds like a line from Little Britain.

 

I've always found that if I'm using the jet washer, it does the trick on its own without any sort of detergent or chemicals.

 

If the jet wash is up to the job you dont need chemicals, surely that is what its all about.
If you want to apply a bleach solution afterwards to delay the build up of algae that is something different.

 

That is a lot of patio.
If I had that much to clean, I would seriously look at something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Mint-Automatic-Floor-Cleaner-4200/dp/B00408PCEW

 

Oh the sacrifices we have to make in the current economic climate.

 

I put this on the weather thread 1st thanks Jiffy for letting me know


Please be careful if the bleach brings the worms up and you leave them on the paths, soaked in bleach it will do the birds harm if they eat them.

Spruce

 

Your welcome

 

Well cleaned my patio today , used a buckets of hot water with half a bottle of thin bleach and 2 good squirts of detergent in each . Just slopped it over the patio and left for 20 minutes ( never left it as long before ). Most of the limestone pavers jet washed very easily after this , so leaving it for along time for the chemical action seems to do the job

 

You can also try Oxalic Acid to clean a patio. (Used by woodworkers.)

 

No problems on that Shiney , luckily my lawn is raised so the mix never gets near the grass . When I slosh it on I keep it back a little from the borders and jet most of it to an area under the BBQ . The mix that does get into the borders is so dilute with the jet water it never causes a problem .
I'll nip out later and throw a bucket of mix over next doors lawn, then we can see what happens