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Just got back from our Jersey trip to find the following from Cormaic,
asking me to post it on his behalf. Hope it's not too late to be useful: Rust is a nightmare stain on paving, and one of the hardest to shift. This is why it's never a good idea to cast mosskiller over paving: the ferrous content creates a near-permanent stain. Some flags are more badly affected than others. Some concrete flags are seemingly immune while others can't be cleaned at all - it's all to do with the type of concrete and the way in which the flags were made. Much of the imported Indian sandstone and limestone is also badly affected. The key to treatment is to try cleaning a small, discreet area FIRST, and allow the treatment to "settle" for at least 48 hours before spolshing it all over the rest of the paving - sadly, some cleaners have a slow-acting adverse reaction with flags, and it can take a day or two for this to be realised. There's some generic advice on my website... General rust stains... http://www.pavingexpert.com/stains.htm#rust Rust from moss/weedkillers... http://www.pavingexpert.com/maintain_02.htm#moss -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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