Removing salt deposits from walls
 

Having moved into a newish house (about eight years old) I am plagued
by disfiguring salt deposits on the external garden walls. I have tried
brushing them off, but to no avail. The only other advice I have seen
is to clean them off using a powerwasher. However, I do not possess one
of these and am on a tight budget so I wondered if anyone knew of any
alternative suggestions for removal. Any advice greatfully received as
my neighbours already think I am slightly insane for futilely brushing
my walls at strange hours of the day!

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Having moved into a newish house (about eight years old) I am plagued
by disfiguring salt deposits on the external garden walls. I have tried
brushing them off, but to no avail. The only other advice I have seen
is to clean them off using a powerwasher. However, I do not possess one
of these and am on a tight budget so I wondered if anyone knew of any
alternative suggestions for removal. Any advice greatfully received as
my neighbours already think I am slightly insane for futilely brushing
my walls at strange hours of the day!

There are much worse things in life. Forget it and enjoy yourself!

Mary

Mary Fisher wrote :-

There are much worse things in life. Forget it and enjoy yourself!

Oh, I thought you were going to offer to lick it off for him
( still giggling at that thread )

Regards Jeff

"Jeff" wrote in message
.. .

Mary Fisher wrote :-

There are much worse things in life. Forget it and enjoy yourself!

Oh, I thought you were going to offer to lick it off for him
( still giggling at that thread )

I haven't finished our own house yet. All that crawling around with bum in
the air isn't dignified at my age.

And size.

Mary

Regards Jeff

From previous threads (going back years) it is my understanding that you
cannnot, it's a never ending job. Some bricks suffer worse than others.
That's it.


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Having moved into a newish house (about eight years old) I am plagued
by disfiguring salt deposits on the external garden walls. I have tried
brushing them off, but to no avail. The only other advice I have seen
is to clean them off using a powerwasher. However, I do not possess one
of these and am on a tight budget so I wondered if anyone knew of any
alternative suggestions for removal. Any advice greatfully received as
my neighbours already think I am slightly insane for futilely brushing
my walls at strange hours of the day!

In message , Mary
Fisher writes

"Jeff" wrote in message
. ..

Mary Fisher wrote :-

There are much worse things in life. Forget it and enjoy yourself!

Oh, I thought you were going to offer to lick it off for him
( still giggling at that thread )

I haven't finished our own house yet. All that crawling around with bum in
the air isn't dignified at my age.

And size.

Mary

Photos ?

--
geoff

On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:20:21 GMT, raden wrote:

I haven't finished our own house yet. All that crawling around with bum in
the air isn't dignified at my age.

And size.

Photos ?

Don't go there. PLEASE don't go there....Mary is not that sort of
lady. At least, I don't think she is that sort of lady.....

Andrew

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give it 2 or 3 winters it will all be gone.
Smudge

"raden" wrote in message
...

I haven't finished our own house yet. All that crawling around with bum in
the air isn't dignified at my age.

And size.

Mary

Photos ?

There are few takes photos of me. For some reason I'm not regarded as
photogenic. Hrumph.

Although I should think that's definitely so when my bum's in the air ...

Mary

--
geoff

"Andrew McKay" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:20:21 GMT, raden wrote:

I haven't finished our own house yet. All that crawling around with bum
in
the air isn't dignified at my age.

And size.

Photos ?

Don't go there. PLEASE don't go there....Mary is not that sort of
lady. At least, I don't think she is that sort of lady.....

I'm certainly not any kind of lady.

Mary

"smudger" wrote in message
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give it 2 or 3 winters it will all be gone.

No it won't.

It continues throughout the life of the brick. I've seen it on Tudor bricks.
There wasn't much of the bricks left compared with the ones which weren't
efflorescing.

Mary

Smudge

Mary Fisher wrote:
"smudger" wrote in message
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give it 2 or 3 winters it will all be gone.


No it won't.

It continues throughout the life of the brick. I've seen it on Tudor bricks.
There wasn't much of the bricks left compared with the ones which weren't
efflorescing.

Mary


Smudge




That's lime mortar for you.