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Default Cleaning a brick home


buffalobill wrote:
2200 lbs can cause damage to wood and humans. if you must, follow
pressure washer instructions for distance and PSI adjustments. [these
will also create patterns on his house when cleaning is done by a
beginner, and a teenager will leave his big name in the bricks.]
instead, maybe test first by softly washing a couple of inconspicuous
bricks with some bleach and water. then work your way up into SPRAY
NINE cleaner.

wrote:
A friend with a nice 1957 brick home wants to clean it. He was thinking
of using a 3500 PSI pressure washer.

I said this might harm his bricks or mortar.

any good ideas?


thanks, his homes brick and mortar are flawless, it would be sad to
clean the surface and end up repointing and seeing bricks spawl....
however thats spelled