I bought a two handed concrete tamper at a yard sale yesterday, probably
spending too much for it ............ $10. But I needed one.

On the bottom screen, it's reasonably clean, but has some residual concrete
on it. From the looks of it, it has been on there for quite a while. What
is the best way to get that off? I don't want to beat on it with a hammer
and bend it all up. It's expanded metal. Would soaking it in water, or
maybe spraying it with some petroleum base product soften it enough for a
power washer to take it off? How do you clean yours when it has hardened?
The spaces are still there, so it hasn't hardened totally all the way
across.

Steve