Thursday, December 24, 2009

Best way to clean paving slabs on my patio without a pressure washer?

Good question. One that has plagued man for about 2oo years now. Firstly, if you can remove the slabs one by one, this would make life easier. So, get your slab. Take it into the bathroom and submerse it in a bath of hot water. Get a bag of sugar and some vinegar. About a litre of malt is good. Then you will need a kilo of salt, and some lemons. About seven are good. Your going to fill up the bath with all the ingredients. Give it all a good stir and leave to soak for about 48 hours. This will allow the sugar and lemons to activate the vinegar and basically recharge the slabs to new. Then you can do the same for all the other slabs.Best way to clean paving slabs on my patio without a pressure washer?
Stiff brush and bleach!!!Best way to clean paving slabs on my patio without a pressure washer?
getin on your knees n washing them by hand
BLEACH and elbow grease, u can buy the former from just about every shop, as for the latter, u might get it online....try Ebay!
hmm, id go for the raiding the kitchen cuboards approach and go for, baking soda, bit of vinegar warm water and a stiff brush :-) . either that or id turn the paving slabs over
The DIY shops sell patio cleaner. Jeyes are one of the manufacturers. Spray it on, and use a stiff brush to scrub it around the slabs, then hose it off.
Wet Patio


Spread sharp sand on patio (wickes sell sharp sand)


Hard scrub with stiff broom


rinse off
The easies way is to pay someone but if you want to do it without a pressure washer go to B%26amp;Q or a DIY store and get some brick acid. dilute this in a watering can an apply to the area, use a stiff brush and scrub the area.





After you have finished hose the area or pour loads of water on it to remove surface dirt and silt
Good scrub brush and some cheap powdered detergent, and some elbow grease. You can purchase long handled bristle brushes.
I dampen the area down then rub in bleach and sprinkle washing powder over the area scrub it well in and leave it for a few hours and then rinse. Works for me.
I use a stiff broom and bleach,Kills algae and moss on it too.
Brick acid .... sounds too much , but it will work.... brush over with a broom wash off ....(wear gloves ...)
Wet the slabs first then use a solution of bleach and water applied with a watering can, scrub all over using a stiff yard broom - no bending required. Then rinse off with clear water and brush down. Works every time and is as good as proprietary cleaners that you can get from B%26amp;Q etc.
You can buy patio %26amp; pavement cleaner at your D.I.Y and garden store. Follow the instructions on the container and use a stiff broom and hosepipe to wash down.
Try using soapy water, and a push broom to scrub, and then just rinse. It works for me.
beer line cleaner. It really does work.
Depends what is on them. If it is grease from a BBQ then first you are going to have to hit it with a grease cutter(soapy hot water and a scrub brush) or strong solution of TSP and rinse off that stuff. Then a solution of Muriatic acid will work on the cement slabs to cut a brighter - like new look to them - follow instructions to a ';T';


You could try BioWash cement cleaner - I have not used the product but hear it is an easier way to go...found in hardware stores.
The cost of all this stuff is quite high and you can get a fairly cheap pressure washer for almost the same amount.Buy patio cleaner from B%26amp;Q then swill some diluted bleach over them and let it dry out and then seal the patio with patio sealer from B%26amp;Q. This helps to keep them clean for longer.
First sweep or hose off the slabs. Then spray a 50/50 bleach solution on the slabs and scub with a stiffle bristle broom. lest sit for 20 minutes and rinse. Repeat if necessary. Be careful not to get the bleach solution on surrounding vegitation. Spray plants liberally before and after.
30 second cleaner spray on leave and then just hose down
Get a good hard out door broom, wet it with fairy liquid and water and scrub like mad. Works for me, i tend to do it regularly so it is a bit easier to do.
Bowl with warm water and bleach and a tough brush.

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