Tarting the house up

[AlexD333]

Morning guys and girls.

So me and the missus are planning a move, its a while away yet, but i plan to do the house up completely atleast visually. There is a few things ive got planned. Clean these old stones using truck wash I tried it on one and it came up amazing! I'm also painting the gate to make her look new.

I am also going to attempt to clean the Tarmac driveway with truck wash, not sure how this will go down

Anyone got any tips for cleaning driveways? I am going to have a fair amount of the magic truck wash too

[rustic]

Originally Posted by AlexD333

Anyone got any tips for cleaning driveways? I am going to have a fair amount of the magic truck wash too

It depends on what is making the driveway look grubby.
On Tarmac, I have sprayed on a 25% mix of bleach with 75% water, to get rid of moss, lichen etc.
If there are any oil patches, then it is a difficult one, unless you can sort it on the day, then washing up liquid, some water and a scrubbing brush to get rid of 95% then after some weathering and sunshine the rest faded away.
I learnt this trick every time my Dad used to visit us, there were always 6 areas of oil leaks... Yes it was a Discovery...
6 leaks, two swivel hub bearings, two diffs, engine sump, and gearbox output shaft. You could always know by the pattern, where he parked, and also which way round.

After the bleach treatment, Leave it a few days, then power wash, but not too close as it can damage the surface.

Truck wash, might dissolve the bitumen , resulting in the driveway breaking up.

Aldi, at the moment have a special offer on " Drive Cleaner" £1.49 nearly half price, in our local store, it is in a basket outside the store.
I bought some last week.
Read the label to see how to apply.
If I get chance later, I will read mine.

Rustic

[AlexD333]

Originally Posted by rustic

It depends on what is making the driveway look grubby.
On Tarmac, I have sprayed on a 25% mix of bleach with 75% water, to get rid of moss, lichen etc.
If there are any oil patches, then it is a difficult one, unless you can sort it on the day, then washing up liquid, some water and a scrubbing brush to get rid of 95% then after some weathering and sunshine the rest faded away.
I learnt this trick every time my Dad used to visit us, there were always 6 areas of oil leaks... Yes it was a Discovery...
6 leaks, two swivel hub bearings, two diffs, engine sump, and gearbox output shaft. You could always know by the pattern, where he parked, and also which way round.

After the bleach treatment, Leave it a few days, then power wash, but not too close as it can damage the surface.

Truck wash, might dissolve the bitumen , resulting in the driveway breaking up.

Aldi, at the moment have a special offer on " Drive Cleaner" £1.49 nearly half price, in our local store, it is in a basket outside the store.
I bought some last week.
Read the label to see how to apply.
If I get chance later, I will read mine.

Rustic

ahh didnt think about truck wash eating the driveway... hmm.

I put it into a spray bottle so its fine. might try a test area and see how it goes. The bleach idea is a good un too!

[AlexD333]

Only took a few pics, you can see the condition of the stone before hand

[AlexD333]

Mid scrub with some elbow grease

[AlexD333]

Binned the scrubber and used a wire wool style brush

[Sweety]

I just mainly use the pressure washer but the bleach does get used at times, got a concrete drive & one side gets almost no sun light so it turns green must be using the lance to close as I keep blowing little holes in the concrete TBH think the drive is past it's best anyway as it's getting nice big cracks across it