Have a tile and grout job in a car dealership. grout and tile covered in nasty (what i thought was plain) dirt. turns out all of the above in tile cleaners just bearly budges this black stuff. yes i tried degreasers and no go. must be asphalt (tar) the only thing that budges this stuff is stright up citra quick. any other ideas so i dont spend $200 in citrus.
Car dealership tile and grout ?????
- Thread starter jr27488
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boazcan
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Did you try any type stripper? Bare Bones, Betco Extreme, etc.
dealtimeman
Everyday is Saturday.
Boost some floor stripper with citra solve. Any pics?
Goomer
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Watch those strippers around aluminum rims.
Thinned down stripper will work, most any degreaser will work if you use a green pad. I ALWAYS have them move all vehicles from showroom. You are also running into Armoral that they spray the tires down with.
I did not use any stripper. Everything other tile cleaner i had including automotive degreasers. Purple max, mean green, prochem, dirt devil etc... i also used a rotary 175 with a black brush as well as a green pad. a bit better but not much better. I went back today and used 50/50 water and citra quick no go. just stright up citra quick and it did a pretty good job but not as good as i would like. they are very happy though. we will be doing another part of the dealer next week i will try some floor stripper. no barebones around here just lowes stuff or some spartan chems. how strong on the stripper? any advice would be great.
Hoody
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juniorc82
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I used to clean a car dealership . We would mop down some purple power or high butyl degreaser pre scrub with 175 andf then extract with spinner, You wont get far with "designer" t&g cleaners.
Puple power and 175 prescrub is exactly what we used and the stuff didnt even budge. the only thing that worked and did well was full strength citra quick. most likely it was tar from the black top. I ran out of citrus the first night and only got marginal results with anything less. we followed up a few nights later with more citra quick and that finished it up. i was just trying to find a more economical product, in the end though the fastest best working product is the more economical solution. time is money.
Larry Cobb
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jr27488;
Based on your report, it takes a strong solvent to remove the material.
I would try a good POG, which is stronger
and works quicker than even 100% d-Limonene Citrus Solv.
http://www3.cobbcarpet.com/zen3/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=1153
Larry
Based on your report, it takes a strong solvent to remove the material.
I would try a good POG, which is stronger
and works quicker than even 100% d-Limonene Citrus Solv.
http://www3.cobbcarpet.com/zen3/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=1153
Larry
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thanks for the tip Larry. i could also use goof off for about 15 bucks gal but the fumes would prob. kill me. i have two thousand feet to cover.
