Brick Fireplace

[alazo1]

I'm doing the outside of one next week. How do you keep the cleaner from sliding down?. Of course the middle portion has a lot of soot. I was thinking about making some kind of paste with a degreaser for this portion and paint it on while I work on the other areas. Do I just add baking soda to it?.

Albert

 

[floorguy]

and i thought i cleaned some werid shit :shock: :shock: :shock:


couldnt hurt i guess...of course try it before you go there...

or find a thick degreaser that has some cling to it...

or use a heavy dilution then it breaks it down faster...keep scrubbin and keep it wet.

 

[Ron Lippold]

baseboard stripper. i have done a few of these. I think i used oxyblaster

 

[J Scott W]

Liquid cleaners will also run into some porous brick and cause permanent discoloration. I tried to avoid cleaning brick with liquids. Test a small area first, especially if the brick is porous.

Some possible methods are to use soot removal sponges, blast with compressed air and/or vacuum, solvent gels, media blasting for worst case scenarios.

Scott Warrington

 

[alazo1]

I didn't have any problem at all with the stuff running down. I sprayed and used a tampico brush to spread it and agitate. The brick was jagged. It was actually a fun job.

Not totally dry yet, grout lines were lightening up.

Albert

 

[Ron Lippold]

nice job Al

 

[Scott S.]

did you hand scrub and rinse or did you use high pressure tools?

 

[alazo1]

did you hand scrub and rinse or did you use high pressure tools?

Hand scrubbed and high pressure with cobra 3 jet. The scrub was fairly light due to the soft bristles of the brush. Also used a small toothbrush type brush for the grout in the front of the fireplace.

Albert

 

[Scott S.]

cools looks good

 

[Desk Jockey]

Nice work, came out great!