olgentdc
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Wife wants the outside brick face of Fireplace cleaned before Chrismas,,Anyone Know What to clean brick with ? Thanx Jim
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Walt Davies
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My choice would be muratic acid but both methods might not be feaseable if the fireplace is in his living room. Hot soapy water and a good stiff scrub brush would be my next bet. Have her mop up around you with old towels.
I suppose she's wanting to dress it up for Christmas?
Tell her to add a few more stockings and cover up the soot.
I suppose she's wanting to dress it up for Christmas?
Tell her to add a few more stockings and cover up the soot.
I used to professionally clean brick and granite buildings using a restoration cleaner. One brand name is Sureclean. The principal active ingredient is hydroflouric acid: not to be confused with hydrocloric acid from which muriatic acid is derived. It also has surfactants which are basically soaps. Application would be followed up with high pressure water but it is not necessary. Bristle brush would be OK. The acid eats up iron stains, carbon, skin, and glass. May require many applications in rapid succession.
Goto Sureclean site for dealers. Read the MSDS on their site. This is powerful stuff and needs to be handled with care. Can damage lungs in confined space.
Goto Sureclean site for dealers. Read the MSDS on their site. This is powerful stuff and needs to be handled with care. Can damage lungs in confined space.
Anonymous-0
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Are you talking inside the house or outside?
I have had some success with the spray on cans of carpet cleaner that you let dry and vacuum up. OMG! My wife is threatening to tile ours!
I have had some success with the spray on cans of carpet cleaner that you let dry and vacuum up. OMG! My wife is threatening to tile ours!
We had a fire in the house once, and after the fire department left I thought we'd never get the place cleaned. But we used TSP (tri sodium phosphate) and it worked great. It's cheap and available at most any hardware store. We asked the fire department and it's what they recommended.
Long story short, the fire happened on Christmas morning; our TV cord somehow shorted out and caught our blanket on fire! We woke up to flames on the blanket! Luckily we got out in time- like a dummy, I went back in and put it out with my fire extinguisher. Never do that again, I almost didn't make it out.
Long story short, the fire happened on Christmas morning; our TV cord somehow shorted out and caught our blanket on fire! We woke up to flames on the blanket! Luckily we got out in time- like a dummy, I went back in and put it out with my fire extinguisher. Never do that again, I almost didn't make it out.
be real careful with Hydrofluoric acid.this came right from an MSDS "Long-term exposure may cause bone and joint changes.".From what I was told a lot of air conditioning repairers suffer from degenerated joints in their hands.Turns out when freon is overheated it breaks down into among other things Hydroflouric acid.
dave guest
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Purty fireplace wont keep you warm. I had one, used muriatic acid and wire brush. Scrubbed and let dry. Looked the same.
When I worked for P&G, all our wet labs were equipped with fire
extinguishers. What we were told was to use the fire
extinguisher to get out, leave the fire fighting to the fire
brigade. Company had their own fire fighters on site.
And when I worked for Monsanto (plastics) we were trained to
use fire extinguishers, had a fire pit down near the river that we
were trained on, but in case of a fire we were to get out and let
the fire brigade and Cincinnati FD fight it.
If it was just fire fighting it would be fine, but that smoke is a
killer. Let someone with breathing equipment fight that fire.
extinguishers. What we were told was to use the fire
extinguisher to get out, leave the fire fighting to the fire
brigade. Company had their own fire fighters on site.
And when I worked for Monsanto (plastics) we were trained to
use fire extinguishers, had a fire pit down near the river that we
were trained on, but in case of a fire we were to get out and let
the fire brigade and Cincinnati FD fight it.
If it was just fire fighting it would be fine, but that smoke is a
killer. Let someone with breathing equipment fight that fire.
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