Brick floor living room... need help.
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Remember a few months ago my thread about finding out my tenants were smoking in my house... we're keeping their entire security deposit just filed suit yesterday for an additional $4800 in damages. It's a long story that I will recant in great detail when it's all over (probably go to court in December).
I would feel compelled to fix this floor just because I always give properties back better than I received them because that's how I roll... but I really need the extra karma right now.
Tried with a hairdryer... maybe a heat gun next.
I would feel compelled to fix this floor just because I always give properties back better than I received them because that's how I roll... but I really need the extra karma right now.
Tried with a hairdryer... maybe a heat gun next.
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I hear ya. The other half of this whole story is that we're moving out within a month. I've got orders back to Virginia (DC/NOVA crew rejoice) in November, but will be getting the wife/kids out of here by mid/end of Sept. We're definitely paying the rent in this house through Sept, and probably at least a week or two into October... so it'll be completely empty for several weeks. If need be, I can try all the industrial-type methods with acid and afterburner glory then.
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Earlier, somebody mentioned dry-ice blasting. Maybe dry ice would chill it sufficiently to make it let go, if you applied it for a bit and then tried scraping/scrubbing.
As a trial balloon, you could try spraying with an inverted can of that CO2 spray for cleaning dust out of keyboards, just concentrate on a single area to see. Pretty cheap risk if it doesn't work.
As a trial balloon, you could try spraying with an inverted can of that CO2 spray for cleaning dust out of keyboards, just concentrate on a single area to see. Pretty cheap risk if it doesn't work.
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My Krud Kutter has succeeded in simply making the floor sticky. This stuff is resisting all attempts to remove it. The dry-ice approach is on my short list.
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If all else fails use concrete cleaner from home depot the good kind that comes in 1 gallon buckets and contains hydrochloric acid. It will strip the brick the pick up some sealer while you are there and re-seal the area you just stripped. Be careful of what gloves you wear and what you use to scrub with because it will eat through a lot of different things.
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If all else fails use concrete cleaner from home depot the good kind that comes in 1 gallon buckets and contains hydrochloric acid. It will strip the brick the pick up some sealer while you are there and re-seal the area you just stripped. Be careful of what gloves you wear and what you use to scrub with because it will eat through a lot of different things.
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When this was mentioned on the first page, I was pretty sure it was going to end up what I do. I'm certainly going to wait until the place is empty to do it though.
Since it's in the middle of the room (closest affected brick is 3' from the wall) I can tape off the entire perimeter and do pretty much whatever I need to. I'm still fairly confident there is some miracle liquid out there that will dissolve this shiz instantly and wipe up clean... I just haven't found it yet.
It really sucks.
I've revisited the Krud Kutter Grafitti stuff and actually let is sit for 5 minutes before wiping up (like the instructions say), and it's the best thing I've tried yet. It works great on the smoother bricks, but the nook & crannies of the rougher ones still defy my attempts.
Bollocks.
Inspirational pic:
Since it's in the middle of the room (closest affected brick is 3' from the wall) I can tape off the entire perimeter and do pretty much whatever I need to. I'm still fairly confident there is some miracle liquid out there that will dissolve this shiz instantly and wipe up clean... I just haven't found it yet.
It really sucks.
I've revisited the Krud Kutter Grafitti stuff and actually let is sit for 5 minutes before wiping up (like the instructions say), and it's the best thing I've tried yet. It works great on the smoother bricks, but the nook & crannies of the rougher ones still defy my attempts.
Bollocks.
Inspirational pic:
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