Red Clay on the bottom of Houses

smittie1984

smittie1984

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I was wondering what would be the best chemical or way to remove that Red Clay from the bottom of a house near and on the foundation.

Also for removing the red from Garages and New construction what is also the best. I use Muriatic Acid for new construction but how strong should I mix it for say the inside of a new garage that has red dirt on it and paint.
 
Smittie - look into using something other than just muriatic for your new construction - www.eacochem.com has some very good products for just that purpose - we do new construction nearly every day of the week. There's something to be said for chemicals that are designed to do a job, contain ALL of the ingredients/chemicals to do it faster and professionally.

Please don't take this has harsh, rude, condescending or any other negative way - you come to this board looking for answers.......if you would follow the repeated advise about your chemicals, half of your problems would never hit the screen. Use GOOD quality chemicals with the instructions that come with them - WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER! If you let your chems do the work, you will increase your productivity, your profit margin and your reputation will make your phone ring....and you'll be able to to say you're "Young, smart & you get the job done right!" which will make you not have to borrow money from bums!

Like Squirt said, call SunBrite Supply - right there in Lawrenceville - Tracy & Pete know their stuff. Call Steve Rowlett in Tennessee. Call Lynn Peden at Eacochem! All of these men have been power washing for years and have worked with their chemists to develop products that will make your life so much easier!

Off my soap box now...

Celeste
 
GrimeDOg said:
Where do all these chemicals end up ? i.e. the environment !
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Bio-remediation will filter the chems to minute quantities before they reach the water table.Also remember that it would take huge amounts of concentrated chemicals to have major negative effects that most homeowners fear.The average homeowner has their property cleaning every other year and none of us use are so careless to use 100 gallons of straight concentrated chemicals on one house wash.Every chemical used is diluted down over and over by the religious rinsing that the vast majority of companies do on a housewash or deck restoration.
 
Oxalic Acid - How will it react with painted wood or vinyl siding? And how well would it work on brick regardless of wether it has red clay or not.

Also with Oxalic Acid how will it react with other materials such as Metal, PVC, Copper, Rubber, and other goodies that are on houses. I learned the hard way about Muriatic Acid and reacting with certain materials. Not from pressure washing but from when I worked at a machine shop.
 
Oxalic Acid will work on vinyl and painted wood.You will have to dilute it properly depending on how you will be applying it.Don't get it on metal or glass and if you think there is a chance something will get overspray on it pre-wet and possibly cover it if you can.PVC should be ok also.
Oxalic is not a brick restoration chemical for us we use it as a brightener for wood and to remove clay and rust from houses and concrete.
Maybe Celeste will comment on oxalic as a brick restoration cleaner.
 
Oxalic is a brightner. Even though it will clean the brick you stand a chance of leaving the mortar joints nice and bright where the acid was applied. Use NMD-80 for cleaning brick.
Richard
 
Richard is correct....oxalic will brighten where applied therefore you can make the mortar look splotchy. We use the oxalic for the same application as Squirt - wood, rust, and mud.
 
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