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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: d s windowcleaning on June 03, 2008, 09:25:38 am

Title: stripper
Post by: d s windowcleaning on June 03, 2008, 09:25:38 am
1 of my customers who i clean windows for as just had her block paving washed and re sealed and its a really bad job thats been done and she now wants it removing said i would try to find out if there was any type of stripper that could be used to remove this , any help thanks .
Title: Re: stripper
Post by: BDCS on June 03, 2008, 11:11:42 am
What type of sealer was it done with, what end result was she looking for? would it not be better to correct it to give her what she wanted in the first place? What was the problem ie cloudy or messy sand joints
Title: Re: stripper
Post by: d s windowcleaning on June 03, 2008, 11:46:09 am
bdcs i dont know what type of sealer was used the guys who did the job for her said they would pressure wash re-sand then seal , they look part clean and part dirty with really dark patches scatterd about , shes tryed to phone the company up who did the work but gets no answer , i dont do this type of work but if i did i reckon i would have done a better job than these cowboys .
Title: Re: stripper
Post by: mark.laycock1@ntlw on June 03, 2008, 01:09:22 pm
have you any photos of the driveway? there is a few companys that are watering down the sealer you can see it after they have gone.
Title: Re: stripper
Post by: d s windowcleaning on June 03, 2008, 01:18:22 pm
Quote from: mark.laycock1@ntlw on June 03, 2008, 01:09:22 pm
have you any photos of the driveway? there is a few companys that are watering down the sealer you can see it after they have gone.
no mate i dont have any photos of it will see if i can get some though
Title: Re: stripper
Post by: trevor perry on June 03, 2008, 03:49:14 pm
you will need to apply xylene and then pressure wash of to remove the seal .
Title: Re: stripper
Post by: d s windowcleaning on June 03, 2008, 04:15:22 pm
where do you get xylene from trevor is it something that can be bought at b&q thanks
Title: Re: stripper
Post by: carpet guy on June 03, 2008, 04:42:30 pm
Platform and other building supply companies
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Post by: trevor perry on June 03, 2008, 07:15:32 pm
hi dave
  i get xylene from a printed concrete supplier called creative impressions but am sure if you google it you could find some near you.
Title: Re: stripper
Post by: d s windowcleaning on June 03, 2008, 07:35:04 pm
cheers guys
Title: Re: stripper
Post by: mark.laycock1@ntlw on June 03, 2008, 09:15:57 pm
whats around the drive? and how far is it from the road.
Title: Re: stripper
Post by: d s windowcleaning on June 04, 2008, 07:14:32 am
Quote from: mark.laycock1@ntlw on June 03, 2008, 09:15:57 pm
whats around the drive? and how far is it from the road.
theres concrete gravel boards up either side of the drive mark i would say around 8ft away from the road its not a busy road .
Title: Re: stripper
Post by: BDCS on June 04, 2008, 09:21:51 pm
xylene will only thin acylic sealer it won't actually remove it, if its a polyurethene one then its staying put. What exactly is the problem ? xylene will probably sort the appearance if the drive was ok when it was put down. Photos would help lots