[H20cleaning]

what soap/detergent do you use on block paving before pressure cleaning?
also when do you use a weed killer, before cleaning or after?

[davids3511]

You need to weed kill about a week before, but I think you need a licence to weed kill in a commercial situation. You just need a pressure washer with a decent flow 15lpm minimum 3000psi minimum and a turbo nozzle as a basic setup.

[chris scott]

I use Nivea as it replenishes all the lost oils in the block...helping it keep young looking.

[Kenny83]

I use Nivea as it replenishes all the lost oils in the block...helping it keep young looking.

would that be the ph neutral one?   

[H20cleaning]

cheers! i usually weed kill after i have blasted every thing out, then go over it again just rinsing excess off! then obviously i leave a day to dry go back and sand/seal it. Had no complaints so far:)

[Jettaway]

What weed killer are you using if you do it after?

[H20cleaning]

i couldnt tell you but i was advised to do it this way when buying it! i havent got any yet because my outside pressure cleaning jobs start next thursday

[davids3511]

cheers! i usually weed kill after i have blasted every thing out, then go over it again just rinsing excess off! then obviously i leave a day to dry go back and sand/seal it. Had no complaints so far:)

Are you not washing weed killer into the drains doing this?

[Rob_Mac]

cheers! i usually weed kill after i have blasted every thing out, then go over it again just rinsing excess off! then obviously i leave a day to dry go back and sand/seal it. Had no complaints so far:)

i couldnt tell you but i was advised to do it this way when buying it! i havent got any yet because my outside pressure cleaning jobs start next thursday.

Is there some contradiction in these two statements?

Rob

[H20cleaning]

i ment this year! i worked throughout last summer.
i was meaning i havent ordered any weed killer, sealers, sand etc yet haha

[chris scott]

There are no weedkillers on the market that would work the way you are using them. I suggest you contact your supplier and check his recommendation. If what he has told you is correct i would sack him as he doesn't know what he is talking about.

[H20cleaning]

There are no weedkillers on the market that would work the way you are using them. I suggest you contact your supplier and check his recommendation. If what he has told you is correct i would sack him as he doesn't know what he is talking about.

well im not joking last year i had no idea of where to start so asked alot of advice from people etc and it was a guy i buy my sealers from who told me!!!
And to be fair to him i did over 5 block paving driveways last year, all local to me and they still all look in perfect condition now.
Obviously from the comments above i have seen its suppose to be done before pressure cleaning then?
thanks Adam

[Jettaway]

Yeah, I'm with Chris Scott on this one.

Weedkilling is done beforehand, weeds have to absorb the killer for it to work.

Doing it after is just a waste of material

[Kev Martin]

I think your all talking rubbish!

I saw a man on the telly last week doing it out of a little bottle!!!  You just touch a bit of the weed with some Gel and they die
Then you buy this shake & Vac stuff for your lawn!  You just sprinkle it on, some frogs run around on it and it all turns green in a week

Kev Martin
Marblelife Ltd
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Why would he want to move Maggie Thatcher unless he wants to take her home 

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