Some people just don't understand what a prize is. An old stone retaining wall is in their ownership. Instead of allowing this part of the story to fall into disrepair, it should be maintained or even picked up. Full cleaning of the old stone retaining wall can bring the wall to life and once again add beauty to your yard and landscape.
You must be clean! - Old stone walls have years of accumulation of soot and mold. These stains can be hard to remove depending on the depth of penetration of mold and soot. There may also be growth of mushrooms and algae, as well as vines or soil cover rooting in the wall. So what to do? Well, you understand that these parasites must go! So let's get out of the washer and get ready for cleaning!
Use a high pressure washer - Is the washer ready? Good good ... now ... STOP !! The worst thing you can do at this moment is to start the washer and blow all joints with a high-pressure sprayer!
In addition, if you start cleaning the wall without proper soaking, you will only heat the surface of the soot deeper into the pores of the walls, performing capillary action, making it difficult to clean ... so keep the horses! No ... the approach I will explain to you is a little more subtle and soft.
OK. Now start the cleaning, pre-filling the wall. This is achieved by gently washing the wall with a wide-angle nozzle. Get off the wall, maybe 3. and let the water flow around and run over the face of the wall.
Now your wall is thoroughly soaked, allowing detergent to penetrate deeper into the wall system, lifting soot and dirt. In addition, the planned wall will prevent the detergent from drying out prematurely, allowing it enough time to carry out its functions. function.
The trick is to use a commercially available degreaser - Now apply a concentrated heavy-duty degreaser package from a commercial pressure cleaning company. Do not dilute. Pour the detergent directly from the bucket into the garden spray and start spraying the wall. Make sure every inch of the wall is covered and try to keep the view in the wet. how are you going. This degreaser will cost a few dollars, but this is not the place to creak. If you want the wall to be cleaned, buy a degreaser ... just.
Now it looks even worse! “Well, now the wall is soaked and degreased, so what are you doing?” Wait. Right ... you wait.
After about 10-15 minutes, the wall will begin to turn dark amber, and then dirty brown. You will see streaks of dirt dripping across the face of the wall. The wall will look terrible, and you will be concerned that you will ruin it! It's good. As soon as you begin to feel that this is a hopeless reason and are ready to throw a towel, you will know that your work is almost complete!
Now that the degreaser had the opportunity to work, raising dirt, it was time to agitate, like a washing machine. Using your nozzle of 15 degrees begins to hit the wall with quick, random strokes and from top to bottom. This time you are not going to saturate the wall. When you see that the lather appears under the pressure of the sprayer, move up and down the wall and continue along it, length.
You can do this a couple of times across the wall to get the deepest cleaning. This mixing will dilute the degreaser to a lower viscosity and create soap bubbles that will lift the surface soot and dirt.
Ok ... now you can blow it off! - After the degreaser has been approved, you can proceed to the final stage of pressure washing the wall. Starting from where you first applied the degreaser, you place your wand about 12 "- 16" away from the face of the wall.
You are cleaned by observing the particulate lift from the wall when you move the nozzle from the joint to the joint and from stone to stone. When you go down the wall, you will see soot and dirt. If the section further looks like it dries out too quickly, then agitate again so that it gets wet until you reach that section.
You will be amazed at how quickly years of soot, dirt, mold and debris are washed out. Areas with stubborn stains may require other uses.
When you finish, you will be surprised! This old dirty wall will look new and updated, and your work will be completed. After all that hard work, sitting back and enjoying the beauty of your restored wall provides ... you deserve a rest!
