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Brick acid, can you get it here?

Posted: Tue 16 Jun 2020 12:57 pm
by a1sysman
Good afternoon all

I need to clean natural stone paving of excess render, mortar, cement stains, and other man created blemishes. Jet washing is laboriously slow progress. I have used brick acid in the UK to clean similar stone work. Is it possible to purchase brick acid, or similar, over here. If so, where from please?

TIA

Re: Brick acid, can you get it here?

Posted: Tue 16 Jun 2020 1:03 pm
by 13roman58
I suggest you got to the yapi market for ceramic tile cleaner but it's not that strong. Otherwise acid for pool tile cleaning is stronger.

Re: Brick acid, can you get it here?

Posted: Tue 16 Jun 2020 7:07 pm
by a1sysman
13roman58 wrote:
Tue 16 Jun 2020 1:03 pm
I suggest you got to the yapi market for ceramic tile cleaner but it's not that strong. Otherwise acid for pool tile cleaning is stronger.
Thanks for the suggestions. I am carefully trying pool tile cleaner, tuz something-or-other. A lot of bubbling and frothing but not the muck shifter I hoped for, at least not so far.

Re: Brick acid, can you get it here?

Posted: Wed 17 Jun 2020 8:10 am
by sammydavis
Tuz Ruhu on recommendation of a friend, has brought out the dirt on our patio tiles (now the flooring in conservatory) - it does froth and brings the dirt up for washing off. Better than anything else I have tried but not perfect. Will take a lot of bottles as spreading it neat, not diluting it. Be careful as toxic acid type.

Re: Brick acid, can you get it here?

Posted: Wed 17 Jun 2020 12:34 pm
by Keithcaley
Tuz Ruhu is 20% by vol. Hydrochloric acid.

Count your fingers after using it! :)

Re: Brick acid, can you get it here?

Posted: Wed 17 Jun 2020 3:47 pm
by sophie
Also be careful re breathing in. Stuff is lethal and that's were a decent mask comes in. It actually "melted" a scrubbing brush I was using.

Re: Brick acid, can you get it here?

Posted: Wed 17 Jun 2020 11:02 pm
by a1sysman
Thanks one and all. I will continue, carefully, with tuz ruhu for the time being. Would like something a little stronger and will keep looking.