Block paving - shaving foam stain

Eldi_Dos

plumb1_2 said:

twopenny said:

Or you could treat the rest of the blocks the same? 
I'll just add to an interesting post that Milton fluid also stains.
I had a bottle to get rid of and squirted the weeds in the driveway drain. It got rid of the weeds, a good thing,  but i have a bleached stain of a trickle from the bottle on my tarmaced drive. 
So far it's not weathering out.
Just a warning.

That’s because it’s a mild bleach 

Do not use it to clean a stainless steel flask, it effects the stainless and it stops working as a thermos.

Delambre

Thanks all - I’m going to give the washing powder and vinegar a trick (separately) tomorrow.

I spent a weekend pressure washing it in October so it’s definitely a stain, not a clean patch, and turning the blocks over isn’t an option. 

Also a good call on the silica pouch thing for the car

YoungBlueEyes

The shaving foam on the inside of the car windows thing works, you only need a wee bit of it though.  If you can get the old style Gillette cans, they’re the best ones (Poundshop type places still stock it). The old fellah that told me about it said it’s because it’s the oils in it.

Not what you asked OP but worth sharing  

MikeJXE

Delambre said:

Hi,

During the recent cold snap my wife decided to use shaving foam on the inside of the car windows to stop them fogging up. The jury is out on whether that worked, but she also managed to spray some foam on our block driveway. It’s left some unsightly white stains everywhere and they don’t come up with water / scrubbing. 

Any bright ideas on how I can get the stain out??

Have you tried a razor it works wonders ?

diystarter7

Delambre said:

Thanks all - I’m going to give the washing powder and vinegar a trick (separately) tomorrow.

I spent a weekend pressure washing it in October so it’s definitely a stain, not a clean patch, and turning the blocks over isn’t an option. 

Also a good call on the silica pouch thing for the car

Hi Op

good luck. Re jet wash, i regret using it once as i over did it, takes off the protection and i never got around to putting a new layer on

Good luck