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Cleaning dirty bric pavers outside supermarket
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Hi All

Seasons Greetings

I suppose for you guys its getting a bit cold and wintry..... For us its the busy time of the year. I have just been contracted by another company to clean the  brick paving around a supermarket shopping centre. I have said I will do 10 foot square area, and if they like the results we can proceed. The company getting us was going to get a contractor with one of those pressure washers that spin and use high pressure. There is a lot of markings from trolleys and the area has high foot traffic. Can softwashing cut through all the dirt build up and bring the colour of the bricks back to life? Does any one have any suggestions?

Many thanks in advance

Garon



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Do you have any pictures? It sounds like it may actually need a degreaser (possibly terra wash)and a surface cleaner.

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most likely it will need that high pressure spinning thing lol.. I would still bid the job, you can rent a hot water unit from a hardware store if all else fails.. usually 150ish for the day

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You are likely looking at a composite of stains. Terra wash will be more important than SH, but you'll likely need to apply both. Photos would be a huge help!

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Hi

Thanks for the response. I am having issues with trying to put photos from my computer up on to this  screen. How do you do it? As I am in new Zealand we do not have the same products as you do. I have sourced a spinning cleaner, but I need to know what the active ingredient/s are in terra wash. So is it just a degreaser? Would you use hot water as well? Really wanting to get a great result first time. Do you reckon I should still give a try with just SH or do you reckon the result will be unsatisfactory? Another thing, what do you guys usually charge your time out as and how long average to do around 1000 square feet. We use metres over here, so just need to guage that my costing is about right.

thanks in advance

Garon



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Garron:
I do a fair amount of shopping center work, both flat work and vertical surfaces. I tend to charge about $150-200/hour, and usually do this work at night, crew of three. There is less public traffic to deal with, which is your real nemesis on these jobs. Typically I employ a hot water washer and surface cleaner, then also a final application of a bleach to kill any residual organic stains. a 10 x 100 foot area are should only take you 1 hour.

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Many thanks for this info. I have found a degreaser from a supplier out of town,so just need to crunch some numbers

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