Cleaning York Stone Lintels..

[ryoc]

We have a small Victorian terraced house in Newark, Nottinghamshire. On the front elevation are three York Stone lintels that are very dull and grey looking. My wife wants to tosh a bit of paint over them, but as they have never been painted before, I would prefer to clean them up. Any suggestions as to how to do it, or a local specialist who could do the job? Thanks -

 

[and1c]

best way I know of is to use a good quality pressure washer and some cleaning fluid washed over the stones prior to power washing. (make sure it is stone freindly)...that is unless your pressure washer has a mixing tank.

it brought my york stone flags up like brand new.

you will of course need a suitable nozzle for the lance so you can get a decent tip on the water jet.

hth

ps// If you dont own one you can hire them from HSS hire or another hire outlet for pretty cheap for the weekend.

**ps..dont paint york stone!!**

 

[JohnD]

be aware, a pressure washer on a victorian house is liable to wash all the mortar away from between the bricks.

Not such a prob if you are about to repoint, I suppose.

A nylon scrubbing brush would not do that.

**ps..dont paint york stone!!**
agree!

 

[archway]

Diluted brick acid cleaner, rubber gloves and a wire brush. Keep the pressure washer for cars, the water can start to badly abrade the surface of the stone when using a pressure washer. Then it will weather more quickly and generally detriorate faster. I have seen plenty of people cleaning with pressure washers thay start having to re-do it every year.

 

[jj4091]

Pressure washer with sand blasting attachment.

 

[BigIan]

Brick acid and a wire brush

The pressure washer will wash out your joints in the brick work and erode the stone.

 

[audi321]

Has anyone used a pressure washer with a sand blaster attachment? Am I being thick but do you need water with it? Or can it just 'suck' up the sand on it's own? (Didn't really want water blasting at the stone/brickwork)

 

[breezer]

needs water