Thinking this route next year. Pressure washer did the job but took a while to ensure everything was cleaned up. There's also the stronger stuff they use for swimming pools.
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Thinking this route next year. Pressure washer did the job but took a while to ensure everything was cleaned up. There's also the stronger stuff they use for swimming pools.
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Yes, I bought the stronger stuff and just diluted it slightly. It also stopped everything growing back on the patio for a while too.
Hell's bells.
Well mine has only been down 3 years so it can't be that bad but it's also only these weird black "splashes".. I've got some proper patio cleaner which I'm a bit loathed to use because I hate it killing my grass (at least it did when the guys who laid the path used it to get the grout off and let it touch the grass).
I'll test a few spots and see how I get on this weekend if I can stay sober long enough.
You waited a week and then got impatient and determined "that's what you had to do"?
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Yea well ! I haven't got as long to wait as you have 
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@dlockers convinced me to buy some!
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@dlockers said it works like magic!!
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How long do we have to wait? I'm planning to spray it on this weekend, assuming good weather.
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Bleach or patio magic?
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An eternity it would seem. I gave up waiting.
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Patio magic!
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How long did you wait?
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Months. Even tried pouring it on. Still did nothing other than kill some of the lighter green algae.
This brought them up like new and I still have loads left:
Most stuff didn’t grow back, I think that was 18months ago on a very shady and slippery path.
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To be fair, I'm happy to wait. As long as it works.
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Months!!!
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The bleach took less than an hour
Completely clear by the end of the day
Smell lasts for a few days though.
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I'm planning to put it on block paving, willing to give the 'magic a go first. Surely it should show something after 2-3 weeks.The bleach took less than an hour
Completely clear by the end of the day
Smell lasts for a few days though.
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Good luck
Take a before photo. It's so subtle you don't get the immediate dopamine hit of jet washing.
Yours sincerely,
Dlockers
Head of jet washing is for cavemen society
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Gorgeous irises the lupins are lovely too I've always had a soft spot for lupins I've got some coming up from seed that need planting out this weekend, I should say second lot as the first didn't surivive the Great Slug Massacre of '24Pond Irises rearing their pretty heads..
and a bee with it's pollen sacks well and truly full from the Lupins (amongst other stuffs)..
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