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16-12-2021, 02:43 PM
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Moved into a new (old) house, previous owner owned a diesel and also used to home-service other diesels in his garage. Garage is pretty filthy, including the roller doors where it looks like each ridge is covered in diesel soot.
I plan on taking to it with the pressure cleaner - wondering if loading the cleaner with the some truck wash or something else might make it more effective. Anyone had any experience removing diesel soot/residue from brickwork, concrete and rollerdoors? |
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16-12-2021, 02:47 PM
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I’d be spraying it with something like Kenco degreaser solution; keep it wet, gently agitate, hose off after 30 minutes then try a pressure clean.
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16-12-2021, 03:21 PM
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16-12-2021, 03:59 PM
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  The old style oven cleaner with ethanolamine worked well on parts, but I think either type would be harsh on brickwork or painted metal - you might end up forcing chemicals into the porous bricks with the jet wash, or stripping galvanising off door tracks. |
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16-12-2021, 04:45 PM
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pool chlorine liquid blue tub, bunnings $9.00 / 15 litres mix with water 50/50 spray leave for 15 minutes, rinse with garden hose... great for mold on driveway, tiles, shower recess, soot..
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16-12-2021, 07:23 PM
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I would use an alkaline wheel cleaner and a magic eraser. Spray with the wheel cleaner, soak, scrub with the eraser and then hose off with the pressure washer.
P&S Brake Buster if you can get some or Meguiars Wheel Cleaner - https://www.repco.com.au/en/car-care...332/p/A5576811 https://detailingshed.com.au/product...18448453402681
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16-12-2021, 07:59 PM
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CT18 Truck Wash, put It on with a Foam Gun, let It soak. Then Pressure wash It off..
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16-12-2021, 09:50 PM
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I'm wondering if you ran the pressure washer out of a bucket filled with hot water would it help the process?
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16-12-2021, 11:39 PM
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Quite a few options - might trial each on a small section of brick and garage door and see what works best and hopefully does not damage. Thanks all
Don't get why someone would start a diesel (or any car) with doors shut in an enclosed garage. If it was just from driving in and out of the garage I wouldn't expect there to be so much residue on the entire garage door |
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Cleaning diesel soot from garage
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