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Date: | Tue, 13 Jul 1999 13:33:48 -0400 |
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Has anyone had experience removing oil from brick masonry:
>how do you get oil off a brick
>building, maybe three feet up the wall where it has been accumulating for
>many decades. The building is a garage used to wash large vehicles. It
>was constructed around 1905 by the city street car company and was taken
>over by the city bus company after it aquired the street car company in
>1929. Someone suggested sand blasting and I got very nervous and said
>there must be an alternative. Now I have to make good on my threat. I
>know that microbes have been used in water and on land, so long as the soil
>is kept moist. And I know that phenols are used by the Air Force to clean
>airplane parts prior to reassembly. I was hoping there might be something
>else, like constant misting with soapy water over several days.
John Leeke, Preservation Consultant
publisher: Practical Restoration Reports
contributing editor: Old-House Journal
postal: 26 Higgins St., Portland, Maine 04103, USA
phone & fax: 01 207 773-2306
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website: www.HistoricHomeWorks.com
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