Our patio tiles have got really grimy over the winter with moss in the grouting and on the tiles and I would be grateful if anyone could let me know what the best product would be to remove it and where I could get it from.
Many thanks
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Remedy for removing moss from patio tiles
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Re: Remedy for removing moss from patio tiles
a bleach solution works or soap crystals
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Re: Remedy for removing moss from patio tiles
Powerwash them, no chemicals. A Karcher and a cement mixer are both essential equipment to live in Spain - at least in the campo they are....
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Re: Remedy for removing moss from patio tiles
Think I'd add an angle grinder to that list, Peter!
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Quite right - and of course a wheelbarrow.
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Re: Remedy for removing moss from patio tiles
The only problem with this (and I'm assuming the tiles are clay) is that the power of a Karcher often blasts the surface off them! ....as well as blowing the grout out in places! ......Powerwash them,
....but that's where the angle grinder and mixer then come in
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Re: Remedy for removing moss from patio tiles
I tried the bleach solution and that worked - thanks.
Re: Remedy for removing moss from patio tiles
As I said it would with no re grouting to do afterwards. Sometimes the simplest way is best. Jack hammers, trowels, jet washers. Who needs em
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Re: Remedy for removing moss from patio tiles
What dilution did you use?bernipops3 wrote:I tried the bleach solution and that worked - thanks.
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Re: Remedy for removing moss from patio tiles
To be honest I put some hot water in a bucket and then chucked some bleach in. I used the bleach that you get from Mercadona in a big yellow plastic container if that helps. I also used some of those green scouring pads soaked in the bleach solution to get the worst of it off then wiped it over with a cloth also soaked in the bleach solution. Hard work and it ruined my nails but it cleaned the tiles beautifully.
Hopes this helps.
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Hopes this helps.
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