How do I remove concrete splatters from painted steel?
Brian Carlson
work at 10:00 at night, cleaned everything up under a weak floodlight.
The next day I discovered that I had missed quite a few splatters on
the previously immaculate mixer. Is there any solvent that will
loosen the concrete without damaging the paint? Whats the best
approach to clean this up?
I doubt he will say anything about it (I've done him many BIG favors
in the past), but I like to return equipment in better condition than
I received it...
TIA
Brian
Paul Broussard
Brian-
Muratic acid 1 to 10 with water and a scrubbrush. Stronger solutions may
be necessary, but watch the paint!
--
Broussard Paint Contractors, friend of Bill's
http://www.broussardpaint.bigstep.com/
Roger Taylor
Geez, it IS a concrete mixer!
Daniel Hicks
>
> Help!! I borrowed a concrete mixer from a buddy. I finished my days
> work at 10:00 at night, cleaned everything up under a weak floodlight.
> The next day I discovered that I had missed quite a few splatters on
> the previously immaculate mixer. Is there any solvent that will
> loosen the concrete without damaging the paint? Whats the best
> approach to clean this up?
>
> I doubt he will say anything about it (I've done him many BIG favors
> in the past), but I like to return equipment in better condition than
> I received it...
Dilute muratic acid will work, though I can't imagine a concrete mixer
without at least a few splatters on it.
Brian Carlson
condition than I got them :) The splatters are very thin, so they may
just wipe off with a little acid... I'll try a very dilute mixture,
if it works, good, if not, oh well :)
Thank you all for your help.
-Brian
On Wed, 02 Aug 2000 05:17:39 GMT, Daniel Hicks <danh...@ieee.org>
wrote:
raymondj
wrote:
>I wouldn't use acid - it will likely etch the paint. Just apologize.
>Geez, it IS a concrete mixer!
That depends, does the mafia own that mixer?
Ben Franklin VI
Muriatic acid too. Use gloves. Treat one spatter at a time. Flush with garden
hose to save paint.
Take a paint chip or the whole thing to an automotive paint match shop. They
will match the color in a spray can for about $8.
In 1936 the neighbors borrowed our hay wangon, their horses spooked ran across
rough terain, tore up wagon. They patched it with nails and wire. And when
the returned it said: "We fixed it better than it was before we broke it!"
<G>
Ben
>From: Brian Carlson use...@carlsonclan.com
>Date: 8/1/00 5:02 PM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <rUeHOaydXvIGyk...@4ax.com>
>
>Help!! I borrowed a concrete mixer from a buddy. I finished my days
>work at 10:00 at night, cleaned everything up under a weak floodlight.
>The next day I discovered that I had missed quite a few splatters on
>the previously immaculate mixer. Is there any solvent that will
>loosen the concrete without damaging the paint? Whats the best
>approach to clean this up?
>
>I doubt he will say anything about it (I've done him many BIG favors
>in the past), but I like to return equipment in better condition than
>I received it...
>
>TIA
>Brian
>
>
>
>
The doors of wisdom are never shut. There's a time to wink as well as to see.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Poor Richard's Almanack
Steve Manes
<use...@carlsonclan.com> wrote:
>The next day I discovered that I had missed quite a few splatters on
>the previously immaculate mixer. Is there any solvent that will
>loosen the concrete without damaging the paint? Whats the best
>approach to clean this up?
A pressure washer should take off the splatters. For larger chunks,
just tap them with a hammer.
Default User
the non-concrete side, using a torch. The metal expands at a
different rate than the concrete, and the concrete will separate
and fall off.
This I've heard, but never tried. I heard of using this for
steel shovels. Better to try a shovel first, and see if it works.
Steve Manes wrote in message ...
Niall Sheehan
a few forcefull taps. Hit the outside of the barrel.
use...@carlsonclan.com (Brian Carlson) wrote in
<rUeHOaydXvIGyk...@4ax.com>:
>Help!! I borrowed a concrete mixer from a buddy. I finished my days
>work at 10:00 at night, cleaned everything up under a weak floodlight.
>The next day I discovered that I had missed quite a few splatters on
>the previously immaculate mixer. Is there any solvent that will
>loosen the concrete without damaging the paint? Whats the best
>approach to clean this up?
>