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Old 05-06-2007, 02:11 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Cleaning old flagstones

adder1969 wrote:
On Jun 5, 12:54 pm, "Barb" wrote:
Hi, I have a garden which consists of beds, flagstones (the red brick design
and the conventional ones) and paths, having been a showhouse a few years
ago.

The flagstones are now very grimy and discoloured and look about fifty years
old and very dowdy! I have cleaned them a couple of times since I moved in
with conventional patio cleaner, which helped a bit, but it now seems a bit
beyond that - possibly partly because patio cleaners from the garden centre
seem to be fairly innocuous because of polution etc (?).

I also borrowed my son's pressure jet water thingy one year, which was quite
good. I suppose I could invest in one, but I don't really want to 'cos
they're expensive for just occasional use.


You can get them for less than 30 pounds which doesn't seem all that
expensive to me.

There's me spraying mine with liquid manure to age them! Takes all
sorts, see "when garden style collide thread.