ollie989898
Member
Same stuff
Righto, you pour neat bleach on your hand and see what happens.
Removing green algae from paving slabs?
- Thread starter Pilatus
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Righto, you pour neat bleach on your hand and see what happens.
- Location
- East Yorkshire
Search will find you 20L drum of product, much cheaper.
davidroberts30
Member
- Location
- pembrokeshire
We bottled milk for many years using hypo and caustics ,my hands were in caustic solution most days
Still got my digits
ollie989898
Member
You still have your fingers, that's good. However, repeatedly burning your skin with chemicals is a risk factor for squamous cell carcinoma, never mind the risk to your eyes.
solo
Member
- Location
- worcestershire
davidroberts30
Member
- Location
- pembrokeshire
udder creamMore importantly. Does the wife like rough hands?
- Location
- Yorkshire coast
We had a small Stihl pressure washer with a patio brush but the rotating nozzle close up did a better job on algae.
However, neither is as effective as a steam cleaner held a couple of inches away from the concrete. It's a steady job but it'll be 18months before the green comes back..
- Location
- sw scotland
Power wash then concrete groover.
- Location
- Romney Marsh
udder cream
Well I hope you start up at the top end............ not sure udder cream wouldn't sting on level 3
- Location
- Huntingdon
Hypochlorite. Allegedly you can get it from the agronomist or farm supplier, so goes through the business. Allegedly.
- Location
- Northumberland
But need photo id
What effect does this have on the environment?
carpenter1
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- Location
- devon
SilliamWhale
Member
Not great for aquatic organisms obviously! Tends to break down quite quickly I think
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
dont any of you carnts buy stuff from your local hardware shop anymore ?
why is EVERYTHING from Amazon ?
no wonder local communities are disappearing . . .
why is EVERYTHING from Amazon ?
no wonder local communities are disappearing . . .
TheTallGuy
Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire
Local hardware shop - 25-20 minute drive, pay for parking, walk to the other side of town, pay well over the odds for stock that's past the expiry date (if it's even in stock), served by someone more interested in gossiping with their colleagues than serving the customer, get huffed at if you want to pay cash and don't have the right amount, get huffed at again because you want a receipt, lug the stuff back to the car which hopefully hasn't been dinged or ticketed, then drive home again. Been like that for as long as I can remember, hardly a wonder people prefer Scamazon...
Rich_ard
Member
I try to avoid amazon. I rather buy direct from the supplier, it can be cheaper too. Still think home delivery if madness for a few £ product. Plus not always available in my postcode either.
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
what a sad way to live
although, you cant pay cash online either, so thats hardly a valid point
Much easier to keep track of receipts when using a debit card & all transactions are on you monthly bank statement
TheTallGuy
Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire
Bizarrely I have a couple of online suppliers that will do cash on delivery - not takeaways either.what a sad way to live
although, you cant pay cash online either, so thats hardly a valid point
Much easier to keep track of receipts when using a debit card & all transactions are on you monthly bank statement
When I was a kid there was another hardware store in town that was the polar opposite - you always got a warm welcome & they would often round transactions down rather than mess about with small change. The place was a veritable Aladins Cave with random stuff going back years & if you wanted a single item they'd happily split a pack, there were boxes of odd items that they'd rummage through if what you wanted wasn't in stock. One time as a teenager I hadn't got enough money on me & the owner said not to worry we'd sort it out "next time", every time I went in afterwards he would wink and say "next time!" Was a sad day when he decided to shut up shop.