Mystery markings conundrum... - .. a "whatdunnit" for flags

Suzy R Sopham · Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:04 pm

Sick??? What sort of friends do you think we have! lol

The staining is so random it seems improbable. Also a lot of the marks weren't anywhere near the tables that were on there. The people were generally at the tables rather than wandering aimlessly with drinks.

If it WAS drink, I would have thought the soapy water scrub would at least have faded the marks and it hasn't at all.

Suzy R Sopham · Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:05 pm

lutonlagerlout wrote:milk?

That caused the stains or to get rid of them?

Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:27 am

milk stains natural stone,i have one on my patio that wont shift
LLL

Suzy R Sopham · Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:41 am

Ah right, LLL.

That is discounted too, certainly no milk spilled and again not in such a random and widespread way.

RAPressureWashing · Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:36 pm

Without seeing the stains with the naked eye, hard to say, a couple do look a little bit like grease/animal fat type staining, IE dropped food, but that photo of the big area of staining looks more like a drink type stain. If it was drink spillage, would it have been wine or a beer type drink?

Suzy R Sopham · Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:02 pm

Possibly but the marks are all so different in size and over such a spread I'm sure they can't all be drink or food. Some are just small dots/blobs, others are larger areas (up to about 8") and some are in an area that has hardly been walked on and certainly wasn't used on the occasion in question.

We're totally baffled.

I've got a jet washer, but haven't tried it on there yet as I'm worried I may cause even more problems!

RAPressureWashing · Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:13 pm

Suzy
Are any of the stains in an out the way type area, where you could do some tests?

Suzy R Sopham · Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:25 pm

Kind of, we have a fenced off area to the side which just has large pots on it. This is the area I am talking about when I say it has never been walked on to any degree. We walked on it to point it and put the pots on and that was it.

Artisan · Post: # 31367Post **Artisan** Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:36 pm

If you move the pots, are there any marks there? Or is the area under the pots completely clean?

Suzy R Sopham · Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:46 pm

I'll have to check that one at the weekend. The pots are too big to move on my own!

RAPressureWashing · Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:45 pm

Suzy,
You should have a pm.

RAPressureWashing · Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:27 pm

Suzy,
Any luck with the info I gave you?

Suzy R Sopham · Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:56 pm

Sorry, meant to let you know today.

I emailed the company you recommended and they seem to think that it is grease marks. They suggested trying a grease remover which can be purchased from a builders merchant.

It's been so wet lately that it is hard to tell if there has been any change in the marks.

I'm going to leave it until we can have a good look at them again, then try something.

Thanks for your advice, much appreciated.