General problems & resiply

[crispy]

Hello everybody thanks in advance for you replies.

To cut a long story short my expensive Indian sandstone patio of 18 months has turned into a bit of a nightmare. It still has many cement stains (despite much wire brushing), the pointing just comes up with a brush in many places and it generally look pretty crap all round.. It got so bad that I just did not want to use it in the summer. I fell out with the guy doing it after excuse after excuse so I am now left alone to sort it out.

I have started to dig out all the old pointing, and intend to replace in with a resin based sweep in product, which leads me to my first question.

1) I contacted a supplier who used to stock "Romex" to be told that they now sell and recommend "Resiply" as a better alternative. Can anybody vouch or agree with this advice or is it just sales talk? The company offering the advice was Stone world.

2) I have replaced some of the badly stained slabs but there are too many to replace them all. The stains that are left are like water marks that have come from when he done the joints and then it rained (so he said) whilst I was on holiday. My question being Is 18 months too late to use acid on them to try to clean them up?

Last question honest

3) I am also thinking about sealing it to stop the patio from getting so grubby. I also like the idea of the stones looking a bit darker but would like to avoid them looking wet, are there any products that anybody would recommend that fits with what I need?

I know there is a lot in my post, feel free to comment on any or all of it.

Thanks again
Chris

[dig dug dan]

I have never heard of resiply, but having done a quick search, it looks to be a copycat of romex. Is it as good? can't say.
Is it cheaper than romex, and more to the point, more readily available?

The staining sounds like it requires some fsort of cleaner, and i know there are a few people on here who specialise in this sort of thing so i guess they will advise. have you tried a pencil jet on a pressure washer?

I think if you seal it, it will look wet. i do not know of a product that you can use otherwise

hope this helps

[msh paving]

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you cant compare that stuff to Romex or GTFK tried and tested product,saying its a better product than Romex is treading on thin ice

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[crispy]

Thanks for the replys guys.

Anybody else come across this?

Cheers,
Chris