The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 3:17 pm**

Bit of a strange one here.

Tommorrow i'm going to be laying 16m2 of marshalls driveline 50 vintage - charcoal.

Bought these a month ago from a local builders supply place ( think locks...)

They were on offer as the pack had been broken up. What i ended up buying was a full pallet never opened, and 2/3rds pallet that had been opened. Â£8/m2 hence why i bought them.

Looking at the pack that has been open - the are stained quite badly - and a quick test shows a scrub with fairy only removes the residual dust.

Pressure wash once they are down, or will test one with acid ?

Will follow with photo.

Going down on a known solid base, on mortar.

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 3:58 pm**

https://www.dropbox.com/s/277nkf3dj10el3d/driveline.jpg

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:50 pm**

Had look at the photo, look's sort of oil stain, without knowing what caused the stain, difficult to say what to use, dose it look like it is a surface stain or soaked into the brick?

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:00 pm**

Thanks for your reply - as ever the gent !

That brick came from the centre of a pallet - and has never been exposed since being struck......
Tbh the whole pallet is dirty - i just presume this was residual dust from rubbing during transport etc.

I guess they ARE vintage, so were always going to look odd.

I'll pull the rest of the pack apart and see how bad it is. I guess a pressure wash will help once they are down.....

I'll leave my black limestone question for another day/week/month

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 8:15 pm**

That one is a from a FULL fresh pallet.......

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 10:08 pm**

You have more then one type of stain there, look's like a bit of rust? how that would have got into a new pack? maybe metal fillings? some look like it is where the bricks have rubbed together in transit, then there is the brown stains almost like a mould. I'b be inclined to give a few a bleach wash, to see what comes off, the rust won't that's a different approach. If you are going to wait till you have completed the job, allow 4 to 6 weeks if you are concreting them in place before you start hitting the pavers with a pressure washer, allowing time to cure.

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 10:39 pm**

to be honest, im very very reluctant to lay these tomorrow. If I xant clean them up, its a massive headache.

ill speak to Marshalls in the morning. time is ultra tight.....I can see this being abandoned in favour of fake grass/ 2t of chips ....

Posted: **Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:29 pm**

All sorted thanks to Marshalls.

Quality customer service !

The Brew Cabin

Cleaning marshalls monoblock....