How to remove patio sealant

[Bobs]

What is the best method to remove an acrylic sealant from paving slabs? It was applied to my beautiful new patio in my absence and has resulted in a greasy wet look finish which is simply awful. Many thanks.

[lutonlagerlout]

R and A pressure washing will know the answer to this
and maybe london stone
LLL

[Carberry]

Could try phoning the manufacturer of the sealant while you wait on one of them coming along

[London Stone Paving]

Roger is the man for this job. He's working on a couple of similar jobs for us at the moment.

[RAPressureWashing]

Bobs,

What make of sealent and on what surface?

[Bobs]

It's Thomson One Coat Paving (acrylic) sealer on Bradstone manmade flagstones

[RAPressureWashing]

Oh dear, another cheap sealer problem.

Contact this company Chemicals Ltd www.paintstripper.com
If you phone them, I think the guy to speak to is John Foster AS1 is what you would need. Not sure of the price's this year, you will need to read about what PPE is needed and follow those instructions to the letter, as this is a hevey duty stripper. Not going to be very nice to do and it will be messy.

[London Stone Paving]

It's Thomson One Coat Paving (acrylic) sealer

Horrible stuff. You may as well paint a layer of superglue over your patio

[Bobs]

Thank you R&A guys will give them a ring and yes London Stone Paving it is rather like superglue! When I get this gloop off what would you recommend - are sealants really necessary?

Many thanks

[London Stone Paving]

We sell about 30 different types of natural stone and there is only about 3 of them which "need" to be sealed. What type of stone do you have?

There is a lot of mis information flying around regarding sealant, touted by people who dont really know what they are talking about. Its my opinion that you should always air on the side of caution with sealing stone because once its done, its done and is very expensive to remove.

Roger is the man to speak to about it removing it

[Carberry]

We sell about 30 different types of natural stone and there is only about 3 of them which "need" to be sealed. What type of stone do you have?

There is a lot of mis information flying around regarding sealant, touted by people who dont really know what they are talking about. Its my opinion that you should always air on the side of caution with sealing stone because once its done, its done and is very expensive to remove.

Roger is the man to speak to about it removing it

Which stone do you say needs to be sealed?

[London Stone Paving]

I would say that black limestone needs to be sealed for aesthetic purposes only, because people want to keep it looking black.

We also sell a couple of sawn Indian sandstones (Harvest & Beige) which because they are light in colour need to be sealed.

We also sell one called Jura limestone which we always reccomend is sealed.