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Cleaning Indian Sandstone

tom23 · 2025-02-03 20:56:03

Hope this is in the right thread / Forum. Want to give my paving out the back a good cleaning. It’s indian Sandstone and I usually power wash it twice a year but I think i’m wrecking the grout. So two questions. Best cleaning agent / hacks to get it clean. How do I go about grouting it again and what would you use? Picture…

03-02-2025 09:56PM

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tom23

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Hope this is in the right thread / Forum. Want to give my paving out the back a good cleaning. It’s indian Sandstone and I usually power wash it twice a year but I think i’m wrecking the grout.
So two questions.
Best cleaning agent / hacks to get it clean.
How do I go about grouting it again and what would you use?
Picture below to show the state of it.

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rje66

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Cleaning-Red Label sodium hypocrite (smells of swimming pool) spray on neat with a garden sprayer.
Grout- depends how bad it is,
Really bad- take out all grout and redo
If its only a few areas , scrape out all loose bits and regrout

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