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how to remove mortar off old bricks

TK1 · 2007-04-17 20:47:00

HI All I have to re-use bricks from an exisiting wall and am tapping the mortar off the bricks with a hammer and its taking way too long, and im wrecked!! My question is can you get an acid for removing the mortar or any other solution? Thanks in advance!!

17-04-2007 8:47pm

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TK1

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HI All

I have to re-use bricks from an exisiting wall and am tapping the mortar off the bricks with a hammer and its taking way too long, and im wrecked!! My question is can you get an acid for removing the mortar or any other solution? Thanks in advance!!

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#2 17-04-2007 10:19pm

wornout

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hi tk1
try a product called santrax,but use a face mask ,goggles and heavy rubber gloves,this stuff is lethal!should do the job for you.

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#3 17-04-2007 10:19pm

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I'll move this to DIY

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#4 17-04-2007 11:02pm

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Bolster chisel, hammer and goggles.

It still does take a while.

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#5 18-04-2007 7:39am

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Hire a Pneumatic chipping hammer or Needle scaler and use that.
Takes just seconds per brick.

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#6 18-04-2007 12:31pm

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do you not risk damaging the brick?
i took all the pebbledash off the front of my house with a 4" brick bolster and a lump hammer. that was fun.

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#7 18-04-2007 12:43pm

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Those scaling hammers are very fast but rely on lots of small bangs rather than one big one which potentially could damage the bricks.

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#8 19-04-2007 10:10am

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Thanks for replies everyone.

T

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