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how to remove mortar off old bricks

  • 17-04-2007 09:47PM
    #1
    TK1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭


    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!!


Comments

  • #2
    wornout
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭wornout


    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.


  • #3
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,486 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    I'll move this to DIY


  • #4
    JazzyJ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 688 ✭✭✭JazzyJ


    Bolster chisel, hammer and goggles.

    It still does take a while.


  • #5
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


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


  • #6
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 55,567 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    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
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


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


  • #8
    TK1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭TK1


    Thanks for replies everyone.

    T


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