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Old 21st June 2020, 09:45 AM
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I cant help but feel that the Finbarr Saunders among us will be gagging over this post this morning ...... that said, thanks for the info Andrew. Even in soft water areas its hard to get rid of the usual accumulation of wax, dirt etc around, er, such trim. Do you have any "before" piccies? Also, doesn't the de-scaler, being, I guess, an acid based solution, do any harm? I must admit i would have hesitated before putting that on the trim or paintwork.
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Old 21st June 2020, 10:10 AM
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I cant help but feel that the Finbarr Saunders among us will be gagging over this post this morning ...... that said, thanks for the info Andrew. Even in soft water areas its hard to get rid of the usual accumulation of wax, dirt etc around, er, such trim. Do you have any "before" piccies? Also, doesn't the de-scaler, being, I guess, an acid based solution, do any harm? I must admit i would have hesitated before putting that on the trim or paintwork.
+1, particularly on the "before" pics. I'm very much a before and after man (he says, shamelessly hijacking the thread with unrelated pics ...)
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PS Sorry, but no before photos, I cropped them on my phone. But there was lichen...…. (say no more).
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