Need your patio cleaned?
It is true that the slabs and joints darken quickly...
And this is true for all types of slab or tiled terraces.
Wondering how to clean and whiten your patio?
No need to invest in an expensive Karcher or another pressure washer!
Fortunately, there is a magic trick to effortlessly clean the blackened slabs of a terrace.
The technique is to use a mixture of sodium percarbonate and water . Look, it's quite simple:
- a bucket
- a push broom
- 3 tablespoons of sodium percarbonate
1. Pour a liter of hot water into the bucket.
2. Add the sodium percarbonate.
3. Mix well.
4. Dip the push broom into the bucket.
5. Pass it on the slabs and the joints of the terrace.
6. Rinse well with clear water.
There you go, thanks to this homemade cleaner, no more black marks, moss or grass on the terrace :-)
Easy, fast and economical, right?
It's still cleaner that way, isn't it?
Now you know what to clean your patio with.
And you don't even need to buy an expensive karcher, use bleach or hydrochloric acid.
Your terrace will look brand new, like the first day.
The ecological cleaning of your terrace will eliminate moss, grease stains, fungi on the exterior slabs.
It helps to whiten the slabs of the terrace and the blackened copings of the swimming pool.
Know that this trick works on all terraces.
You can use it on tiled, natural stone, concrete, marble, stoneware or porcelain terraces.
This grandmother's trick is effective for naturally cleaning the terrace or patio.
But that's not all...
It also works for cement terraces, gravelled slabs, interlocking paving stones, klinker bricks, raw concrete or reconstituted stone floors, terraces in Bavarian Solnhofen stone, granite, Burgundy stone, etc.
You can also wash slabs, pool decks and paths, curbstones, stone balusters, natural stone garden paths or bitumen in this way.
The only precautions to take are to use protective gloves when handling these products.
Also remember to rinse the terrace well, especially if the terrace slabs are made of limestone.
- You don't have sodium percarbonate? You can replace it with 2 tablespoons of soda crystals.
This homemade recipe is just as effective and quick.
All you have to do is enjoy your clean terrace!
- Regular maintenance avoids having to demoss the terrace.
In fact, the sodium percarbonate eliminates the green that is deposited on the terrace, due to humidity.
It acts as a natural defoamer. To reinforce its anti-moss action, you can also use bicarbonate which is a natural fungicide. Find out how here.
