Man o Man.
I have a brick wall that once had a carport attached. There was a hideous job of flashing using a copious amount of tar. The carport is thankfully gone. The tar is not.
So my job now is to remove said tar. Scraping will be the first step to remove the tar paper. Then maybe powerwashing? Any products out there that might help? Any advice would be appreciated.
Best Regards,
Mark Campbell
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Manually remove as much as possible without damaging the brick. Then use GOJO or similar kerosene based hand cleaner.
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Grant,
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paint thinner and wire brush... over and over again....
then hand wash with Dawn dish soap...
after ya scrape and chip off every shred of it ya can...
hold on the power waser because of the brick and the brick's mortar..
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Scrape off as much as you can, as close as you can to the brick and use a medium temperature heat gun to soften it so you can remove more. Then, use the GOJO or kerosene on a cloth, held in place so it won't evaporate. Paint remover gel may work, too, but it needs to stay in place as long as possible. If the brick is light colored, I doubt that the tar will ever be completely "gone".
i had the same thing on a historic building... not sure where you are but if you can wait until it's below freezing... then it's pretty easy to chip off... if you can't and i couldn't nor could i depend on it every getting that cold here... I used a co2 bottle with a hose used hvac black foam insulation in the hose... blasted the tar til it froze... chipped better than 95% of it off... could do about 8" at a time... i'd stay away from anything that would melt it... might be a bigger mess
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