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You may also be seeing efflorescence - salt from the mortar or brick.

After Cleaning:

Without a picture it's hard to tell, but you may be seeing lime run from the mortar joints. Lime run can be cleaned with Prosoco EK Restoration Cleaner. Your local masonry supply store may carry it - also see www.prosoco.com It's a Jell that can be rolled on with a 3/8" nap roller. Pre-wet...

The proper diffecation of "Sodium Hydroxide" per The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001. Sodium Hydroxide Chemical compound, NaOH, a white crystalline substance that readily absorbs carbon dioxide and moisture from the air. It is very soluble in water, alcohol, and...

I bet it was the "QVC special" electric 1600psi pressure washer with the turbo nozzle.

The pricing strategies are indeed interesting! From $500 ($400 plus materials) ...to $932. I like to work with square footage and cross-check that with number of total hours in a job, times the hourly rate. Estimating time is included in the hourly rate or the square footage, as I consider...

Spell it just like it sounds - Allyouminiyum.

Two friends living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan were sick of winter so they booked a vacation trip to Australia. When the two got off the plane - still wearing down jackets, wool hats and snow shoes - they wondered into a pub and sat down. The locals wondered about these strangers, so one of...

Local organizations will benefit a business more than a national organization with 1 headquarter (as it relates to networking). A local may have monthly meetings that are more accessible than one that's 200 miles, 500 miles, 2000 miles from a business. It's a bit harder to network once a year...

Save the Whale!

They Grow Funny Things in the Arizona Sun.

If you follow the yellow brick road, there is interesting reading on oxalic acid poisoning - ######################### http://members.tripod.com/~Prof_Anil_Aggrawal/poiso029.html

The Art Exhibit A couple attending an art exhibition at the National Gallery were staring at a painting that had them completely confused. The painting depicted three very black and totally naked men sitting on a park bench. Two of the figures had black penises, but the one in the middle...

Dan, My last post on this subject: If I posted this message: "below is a pic. before I slammed the .22 in it's mouth ............." would you think I was a caring person? Posting 3 photos was more offensive than 1 or none would have been. If you or this BB don't care what image you...

Bigboy, I'm not sure why you think that statement would have been directed at you. The statement went out to the folks that fail to read my post(s) fully and understand what is said before they reply in anger. It also stated that these folks mis-quote statements that I have made and...