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Description: Find out what works and what doesn't. Should you remove or cover the stain? This useful text describes cleaning methods and stain removal by either mechanical or chemical methods; precautions against use of inappropriate products; prescribes treatments for specific stains, such as bitumen, blood, gum, dirt, efflorescence, mildew and moss, graffiti, wood-tar ink, rust, calking and curing compounds, epoxies, oil, grease, paint, and many more. Methods for covering stain and protecting surfaces.
Discusses cleaning and stain removal by either dry (mechanical) or wet (water or chemical) methods. Describes dry methods such as abrasive blasting, flame cleaning, shotblasting, grinding, scabbling, planing, and wire brushing. Wet methods include chemical cleaning, low-pressure and high-pressure water blasting, plus steam cleaning. Detailed treatments for more than 60 specific stains are given. Pertinent ASTM standards listed.
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