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PROBLEM:
I have a coated concrete brick on my new home and after the brick mason cleaned the brick it changed colors and has a lot of white streaks. What do you think happened and can it be fixed?
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SOLUTION:
It sounds like the brick was improperly cleaned. If the wall was not properly prewetted and the cleaner was not rinsed off sufficiently, you can see these symptoms especially on a coated concrete brick. The wrong cleaning chemical could have been used as well. Pictures A and B illustrate stains on coated concrete brick. For new construction cleaning, see reference table.

The pictures above demonstrate a situation where this has occurred. The corrective measures consisted of recleaning the wall with a solution of 1 part PROSOCO SUREKLEAN Light Duty Concrete Cleaner to 1 part water. The solution was left on the prewetted wall for 3 minutes, agitated with soft bristle acid brush, and rinsed with clean water. Picture C shows the section that was cleaned.

Note: Because coatings on brick are sometimes thin and cement based you need to always do small tests area to assure that you do not change the appearance of the brick.
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