No matter how many times I pressure wash my front porch, I cannot get these rust
stains off of the concrete. I'm sure they're coming from these hinges, which
are an issue I'm gonna have to deal with in a different video.
I did a post on my Facebook page asking people
what they thought might work to get these stains out,
and I got a lot of great suggestions.
I picked out four of those products, two of which I think might actually work,
and two which I really don't have a lot of confidence in,
but I thought it would be fun to experiment with.
I'm gonna start with the Bar Keeper's Friend. I mixed it with some water just to thin it out,
so that hopefully it can penetrate the concrete a little bit. We're gonna see.
By the way, these spots over here are termite protection.
Well, the Bar Keeper's Friend didn't take the stain out,
but it made the rest of the concrete a lot lighter.
Next on this one, I'm gonna try Coke.
If this works, I'm never drinking Coke again.
Next I'm gonna try vinegar, and this is actually cleaning vinegar, it's not
the regular stuff that you buy in the grocery store.
I actually just got this at Home Depot for a couple of bucks.
NOT A FOOD PRODUCT!
"Avoid contact with eyes and prolonged contact with the skin."
"Do not take internally."
Whoo!
Oh I think the vinegar is working!
Look at that!
The Iron Out didn't actually take anything out, but it was already wet to being with.
So I am going to let those areas dry up a little bit, and then repeat it.
I want to make sure that my scientific practices are sound.
So for me, the only thing that had any significant effect was the concentrated vinegar.
All right I just left the gym so please
forgive all of this, but I wanted to stop by my mom's house and try a couple of
those products on this rust stain that she's got here on her driveway as well
as on her garage door. Basically what's happened is her drain pipe, which is
right up there, that is from the drain pan from her air conditioner.
Basically, her condensation line was not draining properly and as a result her drain pan
filled up and drained out of this line. But of course when water fills up in
that drain pan, it starts to rust a little bit and then you end up with
rusty water draining out. Which is what I think has caused all of this orange mess.
And we haven't been able to get it off so far, so I'm going to try some of these
products and see if it works.
Mom: "Wow! You have no idea..."
You see up here, where we had the Iron Out, that's actually a lot cleaner than the rest of it.
Mom: "That was pretty yellow in the corner, wasn't it?"
I think it was, yeah.
Look at that!
Mom: "WOW!"
That was awesome! I just made my mom's day!
So it looks like the Iron Out actually works better on the painted surfaces,
and on the sealed you know tarmac, or you know whatever you
want to call this: blacktop, asphalt. But on the raw concrete that wasn't finished,
the vinegar worked better I guess because it penetrates better.
If you have any other suggestions on something you think might work that I didn't try out here today,
feel free to comment below! This is what worked best for me,
but it might not necessarily work for everybody.