Cleaning atlas stones

[Lars Gustafsson]

I am looking for some practical tips. Our problem is that after a few months of usage the stones get so full of dirt that after you have loaded them three times your hands are full of dirt and not tacky. We brush them off, but need to do something harsher. High pressure water hose? Chemicals to get rid of tacky and dirt? We obviously need something that does not hurt the concrete. We lift in an old garage so it is a bit dusty.

How do you do it? Hopefully someone can give me some good tips.

[Jedd Johnson]

Never tried cleaning them before,. but have you tried using the same materials you clean the tacky off your arms with to try to get some of the garbage off the stones? I'm talking wd40 or baby lotion? Maybe a citrus-based cleaner like Goo Gone?

Good luck.

[Mike Landrich]

What about letting the tacky harden a little and using a scraper? That's how I cleaned my stones after WNY Strongest. But, I left them outside in the rain and sun just to get the tacky to dry out. I'm not sure that is a viable option in the winter, especially in Sweden.

[AaRoNSnider]

Someone posted on here a while back saying that they used a torch and I think a scraper to melt and scrape the tacky off

[DaneGarreau]

Our stones stay outside, so the sun and acid rain eat the tacky off.

Of course this year the amount of rainfall we have recieved is so negligable that most of the tacky has stayed on the stones.

[Matthew White]

Ask Breck or Sarge, I could have sworn I saw Breck cleaning one, and dust was flying off it, almost like he was sanding it or something? PM one of them, they may know.

[Brandon Campbell]

degreaser and a pressure washer

[SBaier]

Do you have a specific brand of degreaser you have used with success?

[Ryan Bakke]

flame thrower......the one they use for the huge weeds

2000+ degrees outta do the trick