Melted Plastic on Concrete?

[NorthEastPW 14]

i have a job that i am doing the end of this week and was wondering if anyone had advice to remove melted plastic off concrete. the house burnt down a week ago and i am cleaning the floor/walls/outside walls, and the front walkway and stoop. the vinyl siding melted and dripped on to the concrete, there is also melted aluminum for the fascia as well, it is a mess! it is on the front stoop and on the floor of the basement as well so i guess my question is is there a solution i could use to help remove the plastic stains or just hit it with hot water and a rotary nozzle? any advice would be helpful, thank you

[nlantz 14]

Try scraping down any thick mounds with a floor scraper, apply a heavy coat of fast acting stripper, let it dwell for a good bit, hour or so, then blast it with a roto and heat. Done it on fire damage brick/block from melted shutters and siding with a gel stripper from prosoco. Made a difference but did not come out 100%

Not sure if it would work but you could try remelting it with a heat gun then hitting it with a roto tip & heat quickly before it hardens back up ? that may be to time consuming or may just harden as soon as the water hits it.

[Douglas Hicks 128]

If it is a small area, would CO2 help?. Many grocery stores have solid CO 2 available. I do not know the temp of CO2, except it is cold. Use leather gloves to handle.

[Guy B 70]

No matter what you do the results will be way less than perfect, and whoever you're working for needs to understand that. Heat, pressure, and a turbo nozzle will help if the concrete can take it. This is a job that can take up a lot of time so charge accordingly.

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[Cullen Adams 15]

Hey Jim probably too late to offer any advice, plus I would have offered the same as already given anyway....How did it go?

[James 625]

Approach it like gum!