Charcoal stains

[M Pearlstein 14]

I was working on a bluestone patio yesterday that had some black charcoal stains around the grill area. The stains were not underneath the grill so it wasnt food grease or drippings but looked like char that had been cleaned off the grills and than walked on and ground into the bluestone.

Any suggestions on how to get something like this out?

Thanks

[tsutherland 14]

Hi Mark,

Try using a carbon remover (as charcoal is Carbon) such as Viper, Release or Bond Breaker from Espec. (I think they mostly market those product for truck washes).

I had some charcoal mixed with grease that was ground in for what looked like years and the Bond breaker did a nice job removing the stain.

You might want to shoot RyanH an email to ask as I think he's a chemical engineer, but that worked for me.

Good luck.