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A brick is a chunk of earthenware material it is used in “building material” or “construction”, laid using mortar. The oldest shaped brick was found 8000 BC back. Oldest bricks were found in “cayonu”, in the upper Tigris region in Anatolia. Fired bricks were discovered about four millennium back. Bricks are resistance to hot and humid weather conditions, thus it enabled the constructions of buildings in the harsh climate region. Bricks also have extra warmth benefits of storing heat energy from sun during day time and it releases heat after sunset.

Bricks have a tough character, but it can be easily damaged by harsh cleaning.
Try to use gentle cleansing methods when you washing your internal brick surfaces. We have various cleaning methods for cleaning bricks, follow the following several methods and choose your favorite method of cleaning bricks.

Step one: cleaning with dish detergent

Things required

• Warm water
• Table salt
• Bowl and small container
• Grease- cutting soap
• Scrub brush
• Cleaning rags

Instructions:

• First, Make a loose paste of small amount of salt and dish soap by mixing them together in water.
• Pour the solution all over the brick surface by using the cleaning rug or mop.
• Rub the solution or paste on the surface of brick by using the scrub brush.
• Leave it for at least 15 minutes to dry.
• Once it dries completely, wash the “loose paste” from the surface of brick with a clean mop. Use “fresh warm water” to wash solution off the surface of brick.

Step two: cleaning with boric acid

Things required:

• Bucket or container
• Boric acid
• Scrub brush
• Cleaning rags
• Rubber hand gloves
• Warm water

Instructions:

• Mix 2 tablespoon of boric acid with one gallon of warm water in a bucket or large container.
• Put on your rubber hand gloves, wet the scrub brush in the cleaning mixture and rub the brick surface with it.
• Once you’re finished with scrubbing the brick, wash away the mixture from brick by using rag or mop dipped in warm water.

Step three: cleaning with ammonia

Things required:

• Ammonia
• Rubber gloves
• Hot or warm water
• Pumice
• Grease- cutting dish soap
• Bucket or small container
• Scrub brush

Instructions:

• Put two parts of “ammonia”, “pumice powder”, and three parts of “dish soap” in warm water and mix them until it form a loose paste. You will find pumice powder at general store, or at store that sell beauty products.
• Put on your rubber hand gloves, and spread the paste on the surface of bricks by using cleaning rag or mop.
• Leave the paste for 15 to 20 minutes on the surface and let it dry.
• Dip the scrub brush in warm water, and scrub the paste off the brick surface.
• Wash the surface of brick by using cleaning rag dipped in warm water.

Step four: cleaning with naphtha soap

Things required:

• Ammonia
• Paint brush
• Pumice
• Large container
• Hand gloves
• Warm water
• Cleaning rags
• Fels naphtha soap (old style of laundry soap, it is available on site “soap gone buy”)
• Dish soap
• Bucket

Instructions:

• Put three gallons of water in a large container, and boil it.
• Put one bar of naphtha soap in boiling water keep boiling until the soap dissolves in it completely.
• Once the solution is boiled, remove it from heat and let it cool for sometime.
• Add two cups of ammonia and a pound of pumice powder in the solution. Be careful while using ammonia.
• Wear rubber gloves, spread the solution on the surface of the brick with paint brush, and let it dry.
• Now scrub the surface with the scrub brush
• Add some amount of dish soap with warm water in a bucket, and rinse down the brick by using rag to get rid of remaining “naphtha mixture”.
• Wash it gain by using cleaning rag and clean water.

Tips and warnings:

• Always use mildest cleaning methods to avoid any damage to your bricks.
• Avoid applying waterproofing and sealant to your brick surface, it will harm the brick surface, as the bricks need to breath.
• Dust the bricks frequently to avoid the heavy dust and heavy cleaning.
• Always keep your area well- ventilated to ignore the ill- effect odor.

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