{"id":457,"date":"2016-12-13T17:28:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T22:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/?p=457"},"modified":"2016-12-13T17:28:07","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T22:28:07","slug":"removing-acorn-stains-from-stonework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/archives\/457","title":{"rendered":"Removing Acorn Stains from Stonework"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_456\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Acorn-Stains-before.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-456\" src=\"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Acorn-Stains-before-810x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Before removing the stains\" width=\"584\" height=\"738\" class=\"size-large wp-image-456\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Acorn-Stains-before-810x1024.jpg 810w, http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Acorn-Stains-before-237x300.jpg 237w, http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Acorn-Stains-before-768x971.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before removing the stains<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Those of us who have oak trees can really enjoy the beauty of the tree.  But with that come the acorns that leave nasty stains on our sidewalks and driveways.  It would seem simple to just get out a pressure washer and remove them quickly, but it doesn&#8217;t work that way.  Cranking up the pressure doesn&#8217;t help either and can actually cause damage.  But the solution is actually pretty simple.<\/p>\n<p>Step 1:  pressure wash the area to remove all other dirt and debris<\/p>\n<p>Step 2:  use a 50:50 mixture of household bleach (always add bleach to water and not water to bleach) in a pump up sprayer and soak the stained areas.  Be sure to wear gloves, protective eye wear, rubber boots and rain pants when handling the bleach.<\/p>\n<p>Step 3:  scrub the area with a stiff bristle brush <\/p>\n<p>Step 4:  pressure wash the area again<\/p>\n<p>Step 5:  repeat steps 2 &#8211; 4 if necessary<\/p>\n<p>You should get some beautiful results like these!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Acorn-Stains-after.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Acorn-Stains-after-890x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Acorn Stains No More!\" width=\"584\" height=\"672\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-455\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Acorn-Stains-after-890x1024.jpg 890w, http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Acorn-Stains-after-261x300.jpg 261w, http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Acorn-Stains-after-768x883.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those of us who have oak trees can really enjoy the beauty of the tree. But with that come the acorns that leave nasty stains on our sidewalks and driveways. It would seem simple to just get out a pressure &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/archives\/457\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458,"href":"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions\/458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sparklingclean.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}