{"id":29849,"date":"2009-03-16T09:46:44","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T09:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=29849"},"modified":"2009-03-16T09:46:44","modified_gmt":"2009-03-16T09:46:44","slug":"how-to-clean-bl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/03\/how-to-clean-bl\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Clean Bluestone Patio?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have a nice bluestone patio in the back yard. It gets dirty, from leaves which fall from nearby trees and then don&#8217;t get immediately swept up, from general wear, from NY dirty rain etc&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>How can I clean it? I tried a stone cleaner (three bottles of it, actually, though it&#8217;s a large patio), which I used less dilute than recommended, mixed with warm water, left to sit on the patio for 20-30 minutes then scrubbed hard with a brush and rinsed off with the hose, but it didn&#8217;t help all that much. <\/p>\n<p>Does anyone have any cleaning substances or techniques to recommend, or a company which would do it for me?<\/p>\n <span class=\"plp-active-page\"><span class=\"\">%<\/span><\/span> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/03\/how-to-clean-bl\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"\">%<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a nice bluestone patio in the back yard. It gets dirty, from leaves which fall from nearby trees and then don&#8217;t get immediately swept up, from general wear, from NY dirty rain etc&#8230;. How can I clean it? I tried a stone cleaner (three bottles of it, actually, though it&#8217;s a large patio),&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26931,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-29849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exterior"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/03\/how-to-clean-bl\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"How to Clean Bluestone Patio?","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/03\/how-to-clean-bl\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/03\/how-to-clean-bl\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Exterior","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"GoodProspect"}],"creator":["GoodProspect"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2009-03-16T09:46:44Z","datePublished":"2009-03-16T09:46:44Z","dateModified":"2009-03-16T09:46:44Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"How to Clean Bluestone Patio?\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2009\\\/03\\\/how-to-clean-bl\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2009\\\/03\\\/how-to-clean-bl\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Exterior\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"GoodProspect\"}],\"creator\":[\"GoodProspect\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Forum Archive\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2009-03-16T09:46:44Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-03-16T09:46:44Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-03-16T09:46:44Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/brownstoner.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","print_hed":"","photo_gallery":[],"print_subhed":"","print_slug":"","syndication_thumb":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26931"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29849"},{"taxonomy":"districts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/districts?post=29849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}