Shovel cleaning

[keith_765]

Made the mistake of lending my shovel to a friend, used it but left it for a few days with out washing the mortar off. What's the best way to clean hardened cement mortar of the shovel,

[ARWadsworth]

Smack it on something hard, chisel the mortar off or buy a new one.

Adam

[dom]

Like your friend's head.

[Steve]

Hammer and flat surface to hammer against. Most of it will break away then. Old chisel/screwdriver or WHY to get remainder off.

Steve

[Cicero]

================================== Shovel a pile of gravel or broken hardcore as if mixing mortar. Half an hour of this shovelling will get the shovel clean and get you fit for your next job.

Cic.

[grumpyat]

Get your 'friend' to clean it in whatever way he feels fit. Or to save lending it to him again he could always keep it and buy you a new one! ;)

[geoff]

In message , keith_765 writes

Hit him round the head with it

or just whack it flat on the ground - should bring most of it off

[The Medway Handyman]

Then use an acid based cleaner

[Andy Dingley]

Hydrochloric / muriatic / brick acid

if it's not too bad, and you've already got some, sulphamic acid toilet de-limescaler will also do it, but a bit more slowly.

[geoff]

In message , Andy Dingley writes

no, really, just whack the thing on a hard surface until the mortar comes off