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Restore the beauty of your driveways, patios, and garden paths with our powerful patio black spot removal for block paved drives and paths.
Specially formulated for block and brick paving, this advanced cleaner is designed to tackle stubborn black stains, helping break down discolouration that builds up over time.
Available in two convenient sizes:
2 Litres – treats up to 10m²
4 Litres – treats up to 20m²
Unlike general-purpose patio cleaners, our solution is developed specifically for patio black spot removal for block paving, penetrating deep into the surface to lift dirt and stubborn staining.
This not only revives the original colour and texture of your paving but also makes rinsing easier and safer, without the damage often caused by aggressive jet washing. By reducing reliance on pressure it helps protect the sand and structure of your block paving, ensuring a longer-lasting finish.
For year-round protection, we recommend following up with our Patio Black Spot Preventer. Applied annually, it removes algae within 3-5 days and prevents staining and discolouration. Keeping your paving clean and fresh, helping reduce power washing.
Safe for your garden, the formula is biodegradable and acid-free, so it can be rinsed onto lawns and flower beds without harming plants or soil.
Patio Black Spot Remover is safe to use around pets. As a precaution, we recommend keeping pets away from the area whilst applying the product. Once the Remover has been washed off the surface, it’s instantly safe for pets to walk on the area.
Coverage Guidance: The stated coverage is based on paving around three years old. Older or heavily marked areas may require repeat applications. Always test on a small, inconspicuous area first to determine how much product you’ll need for your paving.
Using a 5-7 litre pump up garden sprayer. We recommend the sprayers made by hozelock which can be purchased on our website.
All types of brickwork, including around your house, retaining walls and brick paths. A large number of our customers are using this product on block paved driveways.
Patio Black Spot Remover will not remove oil staining on block paved driveways. Patio Black Spot Remover is for the remove of organic staining and reviving colour that has been lost over the years. We recommend lifting the individual bricks and turning them upside down.
Patio Black Spot Preventer should be applied to block paved driveways within 11-12 months of using the Patio Black Spot Remover. The best time to apply the Preventer is in spring or early summer. The Preventer can be used on brand new driveways and brickwork within 6 months of installation
Yes, the Remover can be used on stone of any age. On older stone, re-treating will be required as the stains become harder to remove as they’ve had longer to establish themselves. Carry out a trial slab first to check how many applications are required BEFORE proceeding with the rest of the area.
Block paved driveways and brick paths overtime will develop small white spots. These spots can be stubborn and be hard to remove with a pressure washer or by scrubbing. Apply Patio Black Spot Remover, wait for two hours and lightly pressure wash. When you pressure wash these white spots will be removed. It’s important to remove white spot within
Spots on your patio can be stubborn and be present not just on the surface but within the stone. Some spots are unable to be removed from natural stone with just a pressure washer.
Pressure washing becomes less effective over time due to different types of growth that grows on your driveway and brick paths throughout the year. Stone can be porous and absorb some of this growth leaving behind stubborn stains. Some organism’s grow during wet periods, such as algae. Most patios in the United Kingdom suffer from algae, lichen and moss at different times of the year. This can cause stubborn staining that pressure washing will not remove.
If you have stubborn black spots on your drive and discolouration, you should use Patio Black Spot Remover as soon as possible. The longer you leave these stains, the harder they can be to remove. Patio Black Spot Remover will work on stone of any age. Re-treating can be required. Do not use when the temperature is less than five degrees.
1. Apply with a pump-up garden sprayer. 2. Leave for 2 hours. 3. Wash off with a pressure washer. 4. Re-treat any stubborn staining. 5. Apply Patio Black Spot Preventer 11-12 months later.
A pump-up garden sprayer. These can be purchased on our website.
The difference in the Patio Black Spot Removers is the viscosity of the product. You will still get good results if you use the incorrect Remover for your stone.
We sell two types of sprayers on our website. A cost effective Hozelock 7 Litre sprayer or an IK 6 Sprayer which is the same sprayers as our site team use when visiting your property.
No, you do not dilute, the product it is applied neat to the stone.
Yes, Patio Black Spot Preventer should be diluted and applied to all areas 11-12 months after using Patio Black Spot Remover
Yes, you can re-apply the Remover if you have stubborn stains immediately after washing the first application off. Let the stone dry out before re-applying.
We recommend pressure washing after application to get the best results and remove any surface dirt on the surface.
Yes. If you spray the product directly onto your stone and avoid neat product coming into contact with plants and grass, no harm will be caused. The runoff, once diluted is fine to be washed into your flower beds and over the lawn.
Yes, both these products are safe to use around artificial Grass.
When using the Patio Black Spot Remover, you must ensure that the runoff doesn’t go into the pond. It would be fatal for the fish.
The Patio Black Spot Preventer is a spray and leave treatment therefore, no issues with using that next year near fish.
Our products have been on the market for over 14 years. Not once have we come across a patio we can't remove the spots from. We also offer the service, using the same products, and guarantee to remove all the spots.
Yes, our products can be used on your house. We use this product on client's properties all the time. As you're treating a vertical surface, we would recommend applying the product using the same sprayer BUT applying 2-3 light applications (leaving 15-20 seconds in between treatments) so the product doesn't run off. If you apply too much at once, the product will run off and not be very effective.
Call 0800 500 3032 or send photos to info@pbsr.co.uk. We will respond within 24 hours. If you do not receive a response, we have not received your photos, please resend.
1. Use neat – DO NOT DILUTE – Pour our solution into a pneumatic garden sprayer. (A ‘Hozelock’ 5L or 7L sprayer is recommended. Do not use a hand sprayer.) Pressurise the sprayer.
2. Apply the product to a dry surface, as a fine mist and saturate the surface.
3. If you have not used the product before. Treat just one slab first. The older the stone, the more treatments it will require. The product will remove every single last spot. By completing one slab first, this will give you an indication of how many treatments your stone will require. Only when you have removed all the black spots from the first slab, continue with the rest of the area.
4. DO NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM RECOMMENDED COVERAGE OF 5 SQM PER EACH 1L OF PRODUCT.
5. Once applied, allow to cure for a period of 2 hours.
6. Remove using a pressure washer, ideally with a minimum flow of 7 litres per minute. Use the fan jet attachment to sweep the dirt away. Other attachments such as circular spinning attachments will not give you the best results.
7. Any black spots that remain, simply retreat (when the surface is dry) allow to cure for 1 hour then wash off.
8. Repeat this process until no black spots remain.
9. Apply the Patio Black Spot Preventer 12 months later. Do not seal the patio.
Exceeding the recommended coverage rate will reduce the performance of this product. Coverage will vary depending on surface porosity and profile, e.g when treating sloping areas or riven surface, beware of surface run off and retreat as necessary to ensure correct coverage.
The Patio Black Spot Remover is quickly and readily biodegradable. The effluent if washed into soil, flower beds or lawn will breakdown rapidly. This product will not affect surrounding lawns or foliage in diluted state. Keep animals and unprotected persons off the treated area until dry.
Ensure product doesn’t come into contact with skin, eyes or respiratory tract. In the event product does comes into direct contact with the body, immediately rinse with water. Ensure this product does not come into contact with fabrics or furnishings.
