Somebody egged my house early Thursday, sometime between 12:30 and 6:30 a.m.
No apparent reason, no likely suspects. If someone was trying to deliver a message, it wasn’t a particularly articulate one.
Anyway, two or three of them hit my garage door. It was already too dry to rinse off with a hose Thursday morning, so I put off dealing with it until the weekend.
It’s the weekend. Anyone have any advice as to how to remove the residue without taking the paint with it?
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I saw this on the web:
“I was egged last night and just found something that works to remove the hard, dried egg yolks & whites: CLOROX STAIN-OUT (laundry stain remover). This product does NOT contain bleach – rather it is a protein stain remover.
I applied the product (saturated) to my garage door (painted aluminum) and cement driveway. In a matter of minutes I was able to wipe the garage clean with a wet washcloth. I used a scrubber brush to scrub the egg out of the cement. (I had first wet the surfaces with my garden hose – then applied the product.)
Perhaps it would work on the brick with a scrubber brush …? I would think it would also work well on your windows/screens. Surely, check on a small area first to make sure the product doesn’t do further damage to the egged surfaces.
Good luck!”
Good thoughts, and thanks for sharing them. As it happened, I managed to get it off with some dishwashing liquid and a sponge. I had thought it would be harder than it was after a hose wouldn’t wash it off Thursday morning (all I had time to try before heading to work that day).
As for the globs of residue on the concrete — a paint scraper took care of it.
I’m glad you were successful in taking care of yours without damage.
— Brad
Dear Mr. Warthen,
Am enjoying your blog, as I have always appreciated your editorials, even when I do not completely agree with you. Folks who write with measured tone win so many more to their side than rabid zealots.
Since I am practically computer illiterate, I don’t know how to pull up the Ariall cartoon you mentioned in today’s paper; or is it no longer available.
Thanks,
Debra
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