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sciling

English translation: soiling

20:34 Aug 12, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / tiles
English term or phrase: sciling
Cleaning after construction work
То ensure that all traces caused Ьу the various tradesmen disappear lгот the Лощ typical construction site stains and dirt have to Ье removed Iгот the tiles. We advise the lollowing:

Туре of sciling
Loose dirt
Greasesloils
It shoud be some typo, but which one?
MTIA
Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 21:12
Selected answer:soiling
Explanation:
Not very good English, but I think they mean:

Type of soiling:
Loose dirt
Grease, oils
Selected response from:

Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 20:12
Grading comment
Yes, even so. Thank you & grand merci for your effort, Mark, & best wishes to all commentators! :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +6soiling
Mark Nathan
4scale, scale romoval
Gary D


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
soiling


Explanation:
Not very good English, but I think they mean:

Type of soiling:
Loose dirt
Grease, oils


Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 20:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Yes, even so. Thank you & grand merci for your effort, Mark, & best wishes to all commentators! :)
Notes to answerer
Asker: It was german English, by the way :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ken Cox: possibly OCR-corrupted English
4 mins
agree  Will Matter
2 hrs
agree  axies: I think you are right.
4 hrs
agree  kmtext
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agree  Vincentius Mariatmo
1 day 16 hrs
agree  Demi Ebrite
2 days 15 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
scale, scale romoval


Explanation:
http://www.dow.com/versene/app/scale/index.htm

I think you are talking about scale removal, which is a hard coating on tiles usually from soaps and greases.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2008-08-13 03:49:57 GMT)
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"soiling" is usually associated with dirty nappies, Not a good word for use in construction I think.

Gary D
Local time: 04:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 5
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