Over the years i drove a number of vehicles home that i either picked up from customers or other shops that needed engine work and drove them to my shop the next day or whenever we had room. Well my driveway looks like an old oil slick i cleaned it up for hours using the stuff we used at the shop and it looks good but the stains are still very bad in back of my house. What can i use to clean the driveway it is cement and blacktop ??
Best Driveway Oil Stains Remover
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Soap breaks down oil and why they spray it during oil spills. As nuts as this may sound, try Dawn dish detergent and brush it in with a broom, rag etc.
Its good for the "lite" stuff for sure, not sure how much oil we are talking about here. All I ever needed was dish soap.
Quick search revealed this
Its good for the "lite" stuff for sure, not sure how much oil we are talking about here. All I ever needed was dish soap.
Quick search revealed this
http://www.corotechcoatings.com/product-detail/corotech/oil-grease-emulsifier
Found at your local Benjamin Moore dealer. We used a similar product (M83) when it was labeled under BM and it worked perfectly. Mixed it with hot water and let it do its magic.
Found at your local Benjamin Moore dealer. We used a similar product (M83) when it was labeled under BM and it worked perfectly. Mixed it with hot water and let it do its magic.
You can scrub it with straight Purple Power; that usually works pretty good.
Leave some kitty litter on it for a few days then sweep it all off. That seems to do wonders for the Autozone parking lot.
Dawn dish soap works wonders ... provided you use it before it starts eating the driveway
Originally Posted By: Miller88
Dawn dish soap works wonders ... provided you use it before it starts eating the driveway
+1
Dawn dish soap works wonders ... provided you use it before it starts eating the driveway
+1
I use powdered laundry detergent, hot water and a stiff brush with repeated applications over several weeks.
we are talking about 20 or so years of cars and trucks leaking it looks bad it is just stains now but my wife wants them gone already..
A power washer. Skins the oil right off.
Originally Posted By: Panzerman
A power washer. Skins the oil right off.
They work well! I hit it with Simple Green first, let it sit a while, agitate it with a brush then a blast with the power washer. Done deal.
A power washer. Skins the oil right off.
They work well! I hit it with Simple Green first, let it sit a while, agitate it with a brush then a blast with the power washer. Done deal.
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Dish soap and moderately stiff outdoor broom. Sometimes I grab the Walmart-brand carpet spray with a broom on that too. Once a year or-so, I might grab the spray bottle of Brake-Clean. That works well also.
I follow all these-up with a garden hose and attached gun.
I follow all these-up with a garden hose and attached gun.
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Originally Posted By: Miller88
Dawn dish soap works wonders ... provided you use it before it starts eating the driveway
Dawn dish soap will eat the driveway? What's in it?
Dawn dish soap works wonders ... provided you use it before it starts eating the driveway
Dawn dish soap will eat the driveway? What's in it?
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Originally Posted By: Miller88
Dawn dish soap works wonders ... provided you use it before it starts eating the driveway
Dawn dish soap will eat the driveway? What's in it?
The oil will. Dawn won't.
The dawn always removes oil for me as long as the oil has not started to eat the driveway
Originally Posted By: Miller88
Dawn dish soap works wonders ... provided you use it before it starts eating the driveway
Dawn dish soap will eat the driveway? What's in it?
The oil will. Dawn won't.
The dawn always removes oil for me as long as the oil has not started to eat the driveway
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