Soooo, a contractor parks on the concrete driveway with a car he knows leaks fluids, and either forgets to put cardboard under, or it’s ineffective, and a 6-8″ Dia oil spill is created and not seen for a coupla days (he was parked over it during daylight hours).
What’s the typical way to handle this?
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Powdered detergent.
PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!
Slab's too big to fit in the washing machine....
Just dump it on and let it sit awhile? Wet it? Grind it in with my heel?
1...Portland cement....sweep it around on the spot...let it stand....sweep it up....don't wet it.
or
2...diatomaceous (SP?) if you can find it.
or
3...tell 'em Kerry did it.
Just dump it on and let it sit awhile? Wet it?
Our newest (until tomorrow) is '90 with 225k. I've seen oil spots. Also know enough not to park on clean concrete.
Depends on the spot. If it's very wet, the dry powder will soak up the majority. After that's finished, hose it down. Probably need to reapply and scrub a little. I've found powder to work much better than liquid, if there's still liquid oil to absorb. For that matter, liquid oil gets absorbed pretty well by tablesaw dust. Followed by detergent. TSP is likely the strongest detergent you can buy, but it may leave your concrete too light. PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!
Hardware stores around here carry "garage floor cleaner".
I suspect it would work on a driveway too.
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Or read the WD-40 thread and see if this is one of the miracles it can perform.
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Simple Green
Works wonders. Even smells nice, pine!
Wash with Dawn dish detergent.. Then scrub / grind in some portland...
Rinse...
Repeat as neccessary... leave some portland on it whend yur done..
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I was wondering about Dawn.
Unrelated, but same product, shotcreters use that for soothing concrete burns they get from the concrete sitting on their skin for hours.
Wonder no more - she's pretty good people...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming.... WOW!!! What a Ride!
Dawn may work, but...
The type of grease dawn is made to deal with is grease from animal fats.
Engine oil is obviously petroleum based.For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
I have something called 'Oil Eater' that works well.
Another trick is to use paper towels and brake cleaner.
brake clean in the aerosol, or carb spray
Eric
Every once in a while, something goes right!
I used that purple stuff. purple majic or purple power, something like that , its an engine degreaser at auto part stores. but driveway suppose to have oil spots, for god sake, they're driveways, you park cars on driveways.
Yeah, the dripped oil helps waterproof them too! Nothing quite as bad as that nasty water soaking through your driveway! ;-)
How about hiring more work done so someone can park ther all the time. Never know the diff!
Auto parts stores used to carry a product called Gunk driveway cleaner. It worked really well. It's important that the surface not be damp or wet before applying it. You pour it on, scrub it in with a brush, then after a while, hose it away.
Get a Japanese truck and/or pour kitty litter and rub it in (not on the Japanese truck).
How'd you know his truck was a Ford?
diatomaceous earth can be found at any pool supply store. It's used as a filter powder to coat the filters of pools.
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