Request: Cleaning Oil from Your Driveway
Archived on 05/07/2009
My car leaked oil on the asphalt driveway and I want to know if there is a cleaner? It isn't my driveway. I rent a place.
Phyllis
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RE: Cleaning Oil from Your Driveway
Yes there is a cleaner. Go to Home Depot or similar and find it there, they have commercial-strength cleaners.
(04/02/2009)
By kimhis
RE: Cleaning Oil from Your Driveway
I have heard since the 60's, that any cheap wine does the trick. (04/07/2009)
By Eletha
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Tip: Cleaning Oil From Your Driveway
Archived on 08/24/2008
Here's a method for cleaning unsightly oil stains from your driveway. Start by soaking the oil stain with mineral spirits. Mineral spirits can be found in the paint section of your hardware sore. Let it sit for 3 minutes and then scrub it with a stiff bristled brush. After scrubbing, lay some newspaper on top of the stain and let it dry. Then finish by washing the stain with the following solution: 1 cup laundry detergent, 1 cup bleach, and 1 gallon water.
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USE CLR (08/16/2006)
RE: Cleaning Oil From Your Driveway
I work at a gas station, where we have terrible oil stains. We use a product called eximo on the concrete and it gets rid of the stain with very little effort. I've taken some home to test in my garage, and it works there too! :) It's also environmentally/people safe - which is a big deal for my work? (03/28/2007)
By cougarfan31
RE: Cleaning Oil From Your Driveway
My homeowner's association tagged me for grease spots on the driveway. I tried many commercial driveway cleaning solutions and nothing worked better than leaving clay kitty litter on the spots for a few days. I just spread it over the spots and ground it in with my feet. To "kill two birds with one stone", you can "dance" it in, thereby losing a few pounds while you clean your driveway (so people don't think you are crazy, you may want to invite the neighbors to join you - otherwise wait till dark and then dance, dance, dance). The added benefit to the kitty litter is that it blends in with the color of the concrete, and you can leave it there till the rain washes it away!. (08/02/2007)
By carol
RE: Cleaning Oil From Your Driveway
My driveway is asphalt. Will any of these methods work on asphalt? (04/29/2008)
By marla
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Request: Removing Oil Stains from a Driveway
Archived on 05/31/2005
| How do I get oil stains off my driveway?
Shane from Minnesota |
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| RE: Removing Oil Stains from a Driveway |
05/31/2006 |
| Spirit of Salts, from you hardware dealer, will remove the stains. It also cleans toilets well. |
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By Willem (Guest Post)
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| RE: Removing Oil Stains from a Driveway |
05/31/2006 |
| Kitty litter should do the trick. Pour some on, rub it in a liitle, let it set for a while and then sweep it up. |
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By Mrs.Rem05
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Request: Removing Oil Stains from a Driveway
Archived on 04/29/2004
| How can I get oil stains out of my driveway and garage from a car that leaked oil?
Geri from KY. |
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| Kitty Litter |
04/30/2004 |
| Get your self a bag of cheap kitty litter and pour on the stains let sit until all of the excess oil is removed, sweep up. Now if this did not remove caked on grease and oil go to your local hardware store and buy some concrete cleaner and use that. Both the Kitty Litter and concrete cleaner are pretty cheap. |
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By Debra in Colorado (Guest Post)
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| Dawn or Cokie |
04/30/2004 |
| Pour 1 large bottle of Dawn dish washing liquid on stains and evenly spread out with old broom or large wooden stick. Let stand at least 12 hours. Spray off with hose.
A friend used 3 bottles of Coke and poured them evenly over the spills. Wait for about 30 minutes and hose off. Both have worked well for us in the past. Good Luck |
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By Julie (Guest Post)
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| Kitty Litter |
05/05/2004 |
| Try Kitty litter, pour on oil, and let sit for afew hours, it should soak up the oil..then just sweep it away. |
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By Annjjel in Pa. (Guest Post)
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| Pine-Sol |
05/07/2004 |
| My husband and I used to be truck drivers in the Army and we would get grease on our uniforms all of the time. We were not allowed to wear stained uniforms so we had to get the stains out. WE would wash our uniforms in Pine-Sol and it cut the grease very well. Simple Green works well too, but I hate the smell of that. ha ha But for your garage floor, I don't think the concrete will complain about the smell. ha ha |
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By Tawnda (Guest Post)
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| Clay Litter |
05/07/2004 |
| When you put the clay type kitty litter on the oil grind it into the concrete with a block of wood.
Liz |
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