qwiketz

During the course of repairs, i spilled a ton of junk on the cement driveway. I got some cleaner from home depot that is supposed to work good on grease, but it didn't really dent the oil stains. Anyone have any suggestions?

cv67

Simple Green has gotten the best results. Get a big undiluted jug at Walmart pretty cheap. Some guys like to throw clay cat litter on it to absorb it (surface only). I just douse the stain with undiluted SG...Let it sit, scrib it down and hose off. Great for garage floors.

toptechx6

Muriatic acid, also available at HD in the pool supplies area. Follow directions and BE CAREFUL, it will do the job but consider it the "nuclear option".

Aaron71771

Try vinegar, its a mild acid.

mikeb

Also great for removing lime deposits.

Z07coupe

I simply pour enough (odorless) mineral spirits over the affected area to saturate the oil/grease. Let sit a few minutes and then work it in with a broom or brush. Then use oil dry to absorb the fluids. I have better luck using the powder type of absorbent. You can continue brushing to speed up the process. Of course, if you are in a garage, use in a well ventilated area, with no open flames, and just treat small areas at a time, thus preventing having a large volume of fumes. If nessessary, treat twice. I used this method just yesterday, and it still works best after all these years.
Of course, sealing your concrete before spilling oil is the best preventitive.
Good luck.

slicked25

Throw some dirt over the oil slick. It'll dry it out. You'll probably need a high pressure washer and pour bleach over the spot for a few minutes then blast away.

onedef92

"Rid." You can get it from HomeDepot or Lowe's. "Grease Magnet" works well, too, on fresh stains.

rocco16

Cover it with kitty litter, then grind it in with your boots.
Always works when my son spills oil on my drive.....


Larry
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mdlfcrss

A power washer is the way to go...I've done the same thing with great results

Huntervangolf

In pulling my hair out trying prep my concrete to put down a epoxy covering. And trying simple green, muratic acid, and a couple other suppossed oil cutter with very little results! The best product hands down is RESTOREhttp://www.pour-n-restore.com/index.htm. Pour it over the spot and it will foam up dry out and all you do is sweep it up! My life would have been a lot easier if I would have found it right away. I would not use muratic acid as it will actually eat the surface of the concrete away.

qwiketz

I have any and all loose oil off the driveway. The left over stains are what I'm working on. I do have muriatic acid here (we have a pool) but I'd ideally like to find something that is especially good and ridding of stains.

Mouse2112

I can tell you what not to do. Last year when my home was up for sale my agent suggested that I clean up the oil that was on driveway. I cleaned it up the best I could but my brother had a great idea. He poured gas all over it and tossed a matched on it. All I saw was this Black Mushroom cloud engulf us and I ran accross the street. When the fire subsided I looked at my brother and his face was black with a wide eyed looked. I damn near fell over laughing. Needless to say, the oil was gone but it left a big black mess in the driveway. Yup, we are that stupid.

qwiketz

that's as good or better than me and my brother trying to "blowtorch" some wasps and a wasp nest on the house with some car stuff (I can't remember if it was brake cleaner or starter fluid). We left a nice black mark on the house but it was funny as hell!

jghmczo6

WD-40 does a great job of dissolving the grease or oil, then I hit it with windex mixed with vineger..............................gon e without a trace.


Hope this helps..........................

bvlvette

I've tryed all the commercial products. They work fine for relatively fresh oil stains, but for older stains they did squat and they're expensive. Mydriveway is brushed concrete so it makes it a little more difficult to remove stains, I have however found my saviour..... Sunlight dishwashing soap. Pour it onto the stain (full strength) leave it for a few hours to overnight... hose it off and voila the stain is going to be either a lot lighter or gone (depends on how dark and deep the stain penetrated). I had a power steering pump leek onto my driveway (big big big puddle) and the sunlight has after 2 applications removed the stain.


Works for me, give it a try....

qwiketz

I'll give it a try(the dish washing stuff)

ejscarfo

I've gotten the older oil and rust stains up on my driveway and garage floor with my electric power washer. I used a solution I found at Lowe's, but I think just the pressure of the water stream was enough to take up the stain.

In the past I've used Muriatic acid with great results, you just have to be careful with the stuff. For new stains, kitty litter worked great for me. Just grind in and then sweep it away.

pr0zac

is it me or are alot of red corvettes leaking oil!!! lol j/k

jfb

Kitty litter (as per rocco16), leave sit for a couple days, sweep up and any general purpose spray cleaner (I use orange cleaner) and a scrub brush and wash away. BTW your driveway is concrete, not cement. Cement is one ingredient in concrete.