Recommends: Driveway cleaner for removing oil stains!

[ycming]

Hey peeps,

Does anyone have any recommendations?

OR technicque in removing oil stavings on a household driveway ?

Thanks
Ming

 

[ycming]

There is just too many on the market! Am not sure which is best and I have used the gunk stuff it doesn't lift it out!

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_trkp...ay+cleaner&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_sop=15&_sc=1

Ming

 

[mzhussein]

go to your local homebase and buy one in a grey bottle by thompsons

bought some for a mate when i spilled oil from a service all over drive. worked a treat bout £5 - £6 i think

 

[jenks69]

When my 1st brava dumped all it's oil on the road I put neat washing up liquid on it very generously and worked it in with a brush threw a few kettles of boiling water of it and left it, next time it rained the stain was barely noticible.

 

[Ffoxy]

Really depends on the driveway surface, I shifted used oil from my tarmac drive with hot water, strong washing up liquid, a strong brush & a jetwash.

Cement or concrete may be harder & can be made more difficult using some stuff such as petrol as the cement simply absorbs it.

Pour & Restore looks recomended, or try here :- http://www.pavingexpert.com/stains.htm

 

[johnson550]

a couple of cans of coke might do it, it did mine.

 

[dave]

When my 1st brava dumped all it's oil on the road I put neat washing up liquid on it very generously and worked it in with a brush threw a few kettles of boiling water of it and left it, next time it rained the stain was barely noticible.

i do this but with washing powder instead of washing up liquid

 

[AppleSei]

Recommend driveway cleaner - The wife/Partner?

 

[DaveMcT]

Biological washing powder followed by anything that will get the bugs eating away at the oil. Sugary coke is good.

 

[Shadeyman]

if you have a block paved drive just lift out the blocks that have oil on them and turn them over. Most drieway blocks are doulble sided, turning them over is easy and costs nothing.

 

[Andy Monty]

Bilt hamber surfex used neat then left to soak (do not let dry) then pressure wash

(do not use on tarmac)

 

[ycming]

IT is block, but i do loads of oil change ... and being only 2 sided have it problem.

I 'll give that thomson stuff i try but what about this ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....58155436&category=11702&_trksid=p5197.c0.m619

Seems to be amazing value!

Ming

 

[Shadeyman]

IT is block, but i do loads of oil change

Why not save yourself a lot of time and money and purchase one of these instead?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sealey-DRP02-7-6-Litre-Oil-Drip-Tray-Fluid-Drain-Pan-/360375758332

 

[ycming]

Why not save yourself a lot of time and money and purchase one of these instead?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sealey-DRP02-7-6-Litre-Oil-Drip-Tray-Fluid-Drain-Pan-/360375758332

What do you do once the oil is in that ? I need to put it back in the bottle and take it to the recycline center .... (This is a recipe for disaster) I have used something like this before but is just a big mess.

All those oil catch pan what ever don't work lol.

I catch it in one of those massive bottle that you find when buying protein powder the best solution yet! As you can close the lid and take it to the recycline center!

Is not oil from oil change, my mum car has a slight oil leak, so would like to just clean everything up with a decent cleaner!

Ming

Ming

 

[Focus Owner]

I put absorbent granuals down
more of a preventative measure tho

 

[Shadeyman]

What do you do once the oil is in that ?

Use the intgergrated spout to pour it into a container ready for recycling.

I need to put it back in the bottle and take it to the recycline center .... (This is a recipe for disaster) I have used something like this before but is just a big mess.

All those oil catch pan what ever don't work lol.

There's an old saying that may apply here, "a bad craftsman always blames his tools" ...

I've been using the same one I linked to for almost 3 years, never spilt a drop when draining or when emptying it into a 25 litre container to recycle it.

 

[Focus Owner]

for pouring i used a funnel, made it alot easier.
from sump to milk bottle