The Baron
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| posted on 10/5/11 at 07:22 PM |
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Drive cleaner
The oil filer on the wife's little street car managed to split and dumped a fair amount of oil over my drive (tarmac) i soaked up what i could
with sand, then jet washed it (used a bit of washing up liquid too)
can anyone recommend any cleaning agents i can put on the dirve to try and shift the stain?
Cheers,
The Baron 
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macc man
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| posted on 10/5/11 at 07:43 PM |
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I shifted an oil stain on block paving with a patio cleaner used 50/50 with water. Scrub well with a stiff brush. Leave to soak and rinse off. Be
carefull with solvents on tarmac as it can disolve the tar and will break up.
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Cubby
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| posted on 10/5/11 at 07:50 PM |
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Brake cleaner great on concrete spray on brush in and hose off . Never tried it on tarmac so test a small patch first.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 10/5/11 at 07:56 PM |
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Soap powder --- scrub it in dry then wash off.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 10/5/11 at 08:05 PM |
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Gunk would be best I would have thought
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britishtrident
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| posted on 10/5/11 at 08:18 PM |
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Gunk, brake cleaner --- both will disolve tarmac.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 10/5/11 at 09:01 PM |
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Swarfega, rubbed in and washed off?
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 11/5/11 at 08:56 PM |
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Don't know if it would work on tarmac but I've just cleaned a really bad oil stain off of a concrete floor using oil absorbent granules
and shuffling it around, has cleaned it up really well fot not a lot of money/effort
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britishtrident
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| posted on 11/5/11 at 09:01 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rusty nuts
Don't know if it would work on tarmac but I've just cleaned a really bad oil stain off of a concrete floor using oil absorbent granules
and shuffling it around, has cleaned it up really well fot not a lot of money/effort
Kitty Litter same stuff but easier to get.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 12/5/11 at 07:29 PM |
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Any motor factors stock oil absorbent granules and I get regular deliveries , to get kitty litter I have to go out and find a pet shop plus pay
more
Had to clean a diesel spill off of tarmac today , the granules shifted 99% of it with no problems
[Edited on 12/5/11 by rusty nuts]
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Krismc
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| posted on 12/5/11 at 08:01 PM |
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if you have a Local gas/oil depo then Spil dry (oil absorbant granules) are around £4 for 25kg last you weeks - or if you in newcastle then i have 2
bags in my van, last me days if that! i drop oil every day in lift shafts, but it will only take the main part awy and not the stain - try washing
powder for the stain or ambosol spray (also in my van) for when i get oil on customers belongings ie carpets, floors even walls some times lol
Built, Ivaed, Drove and now Sold - 2011 MNR VORTX RT+ 2000cc Zetec on R1 Throttle boddies.
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