What's the best solution to clean up oil and pas fluid marks off block paving and tarmac?
I've tried the pressure washer but its just cold water...
Any treatments to use before the pressure wash?
Beware of using Jizer or Gunk on tarmac... you'll start to soften/dissolve it!
Guess how I know...
I think that you can get pressure washer detergent in places like B&Q - probably the best bet. Mine has a small hose that you dip into the
detergent container and it gets picked up into the jet.
[Edited on 21/4/10 by David Jenkins]
Turn the blocks over?
fairy
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Originally posted by Guinness
Turn the blocks over?
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Originally posted by tomgregory2000
fairy
A couple of bottles of supermarket cheapest washing-up liquid scrubbed into the drive with a stiff yardbrush works wonders.
Machine mart driveway cleaner (not asphalt cleaner thats naff)
The drive cleaner is hydrochloric acid + soapy stuff I thnk.
If the stains are bad (ours were/are, thanks land rover!) you might have to repeat and then the bricks start to lighten but it is the stuff to beat in
my experience!
Geoff
I use washing poweder! Works even better if you cling it down on a fresh spil then leave to dry and brush off, they warm soapy water (fairy or washing powder work best) with a stiff (hehehe) brush!
Bottle of cola - the fizzy sugarness eats into it - then wash away with water or mild detergent mixed in water - comes up like new!
Washing powder.
halfords have a swarfega drive cleaner thing i think. its with the normal hand soap stuff. its for cleaning oil stains. not tried it before right enough
Wash them off, wash them off????????
They're battle scars and should be respected accordingly
Wash them off indeed!
Locosts don't leak oil, the're just marking their territory!
Steve I have tried everything on my block paving, Caustic soda was probably the best stuff but it still didn't shift it.
I think the problem is the oil has soaked into the block paving because it is slightly porous.
I have some spare blocks I'm going to replace the stained blocks.
Graham
Never tried it but I was told Spray brake cleaner works
At work we use Metso in hot water or spread it on the floor then brush it with hot water
Biological Washing Powder. Works better than any commercial drive cleaning products I have ever tried.
Brake cleaner works quite well on less porous surfaces like slate.
Thanks chaps, I'll try some of the 'household' products first....
I'm not that fussed about a few drops of oil, some have been there quite a while, its just my 45 (its gone now) had a hissy fit at being MOTed
(it may have been the tester) and puked its pas fluid (all of it) all over the road with a trail and puddle down the drive.
It doesn't help now that the water board came Monday, dug a big hole, had a bit of head scratching, put some barriers round and did one. They
were supposed to install a water meter but uncovering the stop cock they found it splits into 2... University Challenge!
So, I just want that improving, then I can get on with the (slightly in comparison) drip from the MNR
PS, blocks are chamfered on the top and the bottoms have square edges...
Steve