How do you get oil stain off your driveway?
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My husband changed the oil on driveways and it went everywhere. We tried Coke and let it sit 15 min, then scrubbed and it didn't work. Then tried Dawn dish soap and scrubbed and didn't work.
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Cat litter soak up
Put kitty litter on it, let it sit overnight, sweep it up. You can find commercial concrete cleaners at your local hardware store but it's best to absorb as much as you can first
Sudsy ammonia. Pour on and let sit.
There are products especially for this use. Last week I picked up a gallon of the stuff made by Clorox from Home Depot. Did a great job of degreasing the spot on my garage floor under my leaky Subaru. Did it remove everything? No. It removed everything from the surface. Concrete is porous and nothing is going to reach down in and pull it out. It did a much better job than the laundry detergent I usually use. Sad part is that the oil soaked concrete looks better than the rest of the floor.
WD-40. Did a leaky oil pan leave a big ugly spot in the middle of your concrete driveway? To get rid of an unsightly oil spot, just spray it with a generous amount of WD-40 and then hose it down with water.
Soda (Coca Cola). Here’s how to remove oil stains from concrete drive-ways and garage floors: Gather up a small bag of cat litter, a few cans of cola, a stiff bristle broom, bucket, laundry detergent, bleach, eye protection, and rubber gloves. Cover the stain with a thin layer of cat litter and brush it in. Sweep up the litter and pour cola to cover the area. Work the cola in with a bristle broom, and leave the cola for about twenty minutes. Mix 1/4 cup laundry detergent with 1/4 cup bleach in 1 gallon (3.7 liters) warm water and use it to mop up the mess.
Oven Cleaner. Get those unsightly grease, oil, and transmission fluid stains off your concrete driveway or garage floor. Spray them with Easy Off No Fume Oven Cleaner in the BLUE can. Let it settle for 5-10 minutes, then scrub with a stiff brush and rinse it off with your garden hose at its highest pressure. Severe stains may require a second application.
Kool-Aid. Nasty rust stains on your concrete? Mix unsweetened lemonade Kool-Aid with hot water. Scrub and the rust stain should come right out.
Baking Soda. Salt and commercial ice-melt formulations can stain — or actually eat away — the concrete around your house. For an effective, but completely innocuous, way to melt the ice on your steps and walkways during those cold winter months, try sprinkling them with generous amounts of baking soda. Add some sand for improved traction.
Ammonia. Tired of those annoying discolorations on your concrete work? To get rid of them, scrub with 1 cup ammonia diluted in 1 gallon (3.7 liters) water. Hose it down well when you’re done.
The best and cheapest way is this all purpose concentrated cleaner, degreaser remover Awesome from the dollar tree. It works great! My son was working on his car and left oil stain all over the driveway. Because I have used this Awesome product for every thing, I mean every thing I sprayed it all over the area where the oil was for a few seconds and then used the water hose. Super clean! Oil free! It's worth it! Hope this helps.
Peatsorb. It's made from sphagnum Peat moss and made especially for this
My barbecuer leaked grease onto our stone patio so I bought a gallon of Mean Green degreaser and used it full strength on the greasy spot, scrubbed it with a stiff push broom and sprayed it off. Looked awesome, so good, in fact, that I ended up having to do the whole patio.