How do i get drops of oil from my car off my cement driveway?

Hi Sue,

Click on the link below for a few different ways to remove oil from your driveway. Wishing you the best.

https://www.wikihow.com/Clean-Oil-Off-a-Driveway

https://blog.allstate.com/how-to-remove-oil-from-driveway/

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.

Slowly pour the liquid or powder detergent on the spot until it is completely covered. Your detergent can be a common household product: baking soda, vinegar, soap, dish or laundry detergent. Let the detergent sit on the stain for 15-30 minutes if it is liquid. Use hot water to scrub the detergent with a brush.

Ajax, Comet, gasoline

We had a friend tell us to pour lacquer thinner on the spot and cover with NON-clumping clay based cat litter... cover that with a trash can lid to help slow the evaporation long enough to break down the oil enough for it to be absorbed by the cat litter... about 2 hours.... remove the trash can lid and let the thinner evaporate completely before sweeping up the cat litter.... you may have to repeat several times.

Dawn dish soap and a scrub brush will clean up any residue... but if the oil was very dirty... the concrete may be stained and you would have to treat that separately

Blue Dawn dish soap and a brush to scour it with, Rinse and repeat if necessary.

A good cleaner degreaser from the auto store will work. Also try power washing with Dawn.