Driveway Sealcoat splattered

[Vikingforce]

First post. Been viewing and reading for a long time and respect all the great knowledge on this forum. To the point - I had my driveway sealed the other day...by accident. My neighbor had scheduled but the company did mine inadvertently. Sounds like a win? Not. It rained heavily before the tar dried and ended up splattering on my garage doors, trim, siding, and brick. Powerwash company came out today and tried their best but not good enough for my standards. I’m getting new doors, siding will be replaced, but the brick is my concern. Powerwash removed some, but after water dried it is noticeable. So my question is - what can I do to get this residual sealcoat off of the brick, or do I just need to live with it?
Thanks for any advance.

 

[Shawn S]

Acid wash possibly? That's how bricklayers remove excess mortar when they are done.

 

[Al G]

Did the sealing company try to clean it? I had the same thing happen and they used a combination of power washer and some kind of hand applied cleaner. Removed all sealer from brick, pavers, doors and James Hardy siding.

 

[vavet]

Sounds like the seal coat company is doing the right thing for you. Kudos to them.

 

[jkeyser14]

Try cleaning off a small spot with a little diesel on a rag.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Knowing how most of those spray and pray sealcoating companies are, I'm amazed they're even making an effort...

I hope it all comes off for you!

Tommy

 

[ItsNemo]

The porous nature of brick makes it near on impossible to remove anything liquid from them...sadly if pressure washing already hasn't removed it completely, odds are nothing will without damaging the brick itself.

 

[LXCam]

Been there before. Damn company pulled an earl scheib 110% paint job all over my split face block and concrete boarders, plus the garage. I ended up sand blasting the block and concrete.

 

[fang123]

Try some strong orange citrus commercial grade cleaner. I work for a paving company and its what they use. kerosene may also work.

 

[bmxdukie]

Try to find some vitsol if in Canada... Or envirosol if in the us. That will remove it.

 

[engineer2]

This with mineral spirits.
https://www.harborfreight.com/engine-cleaning-gun-68290.html

 

[wssix99]

^ A lot of this stuff probably won't work well. If you can find out what the exact product your sealer is, you can find it's proper cutting agent and then get that chemical to dissolve the spatter.

The MSDS sheet for the product should have that agent/solvent listed in the mix. (Naptha, Xylene, etc.)

Mineral spirits, turpentine, other acids, etc. may work a little, but they will take a long time. The proper cutting agent should dissolve it quickly and give you the best chance of getting it off of porous materials.