New driveway

[Pmcintyre]

Thanks for letting me join. This is my first post.
My problem is brand new cement driveway,2 weeks old,has only been walked on so far and my wife wishes to keep it in good condition.However my hobby is brass era cars,so over 100 years old and they leak oil,no they pour oil,if it is not leaking shut down because that means we are out of oil.Get the picture? What can I put on to help?Was thinking of a densifier Any opinions.thanks pete

 

[Hawkins]

Find a new wife----
kidding of course

I believe you need a concrete sealer with fluorocarbon. The flourocarbon is what resists the oil. I think people have success with GhostShield. Not sure what else is out there. Ghost Shield 8510 actually claims oil resistant.

https://ghostshield.com/product/siloxa-tek-8510

 

[jkeyser14]

Densifier will make the surface stronger but won't prevent stains. You need a good silane/siloxane sealer. Ghostshield 8500 is a great example and will last 10 years.

 

[GRivera]

Densifier and Ghostshield 8505 on my garage floor did zero for transmission fluid - nice stain on my floor now. Not a good option for petroleum products - especially as prevalent as described by OP.

 

[egdede]

I used densifier and 8505. I had some chainsaw oil sitting in a puddle for a week, it stained. I cleaned it up and let a orange oil soaked rag sit on the stain for a day. It is slowly lightening. Looks like it is slowly drying out over 2 months time. Doesn't look like it is completely going away, but it is definitely improving.

 

[James-W]

When a buddy of mine bought his first home, there was a concrete pad off to one side of the garage. He never did know what it was for (the previous owner said it was there when he bought the place) but he would park vehicles on it to work on them in good weather.

I was thinking, maybe what you need is an area in which to park vehicles that leak oil. If you had a concrete pad to park them on, then whatever oil leaked out could be cleaned up and stains really wouldn't matter. Anyway, it was just a thought, maybe not practical, but if it can be done that would be another option for you.