Oil clean up in cement driveway?

[gtsgarage]

My MIL came over and her car has an oil leak. Left a few nice stains in our driveway over the last week.

What’s the best way to clean oil spots?

Thanks!!!

 

[StreetGLi]

Break clean works pretty good.

Put some absorb all down first to let it soak up as much as possible and then hit it with break cleaner.

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[AZ Pete]

make a paste of laundry detergent (powder) and water, apply to stain and let dry then sweep up.

 

[cdestuck]

Get a gallon of Pour N Restore and keep around. Great removal, even of very old stains.

 

[landrover bodger]

cheap bio laundry soap mix with boiling water scrub then rinse away

 

[bri_man57]

I've had good look with kitty litter. Let it soak up the majority, scrub it into the driveway, always seemed to work good.

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[Wrench97]

Pressure washer..........................if you use it a lot and often it makes them go home early too

 

[ZRX61]

Scrub brush & Purple Power, then just hose it off

 

[CJDave]

Liberal application of waterless hand cleaner. Glob it on and walk away. In a few days it is all gone. CJDave.

 

[lis2323]

Spray a little brake cleaner on the area. I’m 69 and a twenty year old kid taught me the trick a few weeks ago.

Works incredibly well.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Oil Eater. Best thing I've used.

https://oileater.com/

Tommy

 

[pamike]

Oil Eater. Best thing I've used.

https://oileater.com/

Tommy

I second the oil eater..

 

[1320]

Gasoline works pretty well. It wouldn't surprise me if you're not supposed to do that, though.

 

[wood02]

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=458777

 

[JamesW84]

I've used dawn with success

 

[Kevin54]

Oil Eater from TSC.

 

[Mikej1]

Baking soda, and a can of coke.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Oil dry and a broom has always worked for me or cat litter that isn’t clay based even if the spot has been there for a while it still works I cleaned a spot in my driveway after a week with it and it is gone now


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[frankd]

I spray oil eater on it and then power wash it off. The power washer alone does a great job

 

[lis2323]

Fresh male urine sprayed at medium velocity works well but usually gets the neighbors wound up.

 

[Ron_J]

Cat litter. Put it down and grind it in with your foot and sweep it up.

 

[Heel2toe]

I know the question asked is regarding oil on concrete but what about on asphalt?

 

[rustyjames]

Cat litter as previously suggested.

 

[kwb]

Oil eater.

With one bit of caution applied full strength and not rinsed off will etch the surface. I had a bottle tip over in a boat and run out the deck drain onto the shop floor and a week later found a dinner plate sized oops on the shop floor.

 

[Greenlawnracing]

I’ve been trying to clean up some transmission fluid for about a week. Not a huge spot by any stretch, but after a similar thread I picked up some oil eater. After two applications, there is still a small stain. The picture makes it look worse than it is, but I just cannot get it to disappear. The surrounding area is very clean from a powdered laundry detergent/Dawn slurry. I’ll try some pour and restore next if anybody ever has it in stock.

 

[Dumber than lumber]

Sawdust.
Along with most any brake clean or turpentine product.