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Posted by: seanery Jul 22 2003, 02:59 PM

What works and where do I get it?

Posted by: itsa914 Jul 22 2003, 03:09 PM

how much oil & how long has it been there?? I have had great luck with just plian clay type cat litter. Put some over the oil spot, wait about 10 min, take your foot and grind it in to the stain and wait a few min more and then sweep it up. Spot is gone

I have done this with stains that were a month old and had no problems. This was on our cement driveway.

Posted by: tat2dphreak Jul 22 2003, 03:10 PM

call me cheap, but I use Laundry detergent... it works very well

Posted by: vsg914 Jul 22 2003, 03:12 PM

Raw portland cement. spread it around. add a little water. let it soak a few minutes. scrub a bit with your broom and rinse it away.

Posted by: Porsche Rescue Jul 22 2003, 03:14 PM

I have good luck with kitty litter too. It works best if you dribble a little gasoline on the spot, cover with litter, wait a while, sweep up.

Posted by: J P Stein Jul 22 2003, 03:14 PM

Wait till it rains.
Sprinkle on some Tide....the cheep, low effort solution.

Posted by: seanery Jul 22 2003, 06:30 PM

Thanks for the suggestions. This is for a friend of mine who is selling her house. She said the stain is a couple years old. Does that make a difference?

Posted by: madd_dogg_914 Jul 22 2003, 06:40 PM

I actually do something a little bit different than some of the answers given. I use grease on the oil spots. A little bit of grease goes a long way. Sprinkle your favorite cleaner (Castrol super clean, Simple Green, Laundry detergent, etc) Add grease and then rinse.

I use a special kind of grease, ELBOW GREASE

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Seriously though, just use your cleaner of choice and a pressure washer. If anyone owns a 914 then they should have apressure washer. Works great. I got a stain out from like 5 years ago on our driveway.

-Chris

Posted by: dan10101 Jul 22 2003, 07:31 PM

Koke a Kola...
Special name brand available at specialty stores near you...

Or Simple Green.

Or Brake Klean

Or Tide

Probably in revers order. I'd try them all until you find the one that works best.

Posted by: Uncle Richy Jul 22 2003, 09:22 PM

I'm sure people will scream, but if all of the above fail, try hydrocloric acid. Nasty stuff used to clean out drain pipes. You can get it at Home Despot.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jul 23 2003, 09:16 AM

There is some driveway cleaner you can get from home depot & the like, it is an etching acid that you can dilute with water, got my rusty battery drippings that were 1 yr old off of the driveway at full force (no dilution). careful cuz it does remove the top layer of concrete (as in etch) and you will probably need to hit the whole driveway to make it look even

Posted by: ninefourteener Jul 23 2003, 12:26 PM

Nope...... better than anything you can buy, and it's cheap, and it will work.

If you breath too much of it, you will die though , so be careful... make sure there are no kids around, and it's well ventilated.

Dawn liquid soap and Bleach... mix them together, scrub with broom.... done

Posted by: tod914 Jul 23 2003, 12:36 PM

ADDIMENT - oil and stain remover for concrete/stone

You can get it at home depot - stuff works great