A few years back at the Pomona Swap Meet, I bought a jar of a very fine powder that you put on oil stains in the driveway. It worked perfect.....Anyone know the name of that stuff? I sure as hell can't remember....
Probably 'Spill-Sorb'. White label with orange writing as I recall. It's a pot-ash product. Cheers, Arnold.
its soda ash ( Sodium carbonate ) has a soap like quality we can get it as washing soda , NHRA used use it for oil clean ups as it breaks the oil surface tension . works great if you mix it with kitty litter and work it into the stain ( the oil dry shuffle ) sweep it up them hose it off , for real bad stained concrete drives we use hydrocloric acid ( muratic acid ) pour it on and let it bubble and rinse off , but it will live a bright white spot on the drive so ussually you should do the whole drive .
Try powdered laundry detergent, not too harsh, the arm and hammer is a fine powder and has baking soda in it. Once you buy the box, its the same stuff you need for your electrolysis tank.
this is what i always remember my dad using on the shop floor a a kid, wet it down and scrub with a push broom. aaah the good ol days.
Tide & kerosene in a bucket of water on the shop floor at the Gulf station, 1972. Brisk broom action, rinse, good as new!
Anybody have suggestions/recommendations to remove oil spots from an asphalt driveway? Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Ditto on Tide and Kero. Add kitty litter and use a brick to rub it in. Then wash it off. I used a hose connected to a hot water spigot when I worked in the driveway and it helped even more; especially with the above. It's the carbon molecules that make it dingy, and scaring those buggers off takes some doing.
I guess I don't like to work as hard as most of these folks. I just use a little lacquer thinner on my driveway, or if it's fresh, I spray a little brake cleaner on it. Poof ... gone. Nothing to hose off, nothing to see ....
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