Removing oil leak stains from tarmac
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As title, anyone got any proven to work tips or chemicals/products to remove oil stains (diesel, so black and horrible) from tarmac?

Bloody Audi has left a mess on the drive, Vorsprung Durtch Leak Like a Sieve.

I always use washing power - Areal/Persil type stuff.

Sprinkle it on and leave it. Let it soak in. Next rain shower will clean it up.

Sometimes takes a couple of applications. It works on concrete so it should be OK on Tarmac.

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i use cheap washing up liquid neat and a decking brush, and just let it soak in for agees and then wash away, again on concrete but should work on tarmac

Edited by evolotion on 8th Apr, 2007.

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As Axel........ washing powder and half a quart of elbow grease..

I second washing powder. I used it on the drive at home after an oil change went a bit wrong! (bloody inaccessable filter)

i've used washing up liquid and rola cola on mine before with a stiff brush, worked quite well. need to do it again infact.

washing powder and bleach a tad of water and scrub it in leave for 1/2 hour and rinse repeat again

Cheers guys some good ideas, it seems washing powder is a common one, is biological the stuff to go for as it has enzymes in to eat grease?

fooking enzimes?????, Tom your starting to worry me know, i find leaving the effected area exposed to the elements for 2 to 3 years does the trick,lol.


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Actually yeah my 3 pet stains I had are gone now without me going near them.

LOL! The area on my drive I will use your trick Carl! However the area on the girlfriends mothers drive needs more urgent attention......ahem.....!

i normally use the good old washing powder, but i did try some gunk driveway cleaner, did seem to work quite well, maybe a bit better than washing powder... hard to tell on my drive though... it does spend most of its time looking like a Squids jizzed all over it, LOL.

Yes can get some stuff called "oil patch remover"

if you get the oil early after the spil, it really works!

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I would use a good degreaser then spray it with a pressure washer.

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Can people above confirm that they have used the washing powder in Tarmac please.

Concrete is much more robust when cleaning and less suceptible to damage. I also have an oily patch that needs a clean, but I'm wary of using something then the drive falling to pieces.

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Got a tarmac drive at home, and in the last week since I washing powdered it it hasn't fallen to pieces!

Ah im glad this has come up! :)

If these methods work, it could get the folks off my back for good. Lol

Ive got one of them brick type drives, hopefully it should work!

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Brake Cleaner. Works wonders.

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