removing driveway oil stains

[dankish1]

anyone have any ideas or has anyone tried using watered down bleach?

[barbarian]

sunlight detergent+deck scrubbing brush. You will not be able to get everything, but what is left will fade rain and snow.

[vadeit]

Xylene (if you can get it) works like a charm. I don't know of any where the public can buy it, although I figure some one must sell it.

Put a bit on the oil stain and rub it with a rag.

[zbuddy3]

What ever you do, don't pollute the sewer drains. What i suggest is that if yo use a toxic detergent, put an absorbant pad arounfdthe drain.

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

i heard (but never tried) coke... i heard that its strong enough to bring some of it off

[R-Audi]

Xylene is available at Paint stores..

I thought Crappy Tire sold something that is supposed to get off those stains?

[IhateDomestic]

Originally posted by LilDrunkenSmurf
i heard (but never tried) coke... i heard that its strong enough to bring some of it off

time for mythbusters!

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

hahahaha YA... i wanna see mythbusters prove the "tornado" intake wrong while they're at it

[SiG Baby]

Recently I poured coke (coke a cola) on my battery connections to get rid of the coroding. The coke dripped under my car and removed an oil stail from a few months ago....So ya im guessing coke works. But you still have to mop up the sticky/oily mess

[justincalgary]

Mythbusters did the coke thing, tried it to wash clothes, oil stains on driveways, rust remover on chrome, and also how acidic it is using steaks in a beaker.....was a really cool episode....mostly a myth about coke. I do what the first guy mentioned, put some tide down and a little water to make it pasty and then use a deck scrub brush.

[88CRXGUY]

If you can get the oil wet on the ground, use kitty litter to soak it up. Then you don't have to worry about it going down the drain...

[dave5473]

scrub in a little varsol and use sawdust or floor dry to soak it up. works great with little effort

[dankish1]

see the thing is i cant use anything harsh because the storm drain is less then 100m from the river.

[carter_prelude]

at the shop we use floor dry, its mostly for spilled oil tho, not stains, how long has it been there?

[benyl]

brake cleaner.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by LilDrunkenSmurf
hahahaha YA... i wanna see mythbusters prove the "tornado" intake wrong while they're at it

They mentioned it but since it's so weak, they didn't even bother to test it. Just quote some EPA researches.

But they way to replace diesel with deep fryer oil was misleading. Yes, they get the Mercedes going but it's one sure way to screw your engine. Especially in cooler climates.

[TDA]

Hey, wondering what the OP eventually went with..and what worked best. I got an oil stain to clean up too...