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onecallpowerw
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Depending on the size of the oil spot, 1 stick of good ol dynomite will do. Find your local quarry, sneak in late at night, MAKE SURE TO WEAR CAMO, find the explosives trailer and there ya go. For safety reasons, I would not remove stain with others around.
If done between the hours of 2:00am - 4:00am you should not need a permit.
NOTE: THE ABOVE POST DOES NOT REPRESENT OR REFLECT THE IDEAS OR TEACHINGS OF ONE CALL POWER WASH & FLEET SERVICE OF LUSBY, MARYLAND 20657 IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND IN THE COUNTY OF CALVERT.
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If done between the hours of 2:00am - 4:00am you should not need a permit.
NOTE: THE ABOVE POST DOES NOT REPRESENT OR REFLECT THE IDEAS OR TEACHINGS OF ONE CALL POWER WASH & FLEET SERVICE OF LUSBY, MARYLAND 20657 IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND IN THE COUNTY OF CALVERT.
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OrangeCrest
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LMAO!! Yeah, I didn't read that one in your book Cody, something to add?
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OrangeCrest
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Actually I think you maybe able to start 15-20 minutes early, with all the drunks on the road about that time.
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OrangeCrest
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I use Goof-Off and scrub it down as well as I can and then hit it with the hottest water possible. I then tell the people that the sun will probably bake the rest out in a couple off weeks and don't park a leaking vehicle on the driveway without a drip pan, LOL!!
Well, if I know the person really well I tell them that last part.
I tried a cocktail once that worked, don't know what really worked within the cocktail, because when I subtract one of the ingrediants, it doesn't work. So, it really is just hit and miss.
Good luck...
Well, if I know the person really well I tell them that last part.
I tried a cocktail once that worked, don't know what really worked within the cocktail, because when I subtract one of the ingrediants, it doesn't work. So, it really is just hit and miss.
Good luck...
<font color=e87400>I may be mistaken here but,, I think that it isn't going to come up. You can get the surface oil off temporarily & you can lighten the stain, but it is there to stay. You can use virtually any decent quality degreaser, even something as simple as Purple Stuff which you can get at Discount Auto parts. The stain is deep into the concrete. I have verified this before by retrieving a piece of concrete from a driveway tearout. The piece I retrieved I cut into & the stain was 3" in to the piece. The driveway was not that old either maybe 5 years. I would assume that on an old driveway the stain is all the way through & has turned the soil underneath into a nice oily mess.
I have cleaned these stains before & not had a vehicle parked on the area again for sometime & seen the stain I had lightened actually grow darker in a few weeks. It appears that the oil actually leeches back to the surface. I don't understand what about the oils charactaristics make this happen or the physics behind this, but it happened. I'd guess it has to do with the oil heating & cooling with day & night
I disclose this because I figure that seeing that happen, nothing will ever actually remove driveway oil stains. Hopefully I'm wrong, it would be great to get them up, you could make a bundle. I do recall once seeing a driveway in my old neighborhood that was thrashed & then one day it looked great. By thrashed I do mean thrashed too, the people who had lived there would rip down engines in the driveway & just let the dirty oil run down it, made quite a mess. I stopped to find out how they had gotten it so clean but it was new residents & they said it was like that when they moved in recently.
The best way to handle them is to stain the driveway with a high grade concrete stain. Preferrable prior to the driveways ever getting the first oil stain on them. A good quality stain won't allow the oil to penetrate to begin with & any oil that does drip on it can be easily cleaned away.
I've tried a least a hundred different chems, from high caustic chems & nasty acids, to the eco-friendly enzymes formulated & used for the Exxon Valdez oil spill to try to make a difference with no real super impressive results. I can often get it pretty light, but it's always still there.
Only suggestion I can give is to let the degreased have some dwell time & then hit it really hot.
GL
Cody</font>
I have cleaned these stains before & not had a vehicle parked on the area again for sometime & seen the stain I had lightened actually grow darker in a few weeks. It appears that the oil actually leeches back to the surface. I don't understand what about the oils charactaristics make this happen or the physics behind this, but it happened. I'd guess it has to do with the oil heating & cooling with day & night
I disclose this because I figure that seeing that happen, nothing will ever actually remove driveway oil stains. Hopefully I'm wrong, it would be great to get them up, you could make a bundle. I do recall once seeing a driveway in my old neighborhood that was thrashed & then one day it looked great. By thrashed I do mean thrashed too, the people who had lived there would rip down engines in the driveway & just let the dirty oil run down it, made quite a mess. I stopped to find out how they had gotten it so clean but it was new residents & they said it was like that when they moved in recently.
The best way to handle them is to stain the driveway with a high grade concrete stain. Preferrable prior to the driveways ever getting the first oil stain on them. A good quality stain won't allow the oil to penetrate to begin with & any oil that does drip on it can be easily cleaned away.
I've tried a least a hundred different chems, from high caustic chems & nasty acids, to the eco-friendly enzymes formulated & used for the Exxon Valdez oil spill to try to make a difference with no real super impressive results. I can often get it pretty light, but it's always still there.
Only suggestion I can give is to let the degreased have some dwell time & then hit it really hot.
GL
Cody</font>
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OrangeCrest
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O.K....
I am not suggesting anyone else try this, so I am not responsible if someone blows himself or herself up, even though that shouldn't happen doing this.
We are professionals; don't try this at home...
One day I had to get up some oil stains from a couple of garages, failure wasn't an option. The super said I had to get it up and I didn't get any help or valid suggestion when I asked so I made up a cocktail of chems because everything else failed.
I took mineral sprits, turpentine, citric acid, and some brown powder from Delco, some yellow powder from Delco, and water to get the citric and powders to activate. I shook them for around 2-minutes until they were basically as one. I applied it to the oil stains expecting nothing.
I let it sit for about 5-minutes, scubing it a couple of times and then with the hottest water I could get from the pressure washer, rinsed it off as well as I could.
Boom!! It was gone!! Dried the exact same color as the cement.
I tried to subtract a chemical here and there to see which one was really doing the work, but every time I did, it wouldn't work.
I never got called back and the super was really satisfied with the results.
Oil being a petroleum product and using other petroleum products to fight it was probably what lifted it, the soap dissolving the lifted matter and I guess the acid doing its thing all worked hand and hand; who really knows, I was just happy to get the heck out of there before it came back.
I am not suggesting anyone else try this, so I am not responsible if someone blows himself or herself up, even though that shouldn't happen doing this.
We are professionals; don't try this at home...
One day I had to get up some oil stains from a couple of garages, failure wasn't an option. The super said I had to get it up and I didn't get any help or valid suggestion when I asked so I made up a cocktail of chems because everything else failed.
I took mineral sprits, turpentine, citric acid, and some brown powder from Delco, some yellow powder from Delco, and water to get the citric and powders to activate. I shook them for around 2-minutes until they were basically as one. I applied it to the oil stains expecting nothing.
I let it sit for about 5-minutes, scubing it a couple of times and then with the hottest water I could get from the pressure washer, rinsed it off as well as I could.
Boom!! It was gone!! Dried the exact same color as the cement.
I tried to subtract a chemical here and there to see which one was really doing the work, but every time I did, it wouldn't work.
I never got called back and the super was really satisfied with the results.
Oil being a petroleum product and using other petroleum products to fight it was probably what lifted it, the soap dissolving the lifted matter and I guess the acid doing its thing all worked hand and hand; who really knows, I was just happy to get the heck out of there before it came back.
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OrangeCrest
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That's why I gave the disclaimer at the beginning, LOL!!
As I wrote, if I excluded one of the chemicals, it didn't do the job. It only worked if all the chemicals were together. None of the ingredients I mentioned above could have a violent reaction with each other or produce a gas/fumes.
I’m not saying it can’t happen, chemistry is one of my favorite subjects, so I know if the wrong ingredients were to tangle there can be deadly consequences, but in this case, it was harmless.
Also, the degreaser isn’t going to pull anything from the cement, only at the surface.
As for HF, that can be a nasty, nasty acid… I don’t think anyone can understate the dangers of using/misusing this acid.
As I wrote, if I excluded one of the chemicals, it didn't do the job. It only worked if all the chemicals were together. None of the ingredients I mentioned above could have a violent reaction with each other or produce a gas/fumes.
I’m not saying it can’t happen, chemistry is one of my favorite subjects, so I know if the wrong ingredients were to tangle there can be deadly consequences, but in this case, it was harmless.
Also, the degreaser isn’t going to pull anything from the cement, only at the surface.
As for HF, that can be a nasty, nasty acid… I don’t think anyone can understate the dangers of using/misusing this acid.
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OrangeCrest
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LOL!!
Many years ago, I managed a self-service gas station in Milwaukee. We had a diesel pump that was always overflowing. One day while spreading the kitty litter, I realized that by grinding it in, it worked really well. When ground, it turns talc-like and gets deeper into the "pores" of the concrete.
Its not a practical solution for large areas, but it does work.
Its not a practical solution for large areas, but it does work.