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So the dreaded phone call happened. My real estate wants to do another inspection.
My mums car has been leaking oil on my driveway whenever she comes over so now theres a big stain and i know they go ape over that kind of stuff.
Whats the best way to get rid of it?
If it is pooled you can use kitty litter (just the cheapo stuff) and grind it in (pop some boots on first) and then maybe some dishwashing detergent with a wire broom/brush.
There are commercial products you can buy at Mitre 10/Bunnings too.
Good luck!
Try truck wash and warm water :) if you can get a hold of a gerny, gerny it first pour some truck wash on it scrub it with a broom and then gerny again thats what we do :)
Yep, I was going to suggest exactly what Mak said. We've had great success with that.
if its concreet. paint thinner. DH did that to a oil stain we had it made most of it come off. the rest came off with a broom...
i've been told that coca cola does the trick
but i've never tried it myself so i cant speak from experience.
Thanks ladies.
I will give some of these a try.
Yep, kitty litter is great. We use to use it at work for all the oil stains from the Trucks.
that was what i was gonna say!:
Petrol works well too we had a MASSIVE oil spill on our driveway (about 5 litres :o) and its almost completely gone.
just pour on, scrub well with a broom and rinse with the hose.
HTH :)
Don't use coke. I tried it and it actually it made it slightly worse
I think I'll try some truck wash myself
I use degreaser :) If the stains are old u might have to do it a couple times.
My sump plug was leaking and didnt notice for a few weeks, I used degreaser, gave it a scrub with a hard broom and hosed the excess off. Worked a treat :)
I used talcum powder, it soaked everything up and the rest came off with a broom and a good scrub
oooooh i love the talc powder idea, i might give that a go in future if i need it :-) thanks pandora!
Bicarb is meant to be able to get it off too. It tells you on the box.
Good luck :)
I've used bicarb. Its sposed to absorb it. Didn't work to great, but we probably didn't do it right. Didn't put in a huge effort.
Let us know what works though :)
My oil stains are dry so I'm still trying to find out how to get old stains out.
I'm the same as DaniellaBella, got older stains in our garage (so its on concrete). Anyone know any ideas? We tried degreaser, it didn't really work.
Lol is there anything bicarb can't do?!?!:
Can you just leave a car parked on top of the stain while they do the inspection? That way you don't have to panic too much if you can't get it off now, and can work on it over the next few months? We had some on our driveway, I think DF sprayed some degreaser on them and gave them a half-hearted hose and a scrub with a broom. I think they faded somewhat, but when we moved in there were oil stains there anyway so i don't think he worried about them too much! Lol
well its a bit exxy but high pressure water blasting does the trick (my dad does it for a living but sorry we r in WA), depends how old it is, he says if its fresh then u shud be able to use degreaser but old stains need water blasting.
also a good idea to invest in a drip tray hun (they sell them at super cheap auto etc) to go under the car and catch the oil leaks ...they look like a big baking tray... HTH