Oil stains in driveway

[*LittleMissSummer*]

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?

[Mak]

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!

[Miss K]

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

[~Kim~]

Yep, I was going to suggest exactly what Mak said. We've had great success with that.

[Dansta]

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...

[Peg]

i've been told that coca cola does the trick

but i've never tried it myself so i cant speak from experience.

[*LittleMissSummer*]

Thanks ladies.

I will give some of these a try.

[nic]

Yep, kitty litter is great. We use to use it at work for all the oil stains from the Trucks.

[HotI]

i've been told that coca cola does the trick

but i've never tried it myself so i cant speak from experience.

that was what i was gonna say!

[Calluna]

Petrol works well too we had a MASSIVE oil spill on our driveway (about 5 litres ) and its almost completely gone.

just pour on, scrub well with a broom and rinse with the hose.

HTH

[danniellabella]

Don't use coke. I tried it and it actually it made it slightly worse
I think I'll try some truck wash myself

[MissM]

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

[Pandora]

I used talcum powder, it soaked everything up and the rest came off with a broom and a good scrub

[MissM]

oooooh i love the talc powder idea, i might give that a go in future if i need it :-) thanks pandora!

[~Trish~]

Bicarb is meant to be able to get it off too. It tells you on the box.

Good luck

[~clover~]

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

[danniellabella]

My oil stains are dry so I'm still trying to find out how to get old stains out.

[Indadhanu]

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.