# Cleaning up sloppy asphalt?

**URL:** <https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/cleaning-up-sloppy-asphalt/41242>\
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**Created:** [October 28, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/cleaning-up-sloppy-asphalt/41242 "2026-10-28T13:23:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Corbin](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/user_avatar/pressurewashingresource.com/corbin/32/46613_2.png) [@Corbin](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/Corbin)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/cleaning-up-sloppy-asphalt/41242/1 "2026-10-28T13:23:34Z")

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Prospect reached out to me about cleaning up the… I know it’s not called “overspray,” but I don’t know what else to call it… Left behind from this asphalt job. The asphalt was applied 2 weeks ago. How would you go about removing this? Turbo nozzle?

 ![70bb91fb8071375da7a4c57beb1d0e05544a3b4b-6](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/uploads/default/original/3X/2/6/264a2630e462d6fbddc7f320a06b9904a78ed918.jpeg)

 ![70bb91fb8071375da7a4c57beb1d0e05544a3b4b-1](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/uploads/default/original/3X/f/0/f0c8e6ecea6b529dc9563ad5ff89b9c587974019.jpeg)

 ![70bb91fb8071375da7a4c57beb1d0e05544a3b4b-2](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/uploads/default/original/3X/e/8/e85076059191c3cdd0a748e3c2b88932dc6d5b08.jpeg)

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 ![70bb91fb8071375da7a4c57beb1d0e05544a3b4b-7](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/uploads/default/original/3X/0/6/06aeb38fa5ebc5530a537046f2fb593ba58a298e.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![mwpws](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/user_avatar/pressurewashingresource.com/mwpws/32/33836_2.png) [@mwpws](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/mwpws)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/cleaning-up-sloppy-asphalt/41242/2 "2026-10-28T17:15:32Z")

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Find out where the local paving companies get their supplies and there will be a chemical that removes that tack. I did this same thing earlier this year and it came out great

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**Author:** ![mwpws](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/user_avatar/pressurewashingresource.com/mwpws/32/33836_2.png) [@mwpws](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/mwpws)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/cleaning-up-sloppy-asphalt/41242/3 "2026-10-28T17:17:49Z")

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This picture shows the tack once i applied the chem and then the after

 ![image](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/uploads/default/original/3X/8/2/828502610a66d8263f40f514bd00aaeb9ce770ea.jpeg)

 ![image](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/uploads/default/original/3X/7/c/7c621857eecbf042dfae4e9d2dd7a4f900446928.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Corbin](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/user_avatar/pressurewashingresource.com/corbin/32/46613_2.png) [@Corbin](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/Corbin)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/cleaning-up-sloppy-asphalt/41242/4 "2026-10-28T17:29:27Z")

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Wow, that’s incredible. What chemical did you use?

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**Author:** ![mwpws](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/user_avatar/pressurewashingresource.com/mwpws/32/33836_2.png) [@mwpws](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/mwpws)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/cleaning-up-sloppy-asphalt/41242/5 "2026-10-28T19:05:29Z")

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I don’t remember the name. I just went into the place and asked for tack remover

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**Author:** ![Nickski](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/edb3f5/32.png) [@Nickski](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/Nickski)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/cleaning-up-sloppy-asphalt/41242/6 "2026-10-28T19:12:41Z")

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Not the most eco-friendly, or legal, but gas would work great for this!

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**Author:** ![OhioFloMo](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/user_avatar/pressurewashingresource.com/ohioflomo/32/44431_2.png) [@OhioFloMo](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/OhioFloMo)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 12:54am UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/cleaning-up-sloppy-asphalt/41242/7 "2026-10-29T00:54:14Z")

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Cold water or did you use hot?

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**Author:** ![mwpws](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/user_avatar/pressurewashingresource.com/mwpws/32/33836_2.png) [@mwpws](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/mwpws)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/cleaning-up-sloppy-asphalt/41242/8 "2026-10-30T01:06:15Z")

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Just cold water. That chem did 99% of the work