I have a repeat customer coming up that asked if I could try to get some driveway oil stains up. I got a gallon of Zep purple degreaser, plan to start with 50:50, brush, dwell and surface clean cold water.
Am I on the right track or is there something better I can purchase locally?
I’ve had good luck on recent stains (less then 8 hours) with oil-dri and zep orange degreaser… but anything that’s been sitting a while hot water and caustic soda beads are the way to go from my understanding.
Zep orange, should I take the purple back?
I don’t recall what the difference is between the two, but at the time I was dealing with tire marks and fresh oil droplets on new concrete and went with orange. I think maybe orange had more butyl in it, and it definitely smelled better.
no zep ever again for me. use Gold Assassin.
Where can i get that locally?
I’ve found that floor dry for a day first is the best way. Grind it into the concrete with your boot real good, then leave it for a day. Sweep it up, degreaser of your choice and wash.
Hot water and good degreaser ……it will lighten it but doubt you’ll ever get the “shade” out. I’ve never have and I use hot water. Most oil stains been there awhile……new ones you can get out majority.
Go get some of the BD-200 from Russ.
I might have some in the garage, really only tried it on gutter stripes
anything to it with that stuff BD200? no disclaimers lol. Ive never used it myself.
Ok tried Zep Citrus, not much happened. BD-20 (not 200), nothing. I think it’s just too deep in the aggregate at this point.
Yeah…pretty tough as time goes by. Just sets in……you tried.
For the record, LA Awesome at 50/50 has worked very well for me on gutter stripes. It’s my go to. LA + Green brush + extension pole.
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming…
Does it take the paint off?
poulticing is your only other option then, and there is no guarantee it will work.
I use watered down acids on the really bad gutters. I do brush almost all my gutters, just a run through after HW mix soak with my brush and 20’ pole. Have to do it, HW doesn’t seem to cut through the chimney crud that sticks on some of them. It’s either oil, coal, wood, or pellets. If HW didn’t work, normally the acid does. I think someone recommended d-limonene before too. I have a house I do every year, and the gutters are black every year. I noticed that the acid is having a diminishing return and very slight tiger stripes are still appearing ( I notice it but the homeowner is always happy). Most of the marketed products either contain acids or sodium hydroxide.
Zep Orange works really well, no paint issues (make sure it is d limonene based, just in case there is another zep orange I don’t know about)
i spilled bleach(crushed bottle) in my suv once. I think it was the pool essentials. Not sure, but it could have been the cheap family dollar bleach too. anyway, i sopped it up as much as I could and then applied baking soda all on it to dry it even more-so. It worked so so good. It looked brand new. Ive seen a product use a similar technique and it too worked superb. Id be inclined to try wetting the area, then apply the baking soda, then cover with plastic for a day. remove and let dry. Maybe try on your own driveway 1st. I will experiment on my own soon then report back.
Thats the ingredient I was thinking of, it works really well to remove tire rubber (butyl?)
oh, to clarify, the product I was.mentioning above in my comment was made specifically for oil stains,.but same method
