Tire marks on 1 year old driveway

here are some and after pictures






What was your method?

ZEP driveway and concrete cleaner, did not need degreaser. No spills

My client removed 10 trees from the property and made a mess, fresh tire tracks.

Bucket full of ZEP and foamer, it will just bubble, wait… surface cleaner.
then SH, to clean and remove built up, then just water… let dry.

Drove by today…

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Looks nice! Hey have a weird relationship with tire marks. Often times they wash right up with cold water no problem and other times they won’t budge. Had a job earlier this year the guys drive was only a year or 2 old so I couldn’t use a ton of pressure. A bob cat had driven on it while doing the landscaping. I was using hot water and a degreaser gold assassin. Even tried mixing my own strong hydroxide mix and nothing seemed to touch it. The customer was not impressed lol. Any thoughts?

this is is less than a year, but it was 8 or 10" with rebars, if that makes a difference no idea, not an expert.
My client, the tree removal, place a 10 ton crane, used a bobcat, tractors. He had to remove several trees
His client told him to just leave it, that it is not necessary to clean the marks, but my client wouldnt take it so he sent me. Most of the time it is tire marks with some hydraulic fluid. This time i was lucky and it was only tire marks

i used cold water only on this one.

It took me 4 hours

i always look at the driveways before doing any job to see if it is supperficial or not, recent or old, or just bled in. that way i could set the expectations.

I did not use EBC this time because i did not think it was necessary.
Never used F9 nor gold assassin.

in this case i did not mix the ZEP i used 9gl straight no soap, in a bucket and used a fomer ( i like them), the foamer allows it to buble and hold on top, instead of draining down a slope.

Used the surface cleaner, low pressure, 1500psi I believe.

Then straight SH 12gl to rinse all off, that is why it is white, Then just water

there where ofcourse some missing spots, from the SC and some lines.

the trick i use is that not all sections are cleaned in the same direction, some are horizontal, perpendicular and diagonal, to trick the eyesight.

Based on my experience, this time i did not need to use baking powder nor cat litter to scrub.

Hope this helps