Cleaning oil on Asphalt and concrete?

[Al D]

Is there a product sold in this store to clean oil stains off concrete and asphalt driveways? I looked in the product selection and did a search, but can't find anything.
Thanks in Advance.
Al

 

[Bill D]

For concrete you can try Pour n Restore I don’t know if it works on asphalt though.

 

[Bill1234]

Family in construction would use cat litter and simple green often

 

[MIsnowman]

We use stoddard solvent and oil dry (clay cat little also works) to clean oil stains off the concrete floor in our farm shop. Pour the solvent onto the oil spot, agitate with an old stiff bristle broom then put down some oil dry to soak up the solvent. Sweep that up and then apply another light sprinkle of oil dry and sweep that back and forth over the area putting some pressure on the broom. This helps remove any remaining solvent. We usually only clean the whole floor about once a year, but it looks like fresh poured concrete when we’re done.

Sorry don’t have any experience with asphalt.

 

[Sleper]

I have had some good luck with oven cleaner. only issue is it leaves a clean spot.

 

[2black1s]

All good suggestions so far. Here's how I've done it...

I've used both Mineral Spirits and the Gunk noted above as the first "solvent" step for concrete. You have to be careful using solvents on asphalt though. You might want to skip the solvent altogether on asphalt and go straight to the detergent in the next step.

Rinse away the solvent (or soak it up with oil dry) and follow that up with Tide laundry detergent. Scrub well and rinse.

Finally, once dry, sprinkle some oil dry (or cat litter) over the area and crush it into the area using a 2x4 block in a scrubbing motion. Leave that there until the rain washes it away or hose it away after a few days. Done!

 

[PaulMys]

Yes, I read your article about how you can make money in this business, and I liked it. Now I earn and save money, and in the future, I will open my own business, which you advised, especially since you say that there is already the first earnings. By the way, I got a job as an employee at the pressure washing service Residential & Commercial Pressure Washing Services Atlanta, Tucker, GA, can you imagine? And I did it to find out as much as possible about this work. To get as much knowledge and experience as possible, I think it will be helpful to me when I start a similar business.

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[bcgreen]

Will all these suggestions work on oil on asphalt that has been there a few mos?

 

[Bosko]

Will all these suggestions work on oil on asphalt that has been there a few mos?

Do you have a power washer?
That will be your best bet....scrub it with some Dawn dish soap and then blast it off