[DaveQ]

Anyone know how to clean oil stains from a cobblelock driveway?

Any special home made concoctions or is the stuff in the shops the best to use?

 

[Trevor]

QUOTE (DaveQ @ Jan 25 2006, 11:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Anyone know how to clean oil stains from a cobblelock driveway?

Any special home made concoctions or is the stuff in the shops the best to use?

Lime can be good to soak it up.

 

[Oisin]

Try saw dust then coat it wit baby oil. Itll drive it down into the cracks!

 

[8valve]

Gunk do a great driveway cleaner, works very well.
Pour it on, agitate with a brush, and hose away.

 

[markmcie]

If its being there for a few days and its dried in then you may aswell forget about it. Very stubbron to remove from cobblelock.

 

[fendervg]

Buy a bag of washing soda in the Supermarket and mix it with hot water and then use that to scrub it off with a deck brush - I've found that it works for me.

 

[Geo]

There's some stuff that my landlord uses to get rid of the oil stains that I continually leave on the driveway, must find out what it is cos it works very well

 

[DaveQ]

Cheers lads, ill try all of those suggestions, if I can't get rid of it she'll kill me!

 

[VwDan]

I clean mine with the power washer

 

[Plane]

Few months and your wrecking the place already! I bet Laura is well pleased.
What I do is dry up any excess with tissue and put plenty of undiluted washing up liquidon it and leave it. Then wash away a day or so later. Washing up liquid disolves oil (you see people doing it on canals when twats spill diesel from there boats).
Dont use a power washer as it will blast out the fine sand in between the cobbles.

 

[DaveQ]

I tried to convince her it wasn't me and one patch was there already and the other was her car

Didn't work!

 

[Steve]

QUOTE (8valve @ Jan 25 2006, 11:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Gunk do a great driveway cleaner, works very well.
Pour it on, agitate with a brush, and hose away.

That stuff is the business, I also found that a wire brush was a great help, but that was when removing oil stains from a concrete drive, would be cautious about using it on cobbles

 

[bucks]

Try Coca - Cola, you'd be surprised what that stuff can do..

 

[Rapidude]

Mythbusters tried all the coke myths last weekend... Ie Cleaning the rings/coins/toilet etc. Didnt work!

 

[98MK1]

Try washing up liquid (Fairy!!)and water....and a bit of elbo greece...... It works for me.
"Hands that do driveways la la laa laa laa....."

 

[8valve]

QUOTE (98MK1 @ Jan 30 2006, 07:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>"Hands that do driveways la la laa laa laa....."

ROFL!

 

[jimmylin]

Cement~~?