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Anyone any tips on getting oil stains out of a brick type drive. I know petrol does the job but it is not a popular method with neighbours and propriety products don't shift the marks.
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Our method is to scrub in some good quality traffic film remover with a stiff yard brush and then give it a good blasting with the jet wash.
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I've just bought a bottle of Gunk Driveway Cleaner for that purpose (£3.50, I think). When I getroundtuit, I'll let you know if it works.
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I poured some white spirit on some gear oil I spilled a few months ago and it seemed to just vanish after leaving it on for 5 minutes or so. My guess is it soaked the oil into the brick. Worth a try.
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Mike Farrow
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Having tried some degreasing solvent a few years ago, it managed to take out the oil, but removed all the binding properties in the tarmac. So the moral is try a test area first!
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pmh (was peter)
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Any solvent should do the trick, such as white spirit, petroleum spirit, acetone etc. Failing these, rub some neat Fairy liquid in, then rinse, you could do a lot worse!
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Any solvent should do the trick, such as white spirit, petroleum spirit, acetone etc.
Might be fine on a brick surface, but I recently spilt some white spirit on the tarmac out the back of our house and you can still see where it landed.
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A good scrub with Fairy Liquid worked on my drive when it was concrete, but seems much less effective on brick.
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Coca Cola or Pepsi works quite well, needs to be nice & dry though and may need a few goes.
Jim
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