Oil spills removal

Richard53

chris0147 wrote: »

does the gunk have the acid in it and will they help to get rid of the rust and oil stains?

if not how about a little bit of petrol if it would help?

Don't think it has any acid in it. AFAIK it is just a general degreaser and cleaner, and any oil spills I have used it with have ended up cleaned to a satisfactory degree - i.e. not perfect, but good enough for a driveway unless you are married to Hyacinth Bucket.


Coca-Cola contains phosphoric acid, which is the active ingredient in rust treatments like Kurust and Jenolite, so Coke might be able to remove a rust stain. Try it and report back


If there is actual wet oil there (as opposed to a dry stain), then spreading cat litter on it and leaving for a day or two would absorb the worst.

coolagarry

What type of drive is it?
I spilt some oil on a tarmac drive some years ago. Removed it with Gunk but it came back. I got in touch with some tarmac national body and they told me that oil spilled on tarmac can never be cured... it will always go 'wet' again. The only cure is to dig out the damaged tarmac and replace it with good.

Strider590

Managed to steam clean my concrete garage floor quite effectively using a hand held steam cleaner from Aldi.

bobbertandsammy

There are youtube videos of people cleaning it up with coke so it seems to work. I have used Gunk in the past and its great for this.

chris0147

Thanks for the help guys. I'm not sure what cleaning product I need to go with.

Have a look at this:




Can you please let me know what I might need?

Rolandtheroadie

Go to Aldi/lidl, buy their cheap washing powder (Formil?) and scatter it over it all.
Then get a hard brush, and with a little bit water, give it a good rub in then leave it for a while.

Probably cost a couple of pounds max to try it.