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Removing stained tarmac driveway

Little help needed, I had some oil stains on my drive so used oven cleaner (read it was good online) and neat washing up liquid. The squiggly lines on the picture are from the neat washing up liquid and The two vertical marks side by side are feom the oven cleaner. I’ve tried scrubbing hosing down low pressure jet washing and nothing seems to be helping remove the marks from the oven cleaner and washing up liquid. Is there anything I can do and will these fade over time? Ive also attatched another picture of when it  was raining and the driveway was drying and you can see there still seems to be oil in the place 

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  • EssexExile
    EssexExile Posts: 6,533 Forumite
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    I'd just leave it. It's a drive, it'll get things dropped on it, stuff spilt on it, everything driven over it. That's the beauty of tarmac, it never looks pristine, it always looks practical.
    Tall, dark & handsome. Well two out of three ain't bad.
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,675 Forumite
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    I’d try lots more washing up liquid, diluted a bit, and scrubbed on with a broom. All over, so there’s less of a contrast between patches.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
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