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12-11-2005, 09:43 AM
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My brother kicked over a qt of gear oil on the driveway, what can I buy to clean that up with and where can I get it? Homedepot ? I dont have a pressure washer.
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12-11-2005, 09:49 AM
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soak up what you can with kitty litter/stay dri or use a paper towle. Now get some purple power (@Home Depot/Lowes/Auto part store) and spray the spill. Scrub with a brush if you want and hose off. That's what we use here at work and it works great.
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12-11-2005, 09:57 AM
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Thanks bud
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12-11-2005, 10:00 AM
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I will agree with dirtbag. Purple Power seems to work pretty good.
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12-11-2005, 10:26 AM
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back when we lived in california we had a concrete driveway and we got some oil stains on it, we went somwhere i dont remember and bought this industrial acid, it took it right off, but its so nasty, like if you breathe it in your nose lungs and throat burns like hell, but it does a damn good job cleaning.
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12-11-2005, 11:08 AM
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muriadic acid (also at Home Depot/Lowes) is used for cleaning brick/concrete and for ecthing concrete before painting/sealing. Foul smelling stuff and Purple Power can clean just about anything.
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12-11-2005, 02:30 PM
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I have always pressure washed it and them got some mortar mix and sprincked it around and got it damn. Let it sit for about 30 mins and rinsed it off. Good as new 
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12-11-2005, 02:42 PM
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x2 on the purple power, enough of it will definatly get the job done. I wouldnt use the acid though... thats an accident waiting to happen.
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12-11-2005, 04:59 PM
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USE THE ACID its cool,no really the acid is for more of a general cleaning-brightening of the surface. I use brake cleaner as an all-pourpose solvent if the surface is somewhat smooth
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12-11-2005, 05:05 PM
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Get the acid, but be careful mean stuff. Cut it with water 4:1 and it will eat anything off concrete. I believe they have it in the pool supplys at Lowes and Home Depot.
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12-11-2005, 05:53 PM
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They've got some garage/floor cleaner at O'Reillys in the chemical aisle...
And on a side note, when I had my intake cleaned in preparation for the new motor, the guys poured some basic solution on it to clean....and it started to melt the concrete. Powerful stuff.
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12-11-2005, 06:21 PM
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any advice on taking concrete off of my jeep. the f-in city borke up and re-poured the sidewalk next to my jeep, and got it all over the rear. It looks like some of it is crumbling off, but didnt know if there are any better tecniques.
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12-11-2005, 06:24 PM
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I've always had good luck with 'Oil Eater'.
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12-11-2005, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by TellyDSP
any advice on taking concrete off of my jeep. the f-in city borke up and re-poured the sidewalk next to my jeep, and got it all over the rear. It looks like some of it is crumbling off, but didnt know if there are any better tecniques.
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Have you tried to just pressure wash it off?
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12-11-2005, 08:11 PM
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My old XJ was nicknamed "Spot" because it would mark its territory wherever it was parked. After about a year I had a 2' diameter oil stain in my driveway. Bought a jug of Oil Eater. Soaked the spot for about 30 minutes and then hit it with my pressure washer.
Then I had to do the rest of the driveway because I had one bright clean spot 
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