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RiotGirl -> Transmission fluid! (5/4/2006 1:23:59 PM)

Hiya, i'm seriously getting pissed off with my driveway.  Master's car was leaking oil or transmission fluid and i CANT get it up!!!!!!  i've tried everything around me to do so.  Vineger and diet pepsi (eh, i misunderstood what my friend over in england was saying.. he ment baking soda.. heh), Grease lightening - two kinds i think.  Quick and bright.  Mold and stain remover.  Baking soda and grease lightening.  Baking soda, grease lightening, and mold and stain remover.  Goof off then goof off plus baking soda.  Erm a few other bottles i emptied as well.  Oh and a BIG scrub brush to get it all in and pressure washer.  Its like a brick drive way and although the stains arent coming up, i'm starting to chip away at the stones.  Kind of funny if you think about it.  BUT - its driving me nuts!  i've been at it two days now and i cant seem to get it out!  i've emptied bottles on the dang thing.. <sigh>!!!! 

Any suggestions?



brniidldy -> RE: Transmission fluid! (5/4/2006 1:27:42 PM)

Go to domdepote and get driveway cleaner.. 



BrutalAntipathy -> RE: Transmission fluid! (5/4/2006 1:30:39 PM)

Dish soap. Squirt it with dish washing soap, then blast it with a garden hose. If that doesn't do it, use more dish soap and scrub the soap in with a plastic scouring pad to emulsify it, then rinse it with water again.



Rule -> RE: Transmission fluid! (5/4/2006 2:14:06 PM)

Like dissolves in like. Oil will dissolve in fat. So use plain butter. Let it soak in a thin layer of butter for a time and most of it should come off. You probably will need to repeat that many times, but will take heart when you see that the used butter becomes stained. You may also try out olive oil or such (put a rim around it); just let it soak.

First apply it to one stone. If it works you may expand the process to other stones.

Also you could go to a used car yard and get some clean earth from next to an oil spill: there may be bacteria in it that eat the oil. Put the earth on the stains and hopefully after a couple of years the bacteria will have eaten them.

Or you could try putting fire to them. The oil should burn, but will probably leave burn stains.



Arpig -> RE: Transmission fluid! (5/4/2006 2:21:10 PM)

Butter? dish soap?...never would have thought of those. I was going to suggest TSP (Trisodium Phosphate)



pantyslave101 -> RE: Transmission fluid! (5/4/2006 2:31:49 PM)

get some cement and spred it on the stain dry then wash it off in about 2 days the stain should be as light as it is going to get



Rule -> RE: Transmission fluid! (5/4/2006 11:52:00 PM)

The suggestion of pantyslave101 makes sense chemically. The transmission fluid will be sucked up by the pores in the cement. Try that one first.



MissA -> RE: Transmission fluid! (5/5/2006 3:07:15 PM)

I know a lot of mechanics put down kitty litter to soak up oils and fluids. It might not work after the fact but you could do it next time to prevent a reoccurance. I'm not sure why it works but it does.

~Ms. A~



MsMacComb -> RE: Transmission fluid! (5/5/2006 3:19:26 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: MissA

I know a lot of mechanics put down kitty litter to soak up oils and fluids. It might not work after the fact but you could do it next time to prevent a reoccurance. I'm not sure why it works but it does.
~Ms. A~
 

You are correct. They sell some stuff thats very similar to kitty litter that you spread out, then rub/crush the little grains into the stain. It will remove a good part of it but if its actually stained deep, I don't think it will ever come out.



Wolf1020 -> RE: Transmission fluid! (5/5/2006 10:57:27 PM)

it aint a real driveway without a few stains [:D]



mistoferin -> RE: Transmission fluid! (5/6/2006 4:30:06 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: BrutalAntipathy
Dish soap. Squirt it with dish washing soap, then blast it with a garden hose. If that doesn't do it, use more dish soap and scrub the soap in with a plastic scouring pad to emulsify it, then rinse it with water again.


I agree with this one...Dawn dish soap is amazing stuff. I think I'd use hot water though.



ScooterTrash -> RE: Transmission fluid! (5/6/2006 5:43:54 AM)

Go to the hardware store (pervertable store) and get some mineral spirits. Pick up some floordry from the auto parts store, the kind that looks like kitty litter but is actually soda ash and clay. Soak down the stain with the mineral spirits, even rub it in with a broom if you want to get real serious, this loosens up the petroleum ingredients, then put a pile of the floordry on it. Let the floor dry soak up the liquid for a while then just start scuffing it into the concrete with your feet. Walk back and forth, grinding it into the the area where the stain is/was. Hell, act like your doing a Mexican hatdance just to make your neighbors think you've lost it..lol. Be wearing boots or something hard soled, not flip flops or sandals..lol. This should work the first time, but if it doesn't get it all the first time around, do it again. After you are done, just sweep the floordry off the drive, unless it is really saturated, then be kind to the environment and sweep it up and put it in the trash. I've worked in machine shops forever and we have used this method for years to get up everything from cutting oil to axle grease...it's just a time and patience thing. 
OH, the last tip..if it is synthetic (pay close attention here), put salt on it first...all the chemicals in the world have a bear of a time breaking down synthetics but if you use salt on it it almost disolves it instantly. Drag strips had to figure this one out after synthetic oils became popular.



MHOO314 -> RE: Transmission fluid! (5/6/2006 6:23:41 AM)

Clorox spray bleach.



Moloch -> RE: Transmission fluid! (5/6/2006 6:51:27 AM)

Or tell him to get a car with a manual transmission :) , those almost never leak



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