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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Blast Off Stoke on June 01, 2010, 04:21:44 pm

Title: removing oil from tarmac
Post by: Blast Off Stoke on June 01, 2010, 04:21:44 pm

Im sure this has been covered b4 but cant find anything in the search.
What is the best product / way of removing oil stains from tarmac,going to look at a job soon with a stain on although not sure how old the stain is  ???

Title: Re: removing oil from tarmac
Post by: kordun on June 01, 2010, 04:49:17 pm

http://www.oiltechnics.co.uk/DrivewayCleaning/Tarmac.asp

Title: Re: removing oil from tarmac
Post by: Blast Off Stoke on June 01, 2010, 04:57:51 pm

Is this good stuff and does it remove all of the stain or leave a ghosting where its been ?

Title: Re: removing oil from tarmac
Post by: kordun on June 01, 2010, 07:08:16 pm

I used their other product for removing oil from block paving and it removed everything. Never cleaned oil from tarmac so can’t tell if its good or not.

Title: Re: removing oil from tarmac
Post by: BDCS on June 01, 2010, 07:58:24 pm

You will not remove the stain from tarmac as the oil will have cleaned the old layer from the top, you will have to clean the remainder to look like the stain. Treat the stain with a detergent, enzyme or the like but do not use a solvant then clean the rest. The oil will, if its been there for a while have removed the bitumin and the surface will need to be recovered.

Title: Re: removing oil from tarmac
Post by: mark.laycock1@ntlw on June 04, 2010, 05:51:08 pm

bdcs,

i have nine spots of oil on tarmac to clean off what do you reconmend? its for bmw a customer brought a car and its leaked on there drive.

Title: Re: removing oil from tarmac
Post by: BDCS on June 04, 2010, 09:04:12 pm

Scrub bio washing liquid into the area with a deck scrubber and the clean the entire drive, give it a week and you won't see it

Title: Re: removing oil from tarmac
Post by: mark.laycock1@ntlw on June 06, 2010, 05:29:41 pm

hi bdcs,

thanks for that.mark

Title: Re: removing oil from tarmac
Post by: drive surgeon on June 07, 2010, 08:22:49 pm

did it work mark?   washing up liquid?  is that the best on tarmac?

Title: Re: removing oil from tarmac
Post by: Blast Off Stoke on June 07, 2010, 09:17:06 pm

Have just recieved some bio ta from oiltechnics
will report back if it works.

thanks for the input

Title: Re: removing oil from tarmac
Post by: mark.laycock1@ntlw on June 07, 2010, 09:23:43 pm

hi have they a website?

Title: Re: removing oil from tarmac
Post by: BDCS on June 07, 2010, 09:30:21 pm

http://www.oiltechnics.co.uk/Oil_Stains/BlockDrives/index.html

Title: Re: removing oil from tarmac
Post by: mark.laycock1@ntlw on June 08, 2010, 08:21:16 am

thanks,

does it mean no washing after you have put it down.

Title: Re: removing oil from tarmac
Post by: BDCS on June 08, 2010, 08:24:42 am

no it will remove the oil but you will have to wash to even the colour up