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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: creighton foyle on July 13, 2014, 06:54:21 pm

Title: oil stain on block paving
Post by: creighton foyle on July 13, 2014, 06:54:21 pm

sorry if this has been covered before, need a product to help remove / fade an oil stain on block paving.
can anyone advise me please

Title: Re: oil stain on block paving
Post by: Smudger on July 13, 2014, 07:11:09 pm

I use ot8

Apply before pressure washing leave for 20 mins, wash - stain gone

Darran

Title: Re: oil stain on block paving
Post by: Jettaway on July 13, 2014, 07:14:16 pm

I sont personally ratebthe ot8
 Used it as a re branded SmartSeal deal and I could barely ever get a stain out with it
Even tried leaving it for a week covered in a tarp.

Title: Re: oil stain on block paving
Post by: Smudger on July 13, 2014, 07:21:54 pm

Jet how did you use it?

My first use was for a single block where my van had dripped on a customers drive
I applied it, scrubbed it, rinsed it and the stain was still there. Took 3 attempts.

But apply and scrub before PW ing the area and it comes out completely every time


Darran

Title: Re: oil stain on block paving
Post by: Jettaway on July 13, 2014, 07:26:35 pm

Pre wet. Apply, leave 20 minutes, rinse off. Apply, cover in tarp, leave a week . pressure wash. Still there.

I am right in assuming SmartSeal oil remover is ot8. 

Title: Re: oil stain on block paving
Post by: Smudger on July 13, 2014, 07:29:26 pm

Don't think so this is what I use

http://www.oiltechnics.co.uk/Oil_Stains/BlockDrives/OT8.html

By the way I don't pre wet area

Title: Re: oil stain on block paving
Post by: Smudger on July 13, 2014, 07:32:59 pm

Smartseal sounds similar stuff @ 1/2 the price  :-\

Either a copy or it's watered down ot8 or oil technics just charge double.... ???

Darran

Title: Re: oil stain on block paving
Post by: Jettaway on July 13, 2014, 07:37:21 pm

How much do you pay for ot8. Might try some genuine stuff. Ive used ot tarmac stuff, got the oil out but only left the etching.

Title: Re: oil stain on block paving
Post by: Smudger on July 13, 2014, 08:49:43 pm

£35 for 5 ltrs

Still got half left done approx 7 jobs with it

Darran

Title: Re: oil stain on block paving
Post by: kordun on July 13, 2014, 10:26:21 pm

smartseal just buys ot8 and puts it in their own canister and their label, like all other their products
i bought 5L can from them years ago it was only called oil remover on their website and label on canister.
i removed their label and below that was ot8 original label

that time it work well for me, oil splattered all over driveway, i wet driveway applied ot8 and 30min later pressure washed it. every single drop of oil removed

Title: Re: oil stain on block paving
Post by: wpclean on July 13, 2014, 11:27:16 pm

I have used OT8 on a few jobs, and it has worked well, I usually soak the surface with the stuff, and  scrub  with a stiff nylon brush, and repeat a few times, then pressure wash.

Title: Re: oil stain on block paving
Post by: Griffus on July 14, 2014, 04:38:03 pm

OT8 works fine on BP.

Obviously, the newer the stain, the more chance of success.

Title: Re: oil stain on block paving
Post by: creighton foyle on July 14, 2014, 07:31:50 pm

thank you guys thats a big help.