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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: vclean on November 18, 2014, 07:07:00 pm

Title: cleaning oil stains
Post by: vclean on November 18, 2014, 07:07:00 pm

hi all,

hope your doing good.

I have been asked to clean some oil stains that was split on saturday from a chainsaw.
would clean with a turbo nozzle suffice? if not what do you recommend?

thanks in advance

Title: Re: cleaning oil stains
Post by: Jettaway on November 18, 2014, 07:31:33 pm

Turbo won't get it out.
Soak up any wet excess oil with sand or sawdust.


Then apply a coat of Resiblock OR or OT8 and repeat as necessary.

Ideally hot wash off

Title: Re: cleaning oil stains
Post by: vclean on November 18, 2014, 07:53:55 pm

thanks for prompt reply which is best product to use resiblock or OT8? do you have to leave them along time?

would you clean the area first with pressure wash and then apply the remover?

Title: Re: cleaning oil stains
Post by: chris scott on November 18, 2014, 08:04:08 pm

Try pressure washing first...It's so dirty it "might" just be sat on top of the C  rap

Title: Re: cleaning oil stains
Post by: Rob@Blast off on November 18, 2014, 08:40:36 pm

Clean it first, apply Ot8, scrub then give it about 30mins to work it's magic then rinse.
Are you quoting fir the whole drive? As it will look silly with a clean patch.
Also where abouts are you based?

Title: Re: cleaning oil stains
Post by: vclean on November 18, 2014, 08:49:45 pm

hi blast off

thanks for reply, we are based in leicetershire.
yes i advised the whole drive would need cleaning...it would look very daft :)

Title: Re: cleaning oil stains
Post by: Rob@Blast off on November 18, 2014, 09:01:45 pm

No problem, was going to offer you some left over 0t8 but you're to far away
Are you keeping busy?

Title: Re: cleaning oil stains
Post by: vclean on November 18, 2014, 09:20:51 pm

That's very kind of you, thanks for offering.

For a new startup it's not too bad, I find it hard to market the services tho, not enough funds

I presume most find it difficult?

Title: Re: cleaning oil stains
Post by: Rob@Blast off on November 18, 2014, 10:33:09 pm

What advertising are you doing at the moment and have you got a website?

Title: Re: cleaning oil stains
Post by: vclean on December 01, 2014, 10:21:55 am

Hi blast off

Yeah I have a website and recently got some leaflets printed but that's all I have at the moment

Title: Re: cleaning oil stains
Post by: Rob@Blast off on December 01, 2014, 11:18:29 am

are you getting much work from the leaflets? as i put 3000 out and had maybe 7 calls off them.

Title: Re: cleaning oil stains
Post by: vclean on December 01, 2014, 11:26:23 am

well....i had 1000 printed and thought i would go round putting through letter boxes but omg its never ending so I have got in contact with a local free magazine that will distribute a 1000 for £40. so these going out in jan/feb so will see what comes back then

what else do you do?

Title: Re: cleaning oil stains
Post by: Rob@Blast off on December 01, 2014, 12:56:09 pm

I get a lot of my work through referrals but in the new year I'm going to try adwords, signs next to jobs, and maybe get the van stickered up but I have been putting it off as its a vivario and will probably break down as soon as its done  >:(