[Simon@arenaclean]

Just booked a late job for Thurs, full house and carpets but they want me sweep garage but there is an oil stain where the tenant has parked their car in the garage. Can anyone suggest a way of getting rid of it?  Said i'd try but they are not expecting much. About the size of small plate.

Cheers
Simon

[colin thomas]

i have bought specilised oil removers in the past which have done zilch, nano, nought and nothing, why not try a can of degreaser for cleaning car engines or even spray on some WD40, that gets the diesel stains off the side of my van where i fill up!

colin

[Simon@arenaclean]

I will try it, anything else?

[John Kelly]

Mix some White Spirit with washing up liquid to form a gel. Agitate this in with a stiff brush and allow to dwell for about 15 minutes then wash off. It will remove the thick of it but it is hard to remove the staining from concrete. Virtually nothing will shift synthetic oil totally.

[derek west]

i know absolutely nothing about this, but if i had to have a go, i'd try swarfega with agitation.
ya never know, might work.
derek

[The Great One]

Hi

If it is concrete then it is a porous surface and will have penetrated.

You can take the top of it off with a solvent (WD40) scrub as much as you can and then soak up with paper towels, sand, or an absorbent powder.

Regards

Martin

[Jim Gibbard]

Put a mat over it : or spray it with concrete coloured paint :

Seriously, I used to use a product called "Farm Clean"  it digested animal fats, oils etc; it worked really well.
Unfortunately I believe it fell foul of health and safety regulations and was banned - Spoilsports

Now, I would perhaps try a cocktail of swarfega and grease-away. I'd also put it on the stain

Jim G

[John Kelly]

Swarfega is white spirit and detergent.

[Simon@arenaclean]

Thanks for the suggestions I have a small one here i will have a practice.

Cheers
simon

[robert meldrum]

I forget what it's called, but there's a product in powder form, which I think is ground down rock of some kind. It's just sprinkled on top and left for a while to absorb the oil.

Was marketed years ago, by a company called Rainbow ( not the franchise ). Unfortunately the gentleman who ran Rainbow died, but his son took over

[Gerry Styles]

Try Prochem Ultrapac Retnovate

[John Kelly]

That powder is called Zeolite. Brilliant stuff but hard to get hold of. One of my suppliers used to supply labs with it. Apparently it will absorb the strongest Acid and you could pick it up without damaging your skin.
Just some useless information

[BDCS]

If its a small patch use a can of brake cleaner, agitate,  cover the patch in saw dust then put something heavy on it.