Heavy oil deposits on tarmac drive
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Last week some chimp doing maintenance work on the neighbouring properties to ours parks his shonky heap of a van in front of our garages and left some huge thick oil spots in the tarmac. In an ideal world, yes I would make then sort it. However, I wasnt in when they came here, I dont know who they were or what company they were working for, as the work was under an NHBC guarantee - life is too short to do anything other than sort it myself.
Now, I have already tried a good scrubbing with water and biological washing powder - something that has worked previously with gear oil drips from the land rover. However, all this has done is spread a little bit of the oil around and left a much larger, fainter stain around the original oil spots, as you can see in the picture. So, how do I best get rid of this now please?
thanks, Matt
Now, I have already tried a good scrubbing with water and biological washing powder - something that has worked previously with gear oil drips from the land rover. However, all this has done is spread a little bit of the oil around and left a much larger, fainter stain around the original oil spots, as you can see in the picture. So, how do I best get rid of this now please?
thanks, Matt
Bilt Hamber Surfex HD is the answer, along with a (hot) pressure washer rather than bucket and scrubbing brush.
I'm with roofer. Tarmac is oil based. Oil has been spilt on it. Just how do you know anything that will remove the spilt oil, won't degrade the tarmac too?
I failed my "O" level Chemistry, but it seems to me that perhaps the only way to "remove" the stains would be to apply something like Tarmac Restorer over the whole area, so that it all looks the same colour.
HTH
I failed my "O" level Chemistry, but it seems to me that perhaps the only way to "remove" the stains would be to apply something like Tarmac Restorer over the whole area, so that it all looks the same colour.
HTH
0a said:
Does it bother you that much?
My solution - just leave it, it's only a tarmac drive!
He went to the bother of posting a thread, so obviously it bothers him that much. My solution - just leave it, it's only a tarmac drive!
OP: I'll echo what others have said, you'll likely ruin the tarmac trying to remove the oil, unfortunately. You're basically trying to remove oil from something made out of oil.
Thanks for the suggestion of the bilt hamber/pressure washer combo, and if that doesnt work then I'll give the coke a go...
As for why I want the oil gone - its a communal garage area in a fairly posh gated community. I dont particularly like the sight of oil blotches everywhere and some of the other residents are rather more unimpressed. The tarmac is only 3 years old and no-one is going to stump up to recolour it, least of all the building company that still owns the unsold houses that the work was being done on. Im the one sorting it because I usually have to mop up after the Land Rover, which drips EP90 everywhere. A good scrub with bio powder and a stiff broom removes most of the gear oil, so god knows what this stuff the Chimp's van has dripped... im presuming heavily carbonated diesel engine oil.
As for why I want the oil gone - its a communal garage area in a fairly posh gated community. I dont particularly like the sight of oil blotches everywhere and some of the other residents are rather more unimpressed. The tarmac is only 3 years old and no-one is going to stump up to recolour it, least of all the building company that still owns the unsold houses that the work was being done on. Im the one sorting it because I usually have to mop up after the Land Rover, which drips EP90 everywhere. A good scrub with bio powder and a stiff broom removes most of the gear oil, so god knows what this stuff the Chimp's van has dripped... im presuming heavily carbonated diesel engine oil.
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