Cleaning oil from brick driveway?

[Billy Hunt]

Whats the best product from cleaning oil from a brick drive way, some of which has had time to soak in?

I bought a bottle of patio cleaner from Machine Mart which did sod all! We did have a bottle of 'Comma' (I think) Acid concrete cleaner before which was reasonable but I cant find this anywhere.

[YoungOne]

Pressure Washer?

[cupra_bish]

Gunk driveway cleaner is pretty good stuff

[Baffled Spoon]

This review is a bit old, but may be of use;

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/products/203...

HTH

[grumbledoak]

Coke (the Cola, not the marching powder) is apparently pretty good.

[Toffer]

Swarfega detergent that you dilute with water is good...scrub it on with a broom leave it 10 minutes and then jet-wash off...works better on a cool day, so the detergent doesn't dry too quickly.

It smells nice when it rains too!

Indispensable if you own a TR7!

[Billy Hunt]

Toffer said:

Indispensable if you own a TR7!

No, but we do have 3 MGBs so you can understand the need for it!

Thanks for the suggestions all!

[E21_Ross]

either Bilt Hamber Surfex HD or Autosmart Tardis.

Both epic products in their own right and will shift the oil with ease (especially the Bilt hamber). The bilt hamber does need agitating with a brush to be most effective though.

[anonymous-user]

sand and cement powder, rinse well

[Stuey145]

fairy liquid. Seriously.

[GingerWizard]

cupra_bish said:

Gunk driveway cleaner is pretty good stuff

this, or soap flakes for a couple of days, seems to "suck" it out...... pressure wash it after.

Gunk is easiest.

£13.98 in Halfrauds. (I know i was looking at it 1 hour ago)

[shirt]

Billy Hunt said:

Acid concrete cleaner

you'll find this labelled as acetone brick cleaner at b&q.

[Dennis99]

Fleetklean is very good but pricey, if you can get hold of some.

http://www.spillaway.co.uk/products/fleet.htm

[MX7]

Brick cleaner, but make sure you don't get it on your hands. You wake up the next day with no fingerprints.

[maniac0796]

Petrol, then washing up liquid and water.

[Jw Vw]

grumbledoak said:

Coke (the Cola, not the marching powder) is apparently pretty good.

+1

[Billy Hunt]

I'm intrigued, do you leave coke to soak or scrub it?

Off to Google I go

[Superhoop]

By brick, do you mean block paved?

If so, the easiest and cheapest thing to do is to turn the blocks over.