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kes76	04-14-2008 13:40:42
Member Posts: 4 Joined: 04-04-2008	what is everyone using to clean oil spots, dirt, crud, etc....off of driveways. I'm going to pressure wash it with at least 3000psi but wanted to know what you all would use for cleaner and where to get it

Lindy A.	04-15-2008 08:13:23
Member Posts: 1789 Joined: --	Go to a janitorial supply store. Purchase concentrated orange citrus cleaner. It cuts grease, oil, grime, tree saps, etc. quite well. For ordinary cleaning, mix it 20 parts hot water to 1 part of the concentrated orange citrus cleaner. Wet the surface with it, scrub with push broom, leave it for about 15 minutes, then pressure wash. If you have oil spots/etc that are bad, you can mix at 5 parts water to 1 part cleaner. In extremely bad cases, can even make a poultice out of orange citrus concentrate, mixing it with talc or fullers earth, to a toothpaste like consistancy, apply using a putty knife over the area, cover with plastic to keep it from drying out to fast, leave for a few hours, scrape off excess, then power wash. Lindy A.

suntacsys	04-15-2008 12:23:22
Member Posts: 1160 Joined: --	6 : 1 kills fireants, too :-) best [the original] hate-them-little-buggers yic-yac