How Do You Get Rid Of An Oil Stain?

Post by **Jamz** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:25 pm

My bike has been leaking a bit of oil lately.

The problem is, I leave it right outside the main doors of our brand new office, and it's just a matter of time before one of the Big Monkey's says something about it.

Is there anything I can use to clean it?

Ideally, I'm looking for something that I can spray/pour on the oil to make it magically disappear.

Pressure washers and stuff are out - about all I have is paper towels and I could possibly get hold of a rag or sponge if I really have to.

Post by **zxr_oli** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:05 pm

Could try leaving some Gunk to soak in, and then a bit of cement dust on top.
I'm sure others will come back with a better solution

tobomoto · Post by **tobomoto** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:33 pm

i know cat litter is good at soaking up oil...

Post by **rover220** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:37 pm

yeah but cat litter isnt going to magically make an oil stain disapear is it.

you are basically screwed if a paper towel is the best you can do lol

tobomoto · Post by **tobomoto** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:41 pm

rover220 wrote:yeah but cat litter isnt going to magically make an oil stain disapear is it.

you are basically screwed if a paper towel is the best you can do lol

yeah good point. i suppose the gunk idea sounds the best.

Post by **Brett** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:51 pm

Funny, my girlfriend said cat litter is good, but I dismissed her, what with her being a woman an all.

tobomoto · Post by **tobomoto** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:15 pm

just make sure its not been used

Post by **rover220** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:24 pm

cat litter is good, if the oil is still wet/fresh. even then itll soak it up but still wont get rid of a stain.

Post by **cargo** » Fri May 23, 2008 9:21 pm

depends on the surface
If it's tarmac then do NOT put gunk on it

A good soak in washing up liqiud and then scrub it with a stiff brush rinse with hot water
But it's very likely that you'll never get rid of the stain altogether

RedexRobB · Post by **RedexRobB** » Fri May 23, 2008 9:40 pm

Yeah its pretty much impossible to get the entire stain off.

Tried soaking with washing up liquid and soaking with a cleaner before and it never goes. Dunno if degreaser will shift it, cant say ive tried that but if anything like gunk which cargo says not to use then maybe not.

tobomoto · Post by **tobomoto** » Fri May 23, 2008 11:47 pm

how about throwing oil all around to try and blend it in?

Post by **crushedlizard** » Sat May 24, 2008 12:17 am

Wynns Carb cleaner is astonishing at cleaning anything. But, the trouble with oil is, if you don't soak it up, you'll only move it around.

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Sat May 24, 2008 12:17 am

why not borrow the bosses car, park it where your bike goes then blame him for the oil leak?

Post by **zimm** » Sat May 24, 2008 12:24 am

yeh, just start parking somewhere else and blame it on someone else.

we had stuff at work when i was in the motor-trade that was almost like industrial cat-litter, no idea what it was called, but god it was good at sucking oil out of concrete floors ..

Post by **Jamz** » Sat May 24, 2008 1:22 pm

I'd agree that cat litter is the best for soaking it up - the problem is my Cooking Fat went and died the other week, and some silly bint gave all the cat litter away without a thought for my bike!

Anyway, I did buy some more yesterday, so that's sorted!

The place I park at work is small sandstone slab thingies, so it's pretty doubtful I'd get rid of the whole stain whatever I do.

Someone else suggested WD40, which actually wouldn't surprise me if it works...

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