If you let your 10 year old kid bring their friends over, give them each a can of coke (cola to some).
Meanwhile gently heat the oil with a propane torch or mapp gas (don't get too close or hold it in one spot too long or your scorch it) you can loosen some of the oil some will drip down out of sight.
The thick stains will need more work, add thin layer of dish soap gently heat it, scrub, repeat.
When the kids leave use the half open stale cokes to wash some of the stains away.
Worked when my father in law refused to get his oil pan fixed and kept parking in my concrete driveway
Note that this technique only works for 1 year per child, and can take over 10 years nine months to prep from scratch. Adoption may be an option to avoid the wait if you need to clean sooner.
Baking soda. Rub it in with a stuff bristle brush and let it sit in a thick layer over the spot for 24 hrs (gotta have good weather obviously). Remove and repeat until the baking soda is coming up fairly clean. It'll absorb residual oil since the particle size is very small, and then treat with simple green or a degreaser.
Regular laundry detergent (powder). Make a light paste, scrub it in with a brush, sprinkle some water on it and let it sit for 30 minutes. Don’t let it dry completely. Hose it off after 30 minutes and let it dry.
My concrete friend uses Tide & only Tide to do this and allows it to sit until completely dried….I’ve done his method and it’s black magic on concrete stains👍
There’s a reason every ship I’ve ever worked on has a bunch of Dawn Dish Soap aboard. The smart guys just leave an insanely large stash in with the galley supplies. The dummies leave it at the bunkering (fueling) station. It’s super duper illegal but it absolutely works.
Cat litter! The clay, smallest granules you can get! Pour it, grind it in with your shoes, leave it, reapply as necessary. I’ve often some gnarly stains out this way.
Cat litter works magic, at least on concrete. I’ve never tried it on stone.
I’ve done it a couple of times for concrete though. Pour some on the stain, grind it in there with a brick, wait 20 minutes and sweep it away. Stain gone.
Spray brake cleaner copiously all over the stain and immediately pour kitty litter on it. Scrub with shop broom and let it sit for a bit. Sweep up and dispose of properly
Mineral spirits and a brush, then soap and water. One trick I learned when changing oil is to spray the driveway down for a few minutes before I start. Any spills just wipe up with a rag; oil can't soak into wet concrete.
Can’t believe I had to scroll this far to see this. Everyone is trying to clean it, clean what, something flammable.
Just burn it off. Bricks can handle the heat.
This works. I did it after selling my leaky old car before getting an EV to make my driveway look new again. My neighbors do it too when the HOA gets on their case.
Bonus, it gets rid of weeds too.
Don’t believe it works? Hop on Google or YouTube and see for yourself.
Zaps degreaser works well. Concrete and brick are very porous however, probably not going to get it all out tbh. Painting over it if possible would most certainly cover it.
Old oil stains are hard regardless. I like to have a cloth in my hand and some cans of brake cleaner.
First of course, soak up any excess oil as soon as possible.
I hit it up close with the brake cleaner nozzle then soak the solvent into the cloth immediately. Spray it liberally. You have to do it quickly as the stuff evaporates very fast. Brake cleaner leaves no residue. This works very well on fresh oil drips and puddles.
Stop waiting time teying to save money at the end no simple green no only soap rove that Just use a HEAVY DURTY COMMERTIAL DEGREASERR AND A POWER WASHER YOU WILL HAVE SPARKLING CLEAN OA ERS IN KESS THAN 10 minites
I once spilled about one litre of used engine oil on my concrete garage floor. Someone told me to completly cover the stain with dry cement powder, at least 10mm thick covering of the entire stain, and brush it in with a stiff brush and leave it. Next day i brushed it up. The oil was gone. Failing that, you can buy stone and brick acid. That works.
I watched a whole series on tiktok of some guy trying to get motor oil out of his paver drive way. Pressure washer wrecked it. Muriatic acid destroyed it. He never did clean it up.
The most sure fire way is to replace the stained pavers. Short of that, might want to look for an enzyme based oil stain remover.
There's some stuff called Pour n Restore I've had work wonders for me, but never on colored concrete. And sometimes it worked too well and the spots ended up too bright.
Muriatic acid will take that out. When/if you pressure wash it adjust the pressure if that’s an option. If you go full balls you can blow the sand out that the pavers are packed in.
Since I rode mine in today I'm sad to say that looks like the tenant parked his motorcycle on the side walk in front of his unit?
Keep the deposit you are likely never getting all of that out. Lots of good ideas below to try none of them perfect, Stay away from the 2x4 idea and you will get 90 % out.
Or you just turn it into dedicated Motorcycle parking.
Get yourself some powdered Tide laundry soap….Clean the area really well then place a pile of tide mixed to toothpaste like consistency over the stains….allow to sit until dried out….Stuff is magic! Only Tide seems to work like this….Tried other brands and results weren’t as good….I was taught this trick by a concrete guy years ago
You can get this ZEP flaky powder at Home Depot, it reminds me of asbestos, but obviously it’s not, but it sucks oil out of concrete.. I’d try that 1st.. the stuff is amazing… then maybe simple green if there’s still some visible…
Put it in a pump sprayer, spray it on, let it sit for a couple of minutes, maybe give it a scrub with a brush if it's really bad or been sitting for a long time, and rinse it off with the pressure washer. Or garden hose if you don't have a pressure washer accessible. Works incredible for any oily stain we've run into.
Mechanic here , I deal with oil stains on the daily . If you use brake clean scrub with a brush , then soak it up with shop sweep or cheap kitty litter and there you go . Good as new
There is a spec chem product called orange peel! It’s all natural and you can water it down or use concentrated won’t ruin pavers or concrete great stuff
Simple green