How to clean oil off driveway?

Okies, have had a dead MX5 in my carport for a little while. Knowing it's tendency to lose a bit of oil (even before it dropped a rod) I thought I'd be sensible and caring, and pop a cat litter tray under the engine to catch drips.

Well, I kinda knew that over the last couple of months the entire sump had now drained into the tray. And it was only today shifting bins around that I noticed that something (floods? critters?) have knocked it around enough to spill half the contents all over my drive, and annoyingly, seeped over next doors too. So I kinda need to clean up sharpish.

What to use? Sand & shovel should get the bulk up, but what about the ingrained stuff (it's not a new drive and has many cracks and crevices)? Does coca-cola really work? Any off the shelf stuff you can recommend? Or just a ton of fairy liquid and some heavy duty scrubbing?

nice big plant pot. be a buggar to drive round though lol

[_Stretchie_]

• Boiling water
• Fairy liquid
• Hard bristle brush
• Industrial sized barrel of elbow grease..

Nae problem, works every time for me mate. Only problem is, it comes up that clean that you'll have to do the rest of the patio / garage / driveway....

[Richie]

hot pressure jet washer.

[northwind]

Halfords sells a spray that eats oil spills, it still leaves a shadow but not much. Gunk or similiar might do the trick too.

I used to chuck kitty litter down on the oil spills in my driveway, leave it for a couple of days and sweep it up. Worked a treat.

i'll retarmac it for ya. i'll even chuck the white stones in FOC....

lucky heather....?

Originally Posted by _Stretchie_

• Boiling water Check
• Fairy liquid Check
• Hard bristle brush Check
• Industrial sized barrel of elbow grease.. ********

Originally Posted by Bluewolf

I used to chuck kitty litter down on the oil spills in my driveway. Oooh super absorbent and lemon fresh scent. Like it, that's definitely replacing the sand stage.

Originally Posted by Kitkat

nice big plant pot. be a buggar to drive round though lol 'Specially as it's about eight foot by eight foot

Originally Posted by Northwind

Halfords sells a spray that eats oil spills, it still leaves a shadow but not much. Yay, chemicals! Anything that lessens the "elbow grease" requirement!

Originally Posted by Richie

hot pressure jet washer. Unfortunately not in the MiniMatt household, may be able to scavenge one tho.

Originally Posted by KeithD

i'll retarmac it for ya. i'll even chuck the white stones in FOC....

lucky heather....?

If I don't buy it will the curse of the gypsy king befall me?

Thanks for the tips & tippettes folks

don't know if this helps but it'll give you a ballpark figure for hiring a pressure washer for the day.

http://www.hss.com/g/59132/Power_Washer.html

Gunk works well, although make sure you do the whole drive otherwise you will have a clean patch.

If you have a big 5l bottle of muc-off you can throw some of that around and get rid of most of it too.

Use a pressure washer to clean it off after and its gone.

Dan