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I supported Toymods
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 cleaning oil off pavers!
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Tue, 17 June 2003 03:32
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does anyone one have any secret techniques of removing oil stains off Paved driveways?
i have tried degreaser and scrubbing, a little cam off but not alot.
I heard a myth about coca-cola? anyone else heard this or got better suggestings?
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Re: cleaning oil off pavers!
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Tue, 17 June 2003 03:41
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Battery acid, leave it sit and then hit it with high pressure water..
Believe it or not I accidentally found this out today 
Anyone got a spare working battery?
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Coffs
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Re: cleaning oil off pavers!
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Tue, 17 June 2003 03:42
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Steam Cleaner???
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Re: cleaning oil off pavers!
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Tue, 17 June 2003 03:57
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The Coca Cola thing is a myth, and nothing more. Orange juice has more acid in it than Coke.
Degreaser is usually my choice, but for really stubborn stains, I use acid (from a swimming pool shop). Don't breathe the fumes cos they burn your lungs easily.
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I supported Toymods
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Re: cleaning oil off pavers!
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Tue, 17 June 2003 04:08
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yeah. definitly avoid the fumes.
as a kid I breathed in the results of a chlorine bomb... as a result, I now barely notice levels of chlorine gas that have other people running from the room 
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c'town, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: cleaning oil off pavers!
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Tue, 17 June 2003 04:12
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citric acid more harmful than phosphoric acid? 
just a note, on painted driveways degreaser leaves a visible residue if not washed away properly, this may also be the case with certain coloured pavers.
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c'town, NSW
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Re: cleaning oil off pavers!
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Tue, 17 June 2003 04:48
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thanks dude...
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I supported Toymods
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Re: cleaning oil off pavers!
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Tue, 17 June 2003 07:22
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thanks guys, what type of acid do i ask for?
also what is the best way ?
i was thinking pour it over it let it sit 30min or so then hose it off with a high pressure hose?
how does that sound?
will the water weaken it so it wont kill everything it runs off onto?
also it wont leave a evene worse stain will it?
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Tue, 17 June 2003 11:35
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Tell them you have to balance the pH levels in your pool.
I think it's hydrochloric acid, but am not 100% sure, cos I haven't bought it in ages.
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I Supported Toymods
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Re: cleaning oil off pavers!
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Tue, 17 June 2003 12:05
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I use degresser from a can and a lot of water.
I found the cheap smell cologne that you can smell miles away... Go under a VL Dunnydore (fitted with highflow pump) and change the fuel filter. You will also smell great! 
Cheers.
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was adelaide now newcastle
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February 2003
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Re: cleaning oil off pavers!
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Tue, 17 June 2003 23:19
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ok this may sound like a bit of work, and may or may not be possible, but if you can just pull up the oil stained pavers and then turn them over, make sure that they dont have bevelled edges cause they usually dont have them on both sides. bar that has anybody ever used that liquid magnet stuff??? its ment to be used for removing oil stains.
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I supported Toymods
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Re: cleaning oil off pavers!
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Wed, 18 June 2003 00:55
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JDM hachi: no can do! the edges are slighty rounded otherwise i would of done it already 
thanks anyway
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Canberra
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December 2002
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Re: cleaning oil off pavers!
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Wed, 18 June 2003 01:37
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Go to Magnet mart or something and get some hydroclauric i think. Its the same stuff that brickies use to clean the bricks after they have layed them you just have to make sure that you wash it off properly because it will keep eating the concrete.
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Madrid - Spain
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August 2002
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Re: cleaning oil off pavers!
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Wed, 18 June 2003 10:58
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Try putting some oven cleaner on it, then cover it with black plastic for a few hours. It should lift the grease out. Wash it off with some degreaser and you should be spotless.
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Toymods Board Member
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Sydney
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September 2002
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Re: cleaning oil off pavers!
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Wed, 18 June 2003 22:10
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I tried hydrochloric acid last night... Made me wooosey.. But it did eat the stains...
but you need to leave it on for at least 30 seconds... and no more than a minute.. Cause you tend to pass out.. and not have any taste or smell for an hour..
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