Forum Home
PC World Chat
 
Thread ID: 86625 2008-01-23 00:41:00 Cleaning used oil spill off cobblestones? Billy T (70) PC World Chat
Post ID Timestamp Content User
633012 2008-01-24 09:05:00 Get some used diesel engine sump oil and paint all the cobblestones with it

C1
chicken one (6501)
633013 2008-01-24 16:41:00 We're talking a couple of square metres of well soaked in heavily contaminated engine oil on a porous substrate here Ciccy. I'd hate to think what that much talc would cost, though it might have made it smell a little better. This was a heavy-duty spill on an absorbent surface so "drawing it out" was never an option. It had to be dissolved and washed out and as I mentioned above, the results are better than I expected and it will be pretty much invisible once the surrounding cobblestones dirty up again.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)

I buy the cheapest no name stuff.
Quite right re suitability,this is good for oil leeks on conc drive.
Cicero (40)
633014 2008-01-24 20:00:00 Get some used diesel engine sump oil and paint all the cobblestones with it
C1

Jeez, what a bloody good idea! Why didn't I think of that?

Now, all I have to do is find out where the bastard lives and see it he (or his parents) have got a cobblestone drive. If it is white concrete I'll probably have to use dark green or purple dye instead to get a durable result.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
633015 2008-01-24 21:41:00 Some helpful tips here too.

www.parliament.uk
Cicero (40)
633016 2008-01-24 23:23:00 It's a bit late now, but why didn't you just either;

a) Pour petrol onto affected area, light, watch, get hotdogs, enjoy
or
b) Get the fruitcake who did this, hold by feet, and scrub with face/hair?

OR! Combine the two!
ubergeek85 (131)
633017 2008-01-26 01:48:00 Clean the worst off with solvent and then srub the affected area with Basol - It should work.
I think it can still be bought from Placemakers.
Greenies don't like it - but it ain't the Greenies Coblestones .
Basol has been banned in Aussie due to the bloody Greenies
KenESmith (6287)
1 2 3