My car has leaked diesel on my drive. What can i use to clean it up?

Answer 1

Sprinkle sand over it to soak up the diesel, then when dry, brush it off the drive.
Then, remove the residue by using really hot water and degreaser and scrub hard!

Answer 2

If the surface is concrete or brick the previous answers might work. If its a flexible surface (macadam etc) then the diesel (or petrol or oil) acts as a solvent to the binder in the material causing the surface to break up, severity / depth proportional to amount of spillage.

Answer 3

this will sound dumb, but it works. soak the area with a light, clear oil, or good old WD 40. leave it soak...oh at least an hour, but make sure it stays wet. then clean up the area with dawn dish washing soap in as hot a water as you can stand to put your hands in.

Why does it work? Oil dissolves oil. this brings it up to the surface again, and then the dawn and water can wash it away.

Answer 4

Go to halfords and buy a small bottle of drive cleaner, works a treat on most oil spills, it is easier than most of the suggestions you have had

Answer 5

You can puchase a dust called oil dry from car accessery and parts supliers , you cover the spill with the dust and it sucks it up and drys out the congrete

Answer 6

Swimming pool acid, Mr Muscle or a steam cleaner

Answer 7

Id get the car checked first
when the car is fixed,theen spread sand over it

Answer 8

diesel will not catch if you throw a match onto it

try finding a cleaner specially made for asphault or concrete.

Answer 9

Cat litter works great for this. Cover the area where the spill is at on the driveway with cat litter and grind it in with your foot. Sweep it up and if that didn't get it all repeat.

Answer 10

Put a bottle of fairy liquid on it, spray it to get the foam, scrub it with broom, then if you have a jet wash use that, if not hire one, if you lived nearer you could borrow mine.