How do you get cooking oil out of concrete?

Question

I left a garbage bag on the porch that had the left over cooking oil from when I made fried chicken. Well, something got into it and the oil spilled on the porch and I mean spilled. How do I get it up? Also, I read about some products, but they speak of having "sealed" concrete. How do I know if it is sealed? I am so upset, please give me some good advice

Answer 1

Sand, cat litter (the cheap, non-clumping kind) and sawdust are all good at absorbing things off of concrete. Try one of these methods first. You may have to re-apply them more than once to get most of it up, but they should work fairly well. As for the spot that will remain, you can use The Works toiletbowl cleaner. Squirt it onto the greasy residual spot and (wear rubber gloves) scrub it with a scrub brush. You can also leave it on there without scrubbing, but scrubbing will work it into the concrete better.

*f your concrete is sealed, it will have a kind of sheen to it, like a clearcoat finish. Most concrete isn't sealed unless the owners themselves have done it. If the cooking oil left a big greasy spot, then your concrete isn't sealed.

Answer 2

Use woodchips or any absorbant fluff material to get the bulk up. When the concrete is not slick anymore you might try the less caustic paint thinner or mineral spirits to clean deeper into the cement. Or if that doesn't lift it, acetone I believe will.
In any event be sure you wear protective, rubber gloves and make sure the area is well ventilated and there are no live flames in that area. Acetone is a very good anti oil type of cleaner. But it's powerful and not good to be breathing long. Use care in taking care of your resperation.

Answer 3

Sprinkle powdered laundry detergent on the area. Dampen the detergent well with a spray bottle and water. Let it sit a day or so or use a scrub brush to clean. Rinse off. Unless you sealed the cement, it probably isn't.

Answer 4

you will ought to soak it with some form of degreaser. Stanley abode products makes the final one I even have ever used, notwithstanding that's offered by autonomous sellers like Tupperware. Then when you soak it borrrow a tension washing gadget.

Answer 5

use cat litter to get the most up then use a hair dryer set on high to dry the rest,