WD-40 Spill on Concrete: How do I clean it up?

Get it off? You don't want to do that. It is *WD-40*, man!

On the driveway it will prevent snowfall, reduce dust, make your car go faster on less gas, keep your wife looking 17, and prevent balding.

Sun & weather should make it disappear in a week or two, though, so you may need to run over another can.

Jim [who is looking forward to another long WD-40 thread]

And the driveway surface is.....?????

on 6/24/2009 8:12 AM (ET) Stormin Mormon wrote the following:

Read the subject line. :-P

Dissolve it with gasoline then use a pressure sprayer.

Ground up drywall works great on these kinds of stains. Works best if you grind it into the concrete. I do this by parking my front wheels on the stain and turning the wheels back and forth.

Jimmie

Hipupchuck wrote in news:Z6idnYlpbdT3g9_XnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

DONT dump gasoline on the concrete,you'll wash it into the sewers,it gets into the water table.

use kitty litter,absorb the WD-40. use TSP or it's substitute.

Lacquer thinner....In the past Klean Strip had a product called DC-13 Driveway Cleaner but, as usual, given a product that actually worked, the EPA (or whoever) decided to ban it

Next time run over a can of liquidwrench or triflo; they are a more appropriate driveway lubricant (WD-40 is NOT a driveway lubricant, as you now realize).

Jon

I'll admit, that one totally went past me. I do apologize. Sorry about that.

No it won't. It will evaporate.

Concrete driveway.

Cat litter, ground in with yer feet, and left to soak it up a day or two. Worked well for me when neighbor spilled a quart of oil.

WD-40 is a great stain remover. Try it, you'll like it.

Dawn dish soap

Power washer. My newest best tool. It is like a bad hobby using it. You will not stop until everything in reach is clean. Actually, nothing is clean once you start. It will be...

Thomas snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote

Didn’t happen like that with me.

Be careful with a powerwasher. It can do a lot of damage, ripping off more than you want off. Start low and work up, iiuc.

Loved DC-13. Like you said: "It worked great, and then...." Would love to know what it's components were. If I had known it was going to be banned, would have bought several gallons of it