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BobK207

Malcolm Hoar wrote:
In article , (Pdk Pdk) wrote:
Yesterday I spilled half a can of automobile oil on the unpainted
concrete floor in my basement. After using rags to sop up most of the
stuff, any ideas how to get up the rest? Will it eventually dry?
It's in a place where I can't really walk around it all the time, but
don't want to be tracking oil through the house. Thanks.

Get thee to Costco and pick up a large bucket of Kirkland
laundry detergent (about $11.50 when I bought one earlier
today).

You'll even find specific instructions on the package for
"oil spill cleanup".

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Yup, and if you clean the locaton repeatedly you will draw the oil
back up out of the concrete,,,you might not get all of it out but
enough such that the surface & down about 1/4" or so will be pretty
much oil free.

Repeated cleanings with spray SImple Green & clean rags will also work

cheers
Bob

That's how we did a final floor cleaning of oil spills on bare concrete
flors