I'd have thought that lye based alkalais would help remove
the oil. Oil plus alkalai turns into soap. That's how oven
cleaner works. Actually, I would have tried oven cleaner.

Battery acid.... dangerous.

When I was a kid, my Dad told me his battery acid story. He
was over at a friends house. They went to the cellar for
soemthing, and he absentmindedly sat on a car battery. Two
days later, the seat fell out of his trousers.

One friend of mine had a battery blow up. He was using 12
volt boost setting, and went to wiggle the battery clamps.
He got acid in his eyes. I grabbed hold of him to go in the
house and wash his eyes out (lucky, he can still see). I had
a prompting of the Spirit to wash the coat in hot water and
baking soda. Didn't think I got that much acid on me.
Well.....I got enough acid on my coat, the front fell out
pretty badly. I still have that coat. Shoulda thrown it out,
years ago. I keep it as a reminder to heed the promptings of
the Spirit.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"Jim" nospam@wherever wrote in message
...

yes.....it was around 1975 or so when I was still in high
school (showing
my age here) and we were hired to paint a 2 bay garage floor
that had
hydraulic vehicle lifts etc where they did oil changes. We
used straight
(sulpheric acid) battery acid to lift years of oil stains
and stiff bristled
push brooms...rinsed down the drain with water...probably
went through three
pairs of old jeans...I remember we painted the floor
green...and yes the
paint stuck to the floor for years...probably is still green
to this
day..... Jim