Bongo Fury

Anyone got any bright ideas on removing waxoil stains from brick?

Had the Bongo waxoiled on Thursday then parked it on my friend's fancy red-brick drive the following day. BIG mistake - lots of drops of waxoil all over the drive...

I park on the street at home so hadn't noticed anything outside my own house.

Entirely my fault - the garage did warn me but I completely forgot (another senior moment).

OOOPS Jet wash and elbow grease sounds like the order of the day to me pal.(at least his drive won't go rusty this winter )

At least you can reassure your mate his drive won't rust!! Sorry. Couldn't resist that one.

At least you can reassure your mate his drive won't rust!!

at least his drive won't go rusty this winter.

haaa bloody haaa...

My friend is a 'her' by the way. At least I think we are still friends...

Bongolow,
Sounds daft but try some cat litter rubbed in with an old pair of boots.Then follow with a good jetwashing.Repeat the cycle if stain has not all gone.
Worth a try!

Cheers Dave

Dont you think he is in enough trouble.

Not only does he leave stains on her entrance, but the cats start using it as a WC too.

We had a car which leaked oil over our brickwork drive and we treated the stain with an oil stain remover which took a few applications but did the trick. Can't remember what the stuff was called but we didn't buy it from anywhere "special" so it would have come from Halfords or B&Q, or maybe Betterware. Guess it would work for waxoil.

Mrs D

You 'thin' Waxoyl with turps, so I suggest you agitate some turps into the contaminated area to loosen it, then go in with a strong detergent followed by a jet wash to finish. Or a jet wash with strong detergent?


ferdy

Dave - we tried some similar stuff but it wouldn't soak it up as it was like pitch.

Mrs D. - Would you believe I was in both B&Q and Halfords today but didn't think to look for anything like stain remover. What an idiot - I'll have another visit.

Dave up north -

Actually I'm in her good books at the moment as I lent her a camera while her's is in for repair.

Thanks ferdy - we tried meths but it seemed to just spread it around. I'll try turps on my next visit.

just don't go round again.

gunk make a poduct for removing oil and the like it,ll work on slabs and mono block but not tar ....its water dispersable so should wash away taking the oil in it...

I had the same problem but my jet washer removed it without any difficulty. Applying detergents etc might just spread the problem.

Try brick cleaner from wickes or a good multi surface cleaner from a commercial cleaning company, use it neat

Worked when I got engine oil on the new patio.

Test it somewhere it won't show.

why not replace the bricks.