HELP!!! Pulled motor / trans. Now I have a problem.

[toddtheodd]

The plug I put in the transmission somehow got pulled out, so now I have transmission fluid all over the garage. Worst part is that it is my apartment's garage.
What, oh WHAT, can I use to get the transmission fluid cleaned up?
Right now I have a dam of sorts (kitty litter) keeping as much as the fluid as possible from leaking out of the garage and onto the driveway (Don't want the apartment to see).
Todd

[Tx Firefighter]

It's not going to be unstained after that spill. You can sop most of it up and then clean it with some commercial products, but you'll still be able to see where it was.

[jmanz69]

Go to the auto parts store and get some oildry. It looks like kitty litter, but is much more absorbant. Then leave it there for a day or so. Sweep it up and then get some degreaser to put down, scrub it into the floor and it will pull up the rest of the fluid. That should get it up pretty good. Then, just play dumb...

[purple gas]

You could get a bunch more oil and spread it over the whole floor, so the color was uniform! Just kidding.

[c-1072]

you could clean up the oil degrease the floor then seal it with garage floor paint . it will look like a million bucks

[toddtheodd]

Originally Posted by jmanz69

Then, just play dumb...

That's not really going to work since this is a brand new apartment and I am the first resident in this apartment.

Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter

It's not going to be unstained after that spill.

Not really worried about the stain actually. I'm more wanting to know the best stuff to use to get it up off of the floor so that I can lay under my car again.

Originally Posted by purple gas

You could get a bunch more oil and spread it over the whole floor, so the color was uniform!

Hmmmmmmmmmmm.... That might just work.

What is "diometric earth?" My neighbor was mentioning it.
Todd

[Longhorn Man]

At the shop we mop our floors with Super Clean. We mix the industrial strength stuff 1 part super clean, 3 parts water. It gets most of the stains up from our floor, however, the floor has been treated a few times with a sealer that soaks into the pores and helps prevent staining.
If you do this, get the one gallon jug at the parts store and dilute it one to one. The stuff at the stores is already diluted 50% or more.
You can just leave the stuff in the mop bucket for next use. It normally lasts a week at work before I chainge it, usually it could go 2 weeks, but I am in charge of keeping the place clean, and I am anal about the floor.

[toddtheodd]

(I soooooooooooooo need a house!)

[A.P.]

What I use was Kitty litter to absorb the oil that was all over the floor. Than rags with gasoline. Good luck and be carefull.

[Tx Firefighter]

Todd, that stuff is called D.E.

It's used in swimming pool filters.

[EighthD]

after you get all the oil moped up. Pour some clean oil dry down and rub it in with your boots. it will scratch in to the concrete.

[toddtheodd]

Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter

Todd, that stuff is called D.E.

It's used in swimming pool filters.

I guess that it probably wouldn't be that great for the floor then.
I will get "oildry" from the auto store tomorrow.
Thanks for the help everybody.
Todd

[toddtheodd]

WOW! Some of it (a lot) leaked out of the garage during the night. And I must say that it seriously looks like I killed somebody.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Just clean it up with the oil dry and tell the owner that if it is to be a "man's garage" it needs a little character! While your at it, get some overspray on the wall, back into the garage door, bring in your favorite couch and a beer fridge. J/K... hopefully the owner will understand....I mean, it IS a GARAGE!!!

[doc_rock]

Muriatic Acid, a sledgehammer, and a chisel.

[chipflyer]

Put oil dry down and soak up the all that you can so that you just have a big stain. Next sweep up all of the dirty oil dry really good and throw it away, then go to the parts store and buy a big can or 2 of brake cleaner. Spray the stained area liberally with the brake cleaner, take a stiff brush or broom and rub it into the stained area well. Next, coat the entire area you sprayed with a light coat of oil dry and you will be amazed at how well the oil dry pulls the brake clean and the old stain up out of even unsealed concrete. I used to alway use clean solvent to do this but brake cleaner is cheaper and works just as well. The neat part is you can even reuse the oil dry after the second application.
Try it.

[gunnersm8]

i always just scrubbed the litter into the concrete with a stiff scrub brush and my boots, then hosed it off. super clean is good **** too.

[67chevemall]

Castrol Super Clean is Thee Bestest!Wow!

[jimfulco]

After the cat litter/oil-dry gets the liquid out, use powdered laundry detergent. Pour it on like oil-dry, then smush it into the cement with your old grungy shoes (don't take them in the house!). Next day, hose it out with the hottest water you can find, like straight off the water heater if it's in the garage. A pressure washer might be appropriate if you have access.

[Sonny]

Another variations is to use a brick or a small piece of 2 x 4 to "Scrub" the oil dry into the concrete. I have used this trick many times with success too.