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The oddest Todd around
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Miami, Florida
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HELP!!! Pulled motor / trans. Now I have a problem.
The plug I put in the transmission somehow got pulled out, so now I have transmission fluid all over the 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
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Watch out for your cornhole !
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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.
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Careful, they attack...
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Waterford, MI, USA
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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...
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: saskatoon, planet earth
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You could get a bunch more oil and spread it over the whole floor, so the color was uniform!
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: rochester NY
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floor treatment
you could clean up the oil degrease the floor then seal it with garage floor paint . it will look like a million bucks
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![]() What is "diometric earth?" My neighbor was mentioning it. Todd
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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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. |
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(I soooooooooooooo need a house!)
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Join Date: May 2002
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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.
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Watch out for your cornhole !
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Todd, that stuff is called D.E.
It's used in swimming pool filters.
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I will get "oildry" from the auto store tomorrow. Thanks for the help everybody. Todd
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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.
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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.
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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!!!
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Muriatic Acid, a sledgehammer, and a chisel.
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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.
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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.
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Castrol Super Clean is Thee Bestest!Wow!
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Join Date: May 2003
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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.
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Centerville, GA
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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.
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