Oil Stain Removal/Treatment

Block Paving

There are a number of options, depending on the severity of the stain and the particular customer’s circumstances, therefore a free quotation is always recommended.

It can be nearly impossible to remove some oil stains from block paving, the longer the oil stain is present on a driveway the harder it becomes to remove. Drive Revive use a combination of 2 of the industry’s leading oil stain removers. At this stage it is often recommended that the whole driveway is cleaned and re-sanded so as not to leave a clean patch where the stain remover has been.

Drive Revive are able to assist in cleaning up oil stains and preventing them worsening, Because it is often difficult to remove a stain in total, Drive Revive offers a service where if the customer has left over blocks the oil stained blocks can be removed and replaced with a specialist block removal kit, or if there is a discrete area of blocks that can be lifted and used to replace the blocks where the oil stain is this is often another option.

Drive Revive uses and oil stain remover that often removes 80-100 % of the oil stain and the paving can then often be disguised by sealing the driveway, one of the best things about Resiblocks Polyurethane sealers is that they come with a 2 year no oil stain guarantee, enabling oil to be washed off the surface, with soapy water and protecting against future stains.

Tarmac

Oil stains on tarmac can harm the tarmac, what is imperative is that the oil is removed to prevent the problem getting worse and again Smart seal have a specialist tarmac oil stain Remover for this purpose. Oil can unfortuanlty irreparably damage tarmac, but it is best to stop any damage getting any worse with a specialist oil remover designed for tarmac. Often an etching is left on the Tarmac by the oil stain but the tarmac oil stain removers Drive Revive use are designed not to be as harsh as those used for treating other surfaces.