How to Use a Cleaning Agent for Motor Oil on a Driveway
- 1). Pour a cleaning agent onto the oil spill. You can apply liquid detergent, dishwasher detergent---both dry and liquid---or cat litter to any puddle of motor oil. Let the substance stay on the motor oil for about 15 minutes. This will allow the cleaning agent to break down the oil and facilitate cleaning.
- 2). Scrub the oil stain. Using an industrial brush or cleaning brush with bristles, scrub the cleaning agent into the stain in a circular motion. Little by little, the oil will start to lift from your driveway. When this happens, use some dry rags to clean it off.
- 3). Wash, rinse and repeat. On stains that have been on your driveway for months, you may need to reapply the cleaning agent multiple times. Let it stay; scrub it, then rinse it off. After you are satisfied with your driveway, you can put down cat litter to prevent oil stains from happening again. Kitty litter naturally absorbs liquids, so if oil spills again, you can just scoop the up the dirty oil without staining to your driveway.
