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Is it possible to remove tuna oil?
Yes, tuna oil...
DH and I trapped 13 ferel cats and 2 possums last November and had AC pick them all up. Anyhoo, there was one very windy day that the tuna can blew over and left oil stains...AGH!
We finally get rid of 13 cats pooing in our yards and gardens and now we have this dang oil on our patio now...Good Grief!
I already tried power spraying the area...and doused with large buckets of soapy water with no change...Big Sigh...
Is it stained forever now?
Is there a miracle solution?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated :)
Susan
Try Greased Lightning - since it is concrete, pour on the stains and allow to stand for a few minutes, then brush with a stiff bristle brush, then rinse. I would use the power washer to rinse.
I'm having a different, yet similar, problem with my concrete front porch. I guy who spray painted the front of my house didn't tape off the front porch (I was away while he was there, or I would have caught this!) and so now I have green paint on my concrete porch. Will it be possible to get this off? Does Greased Lightning work for paint? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I'll pick up some Greased Lightning and do some major scrubbing...
Thanks for the info :)
Hello Louanne,
We painted our house last fall...a deep slate blue. We also had paint on the cement...but the power washer we had worked wonders...all gone! There were a couple of spots we had to use a wire brush with to help loosen the larger spots...but that's it...
I'll be needing to rent a power washer again this spring to clean the rest of my house before I paint it, so I'll try it then on the paint on the concrete front porch. I am discovering that parts of where my guy spray-painted the front of my house is starting to peel off. What he painted is "brick" that is actually concrete bricks - not true bricks - 40 years old - they don't make them anymore. Is the paint peeling because he didn't clean the "brick" well enough before he painted?
Maybe. It is always a good preparation practice to clean the surface to be painted - and - if needed, seal with a primer before adding the paint. Primers serve two purposes - 1) cover any color and blemishes, oil, etc. that were not removed when cleaning, and 2) provide a perfect surface to accept the paint.
Power washers are not very expensive for most household use - 1500-1800 psi. The ones that are more powerful can do a LOT of damage if improperly used.
Misused on wood decks, power washers can drive the debris into the wood instead of off. I've known sevreral people who have had to replace the decking within a couple of years of power washing.
Instead of power washing your house - try JoMax. you mix bleach, JoMax, and water then spray it on with a garden sprayer - will melt and kill the mold - then just hose it off. If the mold is really bad, some brushing while the JoMax is still wet, will solve that. I'm getting at least 2 years in this swamp called "Houston" - much faster and safer -- and I do have a power washer.
O'Cedar has a line of brushes and poles for almost any use. The poles are adjustable to double the length.
Bought all three - 2 ft, 4 ft, and 8 ft, so can go from 2-16 ft. and normally use a very soft brush on the house.
Also have a couple of much stiffer brush heads for concrete and brick.
