Stains
Oil stains
Oil, diesel, hydraulic fluid, grill grease and tar are their own group of stains. House wash does nothing for them.
How I treat it
Oil gets a degreaser, worked into the stain, given time, and then rinsed or surface cleaned with the rest of the slab. Grill grease on a patio pad gets the same. Tar and asphalt get loosened first, not blasted.
Where I usually find it
The parking spot in the driveway, the apron in front of a garage, the pad under a grill or a smoker, the stall in front of a shop, and the spot where a mower or a work truck sits. Each one is the same chemistry with a different amount of time soaked in.
Fresh versus old
Fresh drips move a lot more than old, saturated spots. Oil that has been soaking into open concrete for years usually leaves a ghost after an honest treatment. Oil in asphalt often lightens and stays. I say that up front, before you decide, not after the slab is wet.
What I won't claim
Like new and guaranteed gone are not phrases I use. If a spot is going to ghost, the quote says so. If it is worth a test spot first, we do that before committing the whole driveway.
Keeping it from coming back
The leak is the source. A drip pan or getting the car looked at does more than any cleaner.
Getting a price
Send a close-up of the stain, a wider photo of the slab, and roughly how long it has been there.
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The price is agreed before the hose comes off the reel.