Removing oil off garage concrete floor b4 painting

jhwjhw, Mar 2, 3:29am
Previous owner did some diy on cars etc, now left with oil stains on floor.

Is there any way to remove or fix the staining so it wont show through a two pot paint of the floor!

gammelvind, Mar 2, 7:13am
Hydrochloric acid is often used to remove the old oil stains at least to a degree that they won't bleed through the paint or stop the paint from adhereing.

pettal, Mar 2, 8:02am
carpet the floor instead .

trade4us2, Mar 2, 7:46pm
Scrub most of the oil off using kerosine or turps.
Then spray with Engine Degreaser and wash off with water.

cantabman1, Mar 2, 8:36pm
TRY MULTI DEGREASER at cantabchemicals.co.nz

damlj, Mar 5, 1:25am
Resene have a stain blocker that may work

lythande1, Apr 4, 2:14am
Sodium Metabisulphite, make up a solution and leave to soak, works wonders and is cheap.