Paint over oil-spilled concrete floor.

[Olivier Masse]

I have an old oil furnace my basement. Before my time, there seems to
have been a small oil spill as the concrete floor around the furnace
is smudged with dryed-up oil that seems to have been there for ages.
So I guess I can forget the "cat litter" approach to get rid of it.

I tried yesterday to scoop away some of it with paint thinner but this
is smelly, messy and cumbersome. It's now worst than it was! I'm
afraid I'll have to spend hours wetting the oil to get rid of it.

My question is: Can I just paint over this thing using a concrete
alkyd paint? As long as the paint sticks, I won't mind. Or must I
absolutely clean it prior to painting?

Thanks.

[Charlie Spitzer]

"Olivier Masse" <oma...@consultant.com> wrote in message
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you'll find no paint will stick to it.

[Goedjn]

>
> you'll find no paint will stick to it.

Oil paint won't stick to an oil-stain?

[CLSSM00X7]

>My question is: Can I just paint over this thing using a concrete
>alkyd paint? As long as the paint sticks, I won't mind. Or must I
>absolutely clean it prior to painting?
>

First you need to clean it with muriatic acid or a good acid based, all-purpose
cleaner even. Next you can use either rubber paint, epoxy or iron clad curb
paint. The epoxy will last the longest but will need primed and the cure time
is pretty long. The rubber paint is second best but it has a bad smell. The
curb paint is cheap and easy and I would use it because if it comes off in time
just touch it up. Buy the water based curb paint. Iron clad curb paint is
pretty good too but smells a little as it cures which takes about three hours
you know and the water based cures in a half an hour. Concrete is pourous and
absorbs oils so getting it completely out might not be possible Hon.

candice

[Joseph Meehan]

I would suggest the kitty litter and naphtha. Pour it on, let it sit,
add some kitty litter and pour some more on, keep it wet for a while and
then add more kitty litter to dry it out and sweep it up. Then the acid
etch.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

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[Olivier S. Masse]

Yeah the fact that it's pourus won't help. I've left yesterday's mess dry up
and it's horrible now, so I guess I'll have to (sigh) clean it up anyway.

Thanks for your comments.

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Olivier S. Massé
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Paint over oil-spilled concrete floor.

Group: alt.home.repair Date: Thu, Sep 19, 2002, 8:16am (EDT-3) From:
oma...@consultant.com (Olivier Masse)

Olivier asked.........

I would try some of that orange citrius degreaser full strenght and
a scub brush or some driveway cleaner . They sell products for cleaning
concrete and asphalt in auto motive stores or the auto section of
walmart or similar places. Buy a good quaility paint made for concrete
floors ( 2 part epoxy would be best but very expensive and the fumes
will kill ya) and folow the directions . You may have to ech the floor
with acid as stated in another post.

Bill

[db...@sprynet.com]

try using a paint scraper or a razor blade scraper to get the old oil
off the floor... if not then with the furnace pilot light off and any
other source of ignition get out some lacquor thinner and scrub away at
the spot.. have pleanty of old rags to wipe it up and alot of
ventilation so you can breath......