Have you ever cleaned motor oil from a driveway?

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Same thing happened to me once, I went to the auto parts store and got some cleaning solution. I scrubbed it in with a wire brush, then hosed down the driveway. Not the best thing to have go down the drains, I wasn’t as aware then as I am today.

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