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I have been patiently cleaning my concrete driveway of stains for weeks in preparation to seal it. Yes, this is after pressure wash, there were still spots underneathe. I've been going out with a drill with a scrubbrush attached. Tedious. But today finally no rain for a day at least two blocks are done, let's do those.
The sealer to put in my sprayer is a 5 gal bucket. I was under the impression it had some type of nozzle. No where in the instructions does it tell me how to get the stuff into the sprayer. Trying to pour it is a terrible glugging mess. No where on the bucket does it tell me what type of pump it could possibly take.
So is that what I need? I need to go track down a pump to get it in the sprayer? How do I know what type of pump? Does a big box sell this? My window of no rain is ending soon, any tips appreciated. Google does not help much in this regard.
I have been patiently cleaning my concrete driveway of stains for weeks in preparation to seal it. Yes, this is after pressure wash, there were still spots underneathe. I've been going out with a drill with a scrubbrush attached. Tedious. But today finally no rain for a day at least two blocks are done, let's do those.
The sealer to put in my sprayer is a 5 gal bucket. I was under the impression it had some type of nozzle. No where in the instructions does it tell me how to get the stuff into the sprayer. Trying to pour it is a terrible glugging mess. No where on the bucket does it tell me what type of pump it could possibly take.
So is that what I need? I need to go track down a pump to get it in the sprayer? How do I know what type of pump? Does a big box sell this? My window of no rain is ending soon, any tips appreciated. Google does not help much in this regard.
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For oil spots on driveway.
Go get a gallon of lacquer thinner and a bag of kitty litter. The non clumping kind. Just the cheapest cat litter you can get. Pour the lacquer thinner on the oil spot. Pour it all over the area. Let it sit a little bit and then put cat litter on it to absorb it. Get a broom and stir it around over the oil spot. The lacquer thinner penetrates the concrete and lifts up the oil depot. The cat litter absorbs it all. You may have to do it a few times if the oil spot is big and old.
For the 5 gallon pail to pour in a hand pump sprayer you can simply use a big funnel.
Can you take a picture of the can? Usually the thin sealer made for handheld pump sprayers has a small opening to pour or comes in a container made for pouring. The thick black coal tar type sealants that are made to be brushed on (or possibly sprayed by a large industrial setup) usually come in buckets you describe.
Was too tired and was trying to rush to beat the rain. The spout was indeed inside the hole, I just dug in with a garden spike although I guess pliers might be been better. But not showing this on the outside of the jug is a bit lacking to me. Still wasn't quite long enough but it worked.
The spots that were left...most frustrating thing. They aren't visible when the driveway is dry but once it wets, some of them are obvious. I'm assuming it is the residual of the big layers of moss and mildew I took off and definitely not oil. But it's so deep not even the scrub brush got it all but the sealer dried last night and they are not visible so it still looks a ton better than before I started. And hopefully this stuff works, rain tomorrow we'll see. thanks
The spout was indeed inside the hole, I just dug in with a garden spike although I guess pliers might be been better.
The more correct approach is to lift the 2 black rings on the outside of the cap and slowly lift while wiggling it back and forth a bit. It'll lift out but do it slowly so you don't rip the cap right off the spout.
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