Oil and petrol on concrete or pavement

When you are dealing with leaked oil or petrol you are confronted with the problem that conventional binders allow oil and petrol to infiltrate into the pavement or even into the ground. When it rains the oil or petrol will be pushed back out of the soil back on to the pavement, because the rainwater is heavier than the oil. Then you are once again confronted with a severe danger for the environment and a high safety risk for people.

 

The occasionally used method of covering oil and petrol leaks with a layer of concrete only provides a temporary troubleshooting, due to the fact that this method gives the new concrete more road grip, but on the other hand, the enclosed liquids (petrol, diesel or oil) will start to corrode the newly laid pavement from the inside. Eventually too much water will soak into the ground and soil thus ruining the roadway and pavement during the next frost.

 

FAXOL F80 prohibits the infiltration of oily substances into the roadway and pavement and dissolves those already on the surface.

 

FAXOL does not bind the oil, it neutralises and liquidates it. Faxol splits the oil into smaller and smaller bits and accelerates the natural decomposition. The achievement of this operation is clearly and, first and foremost, immediately visible: the disappearance of the typical “oily-rainbow”.

 

Easier disposal due to “non-infiltration”

 

FAXOL F80 splits the oil-particles (on the surface and in the soil) into smaller and smaller bits and coats them. That way, this “new substance” does not infiltrate into the soil or bubbles up (in case the oil has already been absorbed by the soil). On the surface a milky substance aka emulsion will appear which can be removed or (corresponding to local laws) washed away easily.

 

Yet another benefit, compared to conventional binding material (like sand or granules), is that due the fact that Faxol is a liquid it can be used in any weather condition like wind or even storm, unlike granules (granules or sand will get blown away in windy weather conditions and therefore cannot fulfil their duty). 

 

Instructions for use

 

• Gather high quantities of oil, petrol or diesel mechanically.
• Attenuate FAXOL F80 1:100 (recommended standard dilution). The quantity of Faxol should equal the amount of liquid you want to neutralise.
• Spray FAXOL F80 generously with the help of a pressure washer on the contaminated area.
• Leave it to take affect for 15-20 minutes (if possible brush Faxol in into the surface).
• Evacuate subsequently or wash it up.
• In case of appropriate application there should not be any disadvantages. 

 

For details concerning use, handling and contents please refer to our product information and material safety data sheet.