Concrete driveways, patios, and garage floors may take a beating, but that doesn’t mean they must show the signs. While these rugged surfaces are bound to receive their share of errant oil, paint, ...

An unattractive rust stain on your home's concrete patios, pool areas, garage floors, and foundation walls is a surefire way to bring down the aesthetic of your exterior. When iron (and iron alloys ...

Q. I have a plowing company. Last winter while plowing, I left rust streaks on two properties. Though they are not very noticeable, they are noticeable. Do you have any ideas or solutions to removing ...

Rust stains can sometimes be removed from concrete by scrubbing with a solution of four ounces of oxalic acid in a quart of water. Oxalic acid is sold in crystal or powder form at paint stores. Mop ...

You can’t scrub oil and grease stains away. The trick is to draw them up out of the concrete with trisodium phosphate (or a TSP substitute), water and an absorbent material. Patience is the key. Old, ...

Q: I found your Dec. 3 advice about removing rust stains from concrete pavers to be quite interesting. I have a problem with stains on concrete, though not from rust. We recently put down a concrete ...

Rust is composed of iron oxide and occurs when the iron or steel material of garden furniture or a barbecue comes into contact with air and water. This creates particularly stubborn stains which can ...