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   DanH | May 26, 2006 12:27am | #1

   Cardboard.

   If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. --James Madison
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   pebble | May 26, 2006 01:06am | #2

   Wait a few months before applying any paints or sealers to the concrete. It will peel off in spots as it cures and demoisturizes if applied sooner. Cardboard sounds good in the meantime. My uncle told me a trick of using kitty litter and then taking a brick and grinding the kitty litter into the oil stain. He says it gets it right out!

   Handyman, painter, wood floor refinisher, property maintenance in Tulsa, OK

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   xxPaulCPxx | May 26, 2006 07:06am | #8

   I used to clean up a tractor repair shop growing up... I did ALOT of the wood block and kitty litter scrub.  And yes, it works great!Rebuilding my home in Cypress, CA

   Also a CRX fanatic!

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   LeeLamb | May 26, 2006 01:32am | #3

   Let it cure for six months. Coat it with BOL (boiled linseed oil). I used half BOL and half mineral spirits. It darkens the concrete slightly. It lasted for seven years, then I moved.  Good luck.

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   rasher | May 26, 2006 01:49am | #4

   BLO? Never heard of that one.
   Cardboard is of course a requirement when working on the car, but you know accidents happen and I was wondering if there was any kind of sealer to put down to reduce the possibility of staining.
   I use siloxane on my concrete countertops and am wondering if I should use this on my driveway?

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   dedubya | May 26, 2006 02:20am | #5

   Frogskin or Professional water seal use with  anti -skid

   additive, both are silicone based sealants, Ive used

   them both with great sucsess, wear good, fairley expensive,

    they use them as a anti graffetiant, paint will not stick

   to them after application, only apply to fully cured concrete

   you need a sprayer with chemical resistant seals to install it

   with plus a med.nap paint roller to back roll it with-pretty stinkey

    stuff. Ive used it to protect the masonry a 200 year old church

   that repaired about 10 years ago it is still beading up water .

    

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   floorheater | May 26, 2006 03:11am | #6

   A product you pick up at the conrete supply houses called CURE & SEAL. It comes in 5gal pails or 55gal drums.
   stinks like the dickens. Put it down just after your done broom finishing or paddling. Soaks right in and thats the way it's designed.

   David

    

    

     

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   jeffwoodwork | May 26, 2006 05:59am | #7

   Think Diamond Coat is the same  thing.  Makes the concrete look shiny,like a poly.