The Acetone is actually the first product that worked on the oil stains in my driveway. After exhausting and unsuccessful efforts with bleach, Goof Off and power washing with soap, the Acetone treatment removed 98% of the oil stains, although some areas did require three applications. Acetone recommended.
WOW!! Who would have thought? I have acetone, just never thought about using it for that. I will try this tomorrow morning.. Thank you for the video...
The Acetone dissolved the oil so it could penetrate to a deeper and not visible layer. If you break a piece of concrete you could see the oil is now located in a deeper layer
I clear up all the burnables around the stain I throw some lacquer thinner light up a match kaboom all the black soot rises up. Kill fire quickly and repeat..it. Works👌be safe..
I subscribed as soon as I saw the name of your channel. And I'm the Wife!! I always heard you should use TSP (not TSP substitute) for oil stains on concrete. But you're right, most folks dont have TSP on hand at their house. I buy the biggest box Home Depot sells. Super handy for lots of projects, but requires careful handling.
Hey there! I just now saw your comment! That's funny! But really, when I look at my analytics, 33% of my viewers are female. I'm thinking it's the wives scouting out how to do something so they can get their guys out working haha☺️😁 Thank you for being a subscriber, and if you have any video ideas, let me know... Maybe I'll do one!
"Wife has been asking, 'When are you going to get that oil leak changed?' Well, we'll get to that later but for right now, we're just going to clean the driveway." Classic.
Fun fact acetone is an off world compound coming from a different realm that’s why wen you wipe there’s no oil all the oil is being dumped in the acetone realm
thanks for testing this so we dont have to. seems some people are mentioning that the acetone brings the oil deeper, ill have to check out your torching video. keep it up man!
Great video was able to get the cooking grease off my pavers with no problem at all with acetone and the wire brush it was actually a miracle breaker because I had no idea what else I was going to use acetone was the answer thanks again for posting the video.
Hi, "Nothing is created, nothing is lost" has been initially said by the philosopher Anaxagoras, and Lavoisier exerted with "... in the works of Art (chemistry) and Nature". About your oil with acetone, I guessed; it occurs that acetone simply dilute it without any chemical reaction, and, as the cement is porous, the dilution goes in the depth. ;)
Last night I spilled oil on the driveway doing an oil change and then today someone moved my jack which doesn't have the plug in it down towards the garage and carried it vertically so in two days we have an engine oil stain and a hydraulic jack oil stain 😂 I'm trying to find what works the best, the cost isn't a huge concern and I plan on doing multiple treatments if needed until it goes away. I saw in another video that there's a spray you can use to "paint" over your asphalt but that's industrial equipment and materials so I can't do that right now. It would look pretty nice afterwards, though.
Dang. Well at least one didn't happen after you cleaned the other! I'd start with getting the bulk of it cleaned up. Use cat litter, dry clay, sawdust, or similar to absorb the main stuff. Then you can worry about the leftover stains. Watch my other video on using a torch... It worked pretty well on concrete. Not sure about asphalt though...
Haha! 😆 It's funny... I'm different than a lot of UA-camrs. I don't really plan out all my videos. It's more like real-time experimenting! So you're along for the ride with me! Thank you for hanging out... If you find a good oil stain solution, let us know here!
If you wanna use chemicals get yourself a couple of Barthels and a gallon of lacquer thinner type you buy at the Home Depot or a place like that none of the expensive stuff you use for painting soak your driveway down with lacquer thinner layer bar towel on it soak the bar towel down lay the other bar towel on top soak that down then get a heavy object like a paving stone or something like thatLeave it overnight the next day it should be gone you may have to do it twice
So you're saying contact time is important for oil stain... Good thinking. Makes sense that the oil-laquer-thinner will need time to migrate into the towel.... I have another stain now so I'll give that a try. Another video!
I haven't tried that. I'd test a little square and closely examine what it does. If it's unremarkable, try a bigger area where the oil is. I bet it will behave differently than with concrete. We are thinking the concrete was porous enough that the oil went deeper.. that wouldn't be true with asphalt.
@@soyourwifewantsyouto Asphalt and oil are basically different versions of the same thing. Therefore, something that would dissolve and lift one, will dissolve and lift the other. You would have to use a large amount, and the collateral damage to the asphalt wouldn't be a good thing. Probably the best remedy would be to have a new "slurry coat" applied to the driveway. A slurry coat is once again, another version of the same thing - but it will cover up (over-coat) the petro spills, and give the asphalt that fresh, new look. It should be done anyway every few years at a minimum to maintain the asphalt and keep it from naturally deteriorating and breaking up due to weather and use.
I have had very good luck with cheap non clumping unscented cat liter and MEK (methyl ethyl ketone). Put about 3/4 inch on top of stain, then pour MEK on the cat litter, next go make a sandwich and watch some TV, When you can't smell the MEK sweep up cat liter and throw in trash.
Interesting! That's a similar chemical as acetone but with a higher molecular weight so it'll stick around longer... And as it solubilizes the oil, the cat litter absorbs it. Genius! 😊
I have never tried. Block paving is more porous so it may work better. But I don't want to tell you yes and then something bad happen. Maybe try a little spot and see what happens. Also, a torch worked well on concrete. But a block might crumble easier with torch heat. Sorry no definite answers 😬☺️
Well, you're just pushing down the oil residue with that brush. Concrete has pores. That's why it went nowhere but down. The right way would be to get the acetone to lift up the stain and then u catching it with something. In this case, you used a paper towel. Good job though
You can use the flame without the acetone to remove oil from a concrete slab. Just make sure the concrete is completely free of water because the heat will make it pop like a wet log in a fire. A heat lamp left on overnight will also work. In either case wipe up the oil with a rag before it cools and gets reabsorbed by the concrete. If that happens use some concrete patch material from the hardware store.
Antoine Lavoisier, the scientist credited with the discovery of the law of conservation of mass. This law states that, despite chemical reactions or physical transformations, mass is conserved - that is, it cannot be created or destroyed - within an isolated system
Yup, don’t fix the Cause, just put a bandaid on it because making this video is more fun than taking the car in for repairs, then when the engine/transmission blows up for lack of oil, you can put more bandaids on! Yup!
Sure. If you never check the ____g oil level for weeks, months at a time. Cleaning the drive way and putting something down on it to absorb the oil is a lot cheaper than hundreds or thousands of dollars to fix a small leak.
@@soyourwifewantsyouto You're Welcome! Give it a try. It removes 95%. Spray the area generously with brake cleaner, then with carburetor cleaner. Quickly spread cat litter on top of the area. Shuffle and crush the cat litter around with your boots. Leave sit for 15 minutes. Sweep away.
@@mrBDeye I since bought a new(er) car that thankfully doesn't leak oil. But I'll definitely remember that! Makes sense since you clean oil off things by using brake parts cleaner. We are some brilliant minds, I tell ya! 😁😎
@@russelljones6716 hmmm... I've never done that. I'd be tempted to torch it but wouldn't want to ruin the finish of the painted concrete 🤔 I wonder if Dusty would know?
Recommend next time using a tripod and not moving the camera during the entire process, that way, you can toggle still frames at the end to show the before and after when everything is a dry, with a graphic label on each side where you used different products. The pattern of the oil stain is very irregular and its hard to follow where each side that you used the chemicals on was at.
Haha! I just now saw this comment. Thank you! It truly is a never-ending honey-do list. 😁 But I celebrate being fortunate to figure things out and make my other half at least moderately happy 😉
@@soyourwifewantsyouto if its a fresh oil stain, never tried it with old ones, but if you rub the cat litter in, (say standing and shuffling on it) it will essentially sand the concrete down and get rid of it pretty well.
Scrub the cat litter into the concrete with a brick or a piece of 2x4 then sweep it up and place it in a container for disposal. Rinse the area with water afterwards.
It's a small enough quantity and used in a controlled manner... Plus it evaporated pretty quickly in the warm weather. But I agree with you... Any ignition source will carry with it the risk of burns. Thank you for your comment! ☺️
@@soyourwifewantsyouto you guys are awesome but I saw a lady used comment to get her oil stain out of her driveway I'm going to try it and thank you for sharing.
Oh yeah I forgot to tell you she use bacon soda or baking powder first the one in The Orange Box and then she sprinkled her comment on top of it and then water and scrubbed it.
@@mrsmitchell6507 jesus christ lady common sense... unless you pour 4 gallons over the whole drive way right up to the edge of the house and light it up within seconds youll be fine... you could empty that whole quart on the driveway and intentionally light it it wont affect the house thats 20ft away hmmm i wonder if thatd be effective at lifting and burning away the oil or just char the concrete
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Haha! It's ok. I've since found that torching with fire is the best way so far. Thanks for the comment! Every comment helps UA-cam's algorithm reach more people, so I appreciate even comments like yours.
I agree, the acetone separated and thinned the oil, and the concrete absorbed it through capillary action. It makes me wonder, after a few rains, did it resurface at all?
My friend’s landlord’s nephew got some oil on a couple stone pavers, but I’m gonna try to do him a solid by getting it out. Out of all the household alternatives, it seems acetone is the winner, but I can’t find anything on long term damage. The property is historic, and I’d rather not screw it up lol
The Acetone is actually the first product that worked on the oil stains in my driveway. After exhausting and unsuccessful efforts with bleach, Goof Off and power washing with soap, the Acetone treatment removed 98% of the oil stains, although some areas did require three applications. Acetone recommended.
I know ..I was pretty happy with it! 💪
What kind of acetone because i used goo off 3x and power wash and it barely budged . Getting ready to resurface the whole driveway
@@tnk325i go to the hardware store and ask for acetone. It's in the paint section.
@@soyourwifewantsyouto also what about the gold assassin pretty high reviews.
@@tnk325i I've never heard of that. If you try it let us know!
Bravo!!! Great work! Acetone. That's the golden gun. Thanks. Very helpful video.
Glad to help!
WOW!! Who would have thought? I have acetone, just never thought about using it for that. I will try this tomorrow morning.. Thank you for the video...
Let me know how it goes!
The Acetone dissolved the oil so it could penetrate to a deeper and not visible layer. If you break a piece of concrete you could see the oil is now located in a deeper layer
Thank you! I came here to say the same thing! Lol
I guess the cement is more porous than it seems...
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@@soyourwifewantsyouto I don’t know if if you have r tree er
I tried the torch method on my driveway spot, but it did not work, and mine were only a few days old. I'll try the acetone next.
@@Gmar69 best of luck!
I clear up all the burnables around the stain I throw some lacquer thinner light up a match kaboom all the black soot rises up. Kill fire quickly and repeat..it. Works👌be safe..
You like fire even more than me! 😁🔥😎
I subscribed as soon as I saw the name of your channel. And I'm the Wife!!
I always heard you should use TSP (not TSP substitute) for oil stains on concrete. But you're right, most folks dont have TSP on hand at their house.
I buy the biggest box Home Depot sells. Super handy for lots of projects, but requires careful handling.
Hey there! I just now saw your comment! That's funny! But really, when I look at my analytics, 33% of my viewers are female. I'm thinking it's the wives scouting out how to do something so they can get their guys out working haha☺️😁
Thank you for being a subscriber, and if you have any video ideas, let me know... Maybe I'll do one!
So Your Wife Wants You To
Wife here who wants her driveway oil stain gone. Yep, I’m doing research.
Same.....and what a badass video too. Gonna try this out
Beavis said "FIRE!!! Ahe heh.. FIRE!!!"
This is probably the only one thing out of 8 products I need to try. Nothing has worked so far. I’m praying please wish me luck with acetone!
Good luck. Did you try a torch?
"Wife has been asking, 'When are you going to get that oil leak changed?' Well, we'll get to that later but for right now, we're just going to clean the driveway." Classic.
I keep pushing that further down the honey-do list 😆😆
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Then there’s us construction workers using acetone on our hands as soap 😭
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Fun fact acetone is an off world compound coming from a different realm that’s why wen you wipe there’s no oil all the oil is being dumped in the acetone realm
@@humbertodelcastillo4444 finally we figured it out!! 😄😄
thanks for testing this so we dont have to. seems some people are mentioning that the acetone brings the oil deeper, ill have to check out your torching video. keep it up man!
I love experimenting and helping out folks. Glad you found a little value!
Great video was able to get the cooking grease off my pavers with no problem at all with acetone and the wire brush it was actually a miracle breaker because I had no idea what else I was going to use acetone was the answer thanks again for posting the video.
Great success story!
Hi, "Nothing is created, nothing is lost" has been initially said by the philosopher Anaxagoras, and Lavoisier exerted with "... in the works of Art (chemistry) and Nature". About your oil with acetone, I guessed; it occurs that acetone simply dilute it without any chemical reaction, and, as the cement is porous, the dilution goes in the depth. ;)
You can also put a journal under your car, and when it is oily, just burn it; it burns very well! XD
I believe you are correct. Thank you for watching my channel!
Last night I spilled oil on the driveway doing an oil change and then today someone moved my jack which doesn't have the plug in it down towards the garage and carried it vertically so in two days we have an engine oil stain and a hydraulic jack oil stain 😂
I'm trying to find what works the best, the cost isn't a huge concern and I plan on doing multiple treatments if needed until it goes away. I saw in another video that there's a spray you can use to "paint" over your asphalt but that's industrial equipment and materials so I can't do that right now. It would look pretty nice afterwards, though.
Dang. Well at least one didn't happen after you cleaned the other!
I'd start with getting the bulk of it cleaned up. Use cat litter, dry clay, sawdust, or similar to absorb the main stuff. Then you can worry about the leftover stains.
Watch my other video on using a torch... It worked pretty well on concrete.
Not sure about asphalt though...
If it’s not a sealed or treated drive as the acetone dissolve’s the oil it will float to the top. You can then burn it off with a propane torch.
What if it's sealed?
Any way to remove oil stain ?
Thanks
Makes sense, thank you!
I suscribed simply due to your channel name and being able to relate to u.Great name man.
Haha thank you! I figured it's a great model for a channel.... I'll never run out of ideas for more content! 😆😆
Yea thats for sure !!! Lol
I wonder what I could do if I used the acetone on the driveway then now it looks like the floor is bleached? I mean it got white patches
The concrete will get dirty again and should even out in color
I mean you left me more clueless than you bro 🤣
Haha! 😆 It's funny... I'm different than a lot of UA-camrs. I don't really plan out all my videos. It's more like real-time experimenting!
So you're along for the ride with me! Thank you for hanging out... If you find a good oil stain solution, let us know here!
If you wanna use chemicals get yourself a couple of Barthels and a gallon of lacquer thinner type you buy at the Home Depot or a place like that none of the expensive stuff you use for painting soak your driveway down with lacquer thinner layer bar towel on it soak the bar towel down lay the other bar towel on top soak that down then get a heavy object like a paving stone or something like thatLeave it overnight the next day it should be gone you may have to do it twice
So you're saying contact time is important for oil stain... Good thinking. Makes sense that the oil-laquer-thinner will need time to migrate into the towel.... I have another stain now so I'll give that a try. Another video!
I have a aspahlt driveway will acetone work to get rid of oil stains?
I haven't tried that. I'd test a little square and closely examine what it does. If it's unremarkable, try a bigger area where the oil is. I bet it will behave differently than with concrete. We are thinking the concrete was porous enough that the oil went deeper.. that wouldn't be true with asphalt.
@@soyourwifewantsyouto Asphalt and oil are basically different versions of the same thing. Therefore, something that would dissolve and lift one, will dissolve and lift the other. You would have to use a large amount, and the collateral damage to the asphalt wouldn't be a good thing. Probably the best remedy would be to have a new "slurry coat" applied to the driveway. A slurry coat is once again, another version of the same thing - but it will cover up (over-coat) the petro spills, and give the asphalt that fresh, new look. It should be done anyway every few years at a minimum to maintain the asphalt and keep it from naturally deteriorating and breaking up due to weather and use.
@@donaldworthington9552 @Kendall there's your answer! Thank you Donald!
Use a brick to scrub some kitty litter into the oil stain then sweep it up into a container for disposal.
Your suppose to let the bleach dry first ?
I left it on there for a minute or 2. I just don't think it was going to do anything.
I have had very good luck with cheap non clumping unscented cat liter and MEK (methyl ethyl ketone). Put about 3/4 inch on top of stain, then pour MEK on the cat litter, next go make a sandwich and watch some TV, When you can't smell the MEK sweep up cat liter and throw in trash.
Interesting! That's a similar chemical as acetone but with a higher molecular weight so it'll stick around longer... And as it solubilizes the oil, the cat litter absorbs it. Genius! 😊
wondering if this would work on asphalt
That's a whole different chemistry... I don't know...
Will it be ok on block paving?
I have never tried. Block paving is more porous so it may work better. But I don't want to tell you yes and then something bad happen. Maybe try a little spot and see what happens.
Also, a torch worked well on concrete. But a block might crumble easier with torch heat.
Sorry no definite answers 😬☺️
Perfect... worked great!
Great to hear!
If you get more, check out my latest video where I use a big torch... But be careful if you do...
Thank you
No prob 😃
Well, you're just pushing down the oil residue with that brush. Concrete has pores. That's why it went nowhere but down. The right way would be to get the acetone to lift up the stain and then u catching it with something. In this case, you used a paper towel. Good job though
I guess I didn't realize the concrete is that porous... I think from now on I'll just torch it 😁
Use paint thinner and put diatomaceous earth to absorb the oil and thinner
I'll try that next time.. though the torch method worked pretty well too...
what about oxalic acid? :)
Send me a little and I'll try it on video
Acetone then flame it I reckon. Would lift it and vaporize it
Perhaps I'll try that on a future stain!
You can use the flame without the acetone to remove oil from a concrete slab. Just make sure the concrete is completely free of water because the heat will make it pop like a wet log in a fire. A heat lamp left on overnight will also work. In either case wipe up the oil with a rag before it cools and gets reabsorbed by the concrete. If that happens use some concrete patch material from the hardware store.
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You got it 100% right! 😅😂😂
Antoine Lavoisier, the scientist credited with the discovery of the law of conservation of mass. This law states that, despite chemical reactions or physical transformations, mass is conserved - that is, it cannot be created or destroyed - within an isolated system
That's why I love my viewers... You all bring value to the comments!
Thank you for that ☺️
I am going to try this on a gasoline stain.
Let us know how it works!
@@soyourwifewantsyouto I will.
Yup, don’t fix the Cause, just put a bandaid on it because making this video is more fun than taking the car in for repairs, then when the engine/transmission blows up for lack of oil, you can put more bandaids on! Yup!
Haha! Car is sold now 🤗
Sure. If you never check the ____g oil level for weeks, months at a time. Cleaning the drive way and putting something down on it to absorb the oil is a lot cheaper than hundreds or thousands of dollars to fix a small leak.
@@spikespa5208 😂😂
I got my car fixed but lots of oil stains... I am glad for whatever he did because this video helped me!!
If I made a video, I wouldn't half ass it. I would have used as much of the acetone required to leave the spot 100% gone.
Let me know when you upload a video and I'll subscribe.
Brake cleaner and Carburetor cleaner will do a better job removing oil stains.
Good thinking
@@soyourwifewantsyouto
You're Welcome! Give it a try. It removes 95%.
Spray the area generously with brake cleaner, then with carburetor cleaner. Quickly spread cat litter on top of the area. Shuffle and crush the cat litter around with your boots. Leave sit for 15 minutes. Sweep away.
@@mrBDeye I since bought a new(er) car that thankfully doesn't leak oil. But I'll definitely remember that! Makes sense since you clean oil off things by using brake parts cleaner.
We are some brilliant minds, I tell ya! 😁😎
Thank you and i will do it.
Try the torch method in the linked video at the end of this one. It worked better.
Bleach + acetone = chloroform
Don't combine chemicals... Good safety point that I failed to emphasize.
One of the projects I’ll take that oil out
I hear ya
What will remove gas from painted concrete
@@russelljones6716 hmmm... I've never done that. I'd be tempted to torch it but wouldn't want to ruin the finish of the painted concrete 🤔
I wonder if Dusty would know?
Recommend next time using a tripod and not moving the camera during the entire process, that way, you can toggle still frames at the end to show the before and after when everything is a dry, with a graphic label on each side where you used different products. The pattern of the oil stain is very irregular and its hard to follow where each side that you used the chemicals on was at.
Thank you
Are you cleaning the street?
My driveway. I had a leaky car. 😁
Why not both???
Chloroform
Yeah i know i'm just kidding.
@@vairnenasyt5239 haha! Better to just apply fire 🔥🔥 More fun anyway
Thank u! Will definitely try!
Report back on here how your stains fared. Best of luck!
Will try that thank you glad i watched your video 😊
Let us know what works for you. Based on what people are saying, I'll try a torch next... Video to come, so subscribe and stay tuned 😁🙂
The name of this channel is the best
Haha! I just now saw this comment. Thank you! It truly is a never-ending honey-do list. 😁 But I celebrate being fortunate to figure things out and make my other half at least moderately happy 😉
no volumn.................??????????????????
I don't understand what you're asking.
And you can make chloroform combine acetone and bleach
Best to not combine them 😅
just use both together for double cleaning lol
Maybe don't... #chloroform #CleanTillYaChoke
Wow…
I know! I thought so too...
That’s not a scraper it’s a wire brush
He said wire brush
Makes sense, thank you!
oil is like,,,really dark…..
Good point
now rub a piece of concrete on stain to hide that mess. free scrap at home depot
What it it?
Makes sense, thank you!
Get a weed torch and burn it it will vaporize the oil
I'll do a video on it. Thank you!
Gasoline works well to
I bet!
I since bought a big propane torch... Took care of it!
Imma sub so you can get closer to monitization
Thanks grrl 😎
I'm just happy helping people out. And I make a leetle bit of money doing the Amazon link thing too.
Try with cat litter and rub it
I've tried letting cat litter sit on there... Also dry clay-based dirt. It kinda works... Not good enough to make it invisible...
@@soyourwifewantsyouto if its a fresh oil stain, never tried it with old ones, but if you rub the cat litter in, (say standing and shuffling on it) it will essentially sand the concrete down and get rid of it pretty well.
@@kanyonphillips6381 awesome! Hopefully people read this and try it out 😊😁
Scrub the cat litter into the concrete with a brick or a piece of 2x4 then sweep it up and place it in a container for disposal. Rinse the area with water afterwards.
Just get your dang oil leak fixed! Your wife is RIGHT!!!!! Stop the CAUSE!
😆 she's always right!
It's fixed now 😁😁
Dont see other guys video
It's in the description of the video.
But I copied it for you... Here you go!
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That's crazy flammable you want to use a flammable product in your driveway near your house I don't think so
It's a small enough quantity and used in a controlled manner... Plus it evaporated pretty quickly in the warm weather.
But I agree with you... Any ignition source will carry with it the risk of burns.
Thank you for your comment! ☺️
@@soyourwifewantsyouto you guys are awesome but I saw a lady used comment to get her oil stain out of her driveway I'm going to try it and thank you for sharing.
@@mrsmitchell6507 you mean Comet cleaner? Cool! Let me know how it works...I have another stain so maybe I'll do another video 😁
Oh yeah I forgot to tell you she use bacon soda or baking powder first the one in The Orange Box and then she sprinkled her comment on top of it and then water and scrubbed it.
@@mrsmitchell6507 jesus christ lady common sense... unless you pour 4 gallons over the whole drive way right up to the edge of the house and light it up within seconds youll be fine... you could empty that whole quart on the driveway and intentionally light it it wont affect the house thats 20ft away
hmmm i wonder if thatd be effective at lifting and burning away the oil or just char the concrete
Mighty Mobile Power Washing
Please stop !! You are clueless !!. You should research your chems before playing with them. You're asking for trouble.
God I hope nobody listens to this !!!
WoW
Haha!
It's ok. I've since found that torching with fire is the best way so far.
Thanks for the comment!
Every comment helps UA-cam's algorithm reach more people, so I appreciate even comments like yours.
My guess is the acetone liquified the oil and forced it to penetrate further into the driveway. Just a guess, but it makes sense... or does it?
I guess if the concrete is porous enough, that could definitely be.
or chemical reaction and made some potent gas out of it
@@jk66 unlikely
I agree, the acetone separated and thinned the oil, and the concrete absorbed it through capillary action. It makes me wonder, after a few rains, did it resurface at all?
My friend’s landlord’s nephew got some oil on a couple stone pavers, but I’m gonna try to do him a solid by getting it out. Out of all the household alternatives, it seems acetone is the winner, but I can’t find anything on long term damage. The property is historic, and I’d rather not screw it up lol