Just cleaning the driveway....

So this last Saturday, the hubby and I spent several hours working outside. One of the projects I'm super excited about (I know I'm weird) was cleaning our driveway. Awhile back Race was working on his truck, and somehow spilled battery acid everywhere, leaving a huge stain in our driveway, which literally made me insane....and angry....and slightly bummed every time I pulled into/out of our driveway. We had tried everything we had heard/read online to get rid of the stain, including; laundry detergent, bleach, and cat litter. Each of these worked a little but nothing truly got rid of the stain. Then I called my trusty, genius-when-it-comes-to-this-stuff Dad, and he suggested muriatic acid, and it worked like a charm....Here's a quick how-to for anyone else who has the same problem :)...
We bought this at Home Depot:

Klean-Strip Green 1-Gal. Muriatic Acid....We went with this one because it was the only "green" option, and we like to do what we can. Plus, like Race said, anything that's better for the environment, is probably better for us to be inhaling or in case we accidentally got some on the lawn.
The first time we tried we followed the instructions to a T, but didn't get the greatest results, so we used much less water the second time, and diluted the acid much less than it recommended and it worked like a charm. Of course, I always recommend following the directions and it's probably the safer option, but we weren't getting the best results so we did it our own way. (We're guessing since we used the "green" version, it was probably already too diluted).
All we did was mix the acid with water in a 5 gallon bucket and used a dollar store broom (so that we wouldn't feel guilty, if we needed to toss it afterwards) to scrub the spot with the solution. You should wear protective eye wear and gloves. And REALLY, you should wear long sleeves and pants (don't judge my husband, hes a rebel) because the acid can be very dangerous if you come in direct contact with it.

You can see how bad/large the spot was in this picture...
The acid turned almost a green color and you could hear it sizzling and see it steaming while it w as  eating away the damaged layer of our driveway...which was scary...
Then we used our hose to rinse it off...

 We did have to do this all a couple times before the spot was fully gone, but it looks 100% better...

And now the driveway looks as good as new! The newly cleaned spots are lighter than the rest of the driveway now (we thought about doing the whole driveway, but this would be quite the endeavor), but eventually they will become as dirty as the rest :)....What did you guys do this weekend?