- 1. On the subject of oil disasters (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Osborne" <timos@microsoft.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:00:00 -0700
- What's the list consensus on the best products to mop up an engine oil "accident"? "Kitty litter" style stuff or emulsifying chemicals or what? Something that doesn't require a water hose is apprecia
- /html/shop-talk/2002-10/msg00115.html (7,814 bytes)
- 2. Re: On the subject of oil disasters (score: 1)
- Author: "Eric" <eric@megageek.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:31:25 -0400
- I've had good success with most kitty litters and speedi dry. I've got a bunch of "haz-mat mats" from when i was in the Army. They are huge mats (about 3' X 4') that soak up really well. What every p
- /html/shop-talk/2002-10/msg00116.html (8,664 bytes)
- 3. RE: On the subject of oil disasters (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 11:04:25 -0700
- My mechanic, who is both practical and pretty environmentally interested, uses the kitty litter stuff. Ken What's the list consensus on the best products to mop up an engine oil "accident"? "Kitty li
- /html/shop-talk/2002-10/msg00117.html (8,101 bytes)
- 4. Re: On the subject of oil disasters (score: 1)
- Author: LBC286@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 14:46:28 EDT
- - - - - - - - - - - I agree. Kitty litter works well. (Or oil-dry, which is the same as kitty litter, but maybe doesn't have the same deoderizers.) You can still buy haz-mats, but they are better to
- /html/shop-talk/2002-10/msg00118.html (8,759 bytes)
- 5. Re: On the subject of oil disasters (score: 1)
- Author: Ralph Forsythe <rf-list@centerone.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:02:43 -0600 (MDT)
- Kitty litter. Get the generic stuff, make sure you have enough on the spill so that when you mash the litter into the oil gently with your foot, you don't get an oily shoe. Let it sit for a while, th
- /html/shop-talk/2002-10/msg00119.html (8,206 bytes)
- 6. Re: On the subject of oil disasters (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 14:00:51 -0500
- My most admired engine builder won't use the granular "kitty litter" or clay-based oil absorbers . . . he hates the dust they create in his engine shop. He (and now I) use old newspapers which accumu
- /html/shop-talk/2002-10/msg00120.html (7,908 bytes)
- 7. Re: On the subject of oil disasters (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:05:58 -0700 (PDT)
- The dust can be a problem - I can understand an engine builder not wanting it. I've heard really good things about hulled rice ash, or something like that, as opposed to the clay-based kitty litter..
- /html/shop-talk/2002-10/msg00121.html (7,866 bytes)
- 8. Re: On the subject of oil disasters (score: 1)
- Author: Rikrock@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 18:59:35 EDT
- Hello, Rice ash is what they use at my local dragstrip. I don't know much about it as far as where to buy it or how much it costs, but I have helped clean up some spills with it and it does work VERY
- /html/shop-talk/2002-10/msg00122.html (8,116 bytes)
- 9. Re: On the subject of oil disasters (score: 1)
- Author: Erik Quackenbush <erik@midwestfilter.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:30:01 -0500
- Many industrial suppliers sell oil absorbing sheets made of polypropylene microfiber. This material repels water but it greedily absorbs many times its own weight in oil. It's also effective on gasol
- /html/shop-talk/2002-10/msg00126.html (8,938 bytes)
- 10. Re: On the subject of oil disasters (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:15:00 -0700
- Here's another source for oil absorbent products. We use their products in our equipment rental business. http://www.newpig.com/ - Bill /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team
- /html/shop-talk/2002-10/msg00128.html (7,719 bytes)
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