richwill
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 10:54 AM |
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Cleaning oil spill
What do people use to clean up oil spills on the garage floor . I spilt oil from the filter on the nice clean concrete floor and would like to try and
clean up the mess.
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blakep82
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 10:56 AM |
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cement dust, cat litter box stuff, saw dust, all kinds of stuff really
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 10:58 AM |
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Cement dust from the floor, newspaper, sand whatever's to hand as Blake says.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 11:02 AM |
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got a fluffy cat and a pole?
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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blakep82
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 11:06 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
got a fluffy cat and a pole?
don't think you need to hire polish people to clean up an oil spill...
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tegwin
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 11:09 AM |
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Blow torch!
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nib1980
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 11:16 AM |
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cat litter works well for me.
i also have a carpet in the garage, so i just cut the section out and replace with another from the scrap heap
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 11:34 AM |
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Kitty litter is ok as long as you don't try to use the pine wood based stuff, "Fullers earth" is what you need. However, cement is
a lot more effective IME.
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BenB
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 11:46 AM |
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I used some sharp sand (hand it to hand in the garage). Soaked up the oil nicely. Though I suspect cement is best as that's what they use on
race tracks...
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hobbsy
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 12:05 PM |
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If you paint your garage floor first then it pretty much just wipes up with old rags and doesn't soak in.
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Peteff
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 12:06 PM |
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Use some washing detergent neat to get rid of the stain after you clean up if you are bothered about it. Scrub it in then rinse it off but it will
fade eventually or get more added to it.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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designer
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 01:45 PM |
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Spred kitty litter over the stain and rub over with a brick.
It grinds the litter and absords the oil.
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