[AT] oil dry

[David Myers]

At our shop we use, and mostly reuse, oil dry.  Tired all the fancy stuff but like standard kitty litter type the best.  The unfortunate part is it really likes water better.  The best part is it will, properly applied, really clean a concrete floor.  We have a lot of oil spills, daily.  When we are done with a job we like to spray the oily area down with a water based detergent type degreaser (Mean Green, Castrol Super Clean, or similar, Simple Green may work but imho it's not strong enough).
Then when soaked spread a generous amount of oil dry down and walk away.  Give it  a 1/2 hour to 45 min or so and go sweep it up.  Voila, clean reusable oil dry and a clean floor underneath.  Been doing this for years.  
Dave Myers



> On Feb 24, 2015, at 9:58 AM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Steve, as you may well know, hardwood ash is caustic and if you trickle
> water through it you can make lye.  So keep that in mind.  I'm careful where
> I use it but it works pretty well.   I had never tried it on oil until just 
> recently.
> I spilled some diesel fuel on a set of concrete steps and the only thing I 
> had
> close by was a 5 gal bucket full of ash.  It soaked the diesel right up and 
> left
> no trace.  Your results may vary.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Stephen Offiler
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 8:03 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] oil dry
> 
> Wood ash!  Wow, interesting idea, Charlie.  I do use it for de-icing the
> walkways, but since my woodstove grate is kind of coarse, I get plenty of
> small chunks of wood coals mixed in the ashes, and you know how tenacious
> carbon black is...  so, I only use it on walkways and curtail it near the
> house.
> 
> I've been using kitty litter (we have three cats) mixed with sawdust, and I
> tend heavier on the sawdust because I have a lot of it and I'm sort of
> frugal ;-)  Now I've gotta try to mix in some wood ash as well.  Definitely
> need to figure out some kind of sifter to remove those coals.
> 
> SO
> 
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 9:28 PM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> When all else fails, wood ash out of the wood stove works pretty well.
>> It also works to help de-ice the door steps.
>> 
>> Charlie
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Carl Gogol
>> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 8:39 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] oil dry
>> 
>> Price the cheapest kitty liter at your local "big" grocery store.  Ours
>> (Wegman's) has a variety and over a wide price range.  the cheapest 
>> version
>> has always worked well for inhaling oil.  Crush with your shies to get the
>> last bit if you don't have time for it to work its way in.
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
>> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 8:19 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] oil dry
>> 
>> Dang that's cheap! Like I said earlier, the best a real parts store could
>> do
>> on a pallet full was $9 a bag.
>> Whats a Rural King and how far east are they? Sounds something like 
>> Tractor
>> supply, we just got a couple of those in the last 4-5 years. TSC ain't
>> cheap
>> but they do carry some stuff hard to find anywhere else.
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Indiana Robinson
>> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 7:34 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] oil dry
>> 
>> I just run to Rural King...
>> I just checked on-line and they show oil-dry as "in stock" at $4.99 for a
>> 50# bag.
>> I had to check because the last bag I bought was probably about 5 years
>> ago.
>> Not much shop time  :-(
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Francis Robinson
>> aka "farmer"
>> Central Indiana USA
>> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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