Good housekeeping reduces oil spills and protects you against liability.
Here are several suggestions for limiting waste oil problems in your shop.
Place drip pans under cars.
Use different pans for waste oil and for parts covered with solvents.
Fill drip pans only half-way and then use a funnel to pour the oil into a drum or tank
- $$$ Use dry cleanup methods when you do have oil spills. You can use (I) reusable absorbent pads, ( 2) a bristle broom and brush (3) mops that absorb only oily liquids. Wring out or pour the waste oil you clean up into a container or tank. Clean any left over waste oil. Discard the cleanup debris in a separate container
from the waste oil. Use clay absorbents or sawdust, or alternatives such as corn cobs or peat.
$ Build curbs around your waste oil storage area to contain 110% of the volume of the largest waste oil
container or tank.
$$$$$ All of these are good ideas. However, the best method to save time, hassle and money is to use a pneumatic tool, such as the Spillpro, to pick up your oil spills. The Spillpro, with a special attachment, can filter and help you recycle all of your used oil.
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