Lawn mower and oil spills
 

How do you clean up a little oil spill from the lawn mower in the
garden? Hosing with water or some other cleaning products?

And what if the shed smell of more oil spills?

THanks
Mike

On 10 Sep 2004 06:06:52 -0700, (Mike) wrote:

How do you clean up a little oil spill from the lawn mower in the
garden? Hosing with water or some other cleaning products?

And what if the shed smell of more oil spills?

THanks
Mike

Remove the soil in the area and dispose of it properly. Call your
local area waste management and they will tell who where to take the
contaminated soil. An "oiled" shed is a fire hazard. Be extra
careful not to spill any oil.

Phisherman wrote:

Remove the soil in the area and dispose of it properly. Call your
local area waste management and they will tell who where to take the
contaminated soil.

Or you can simply burn contaminated soil in a wood fire. That will
remove the oil and leave the soil in the ashes to put back in your
garden with the other ashes.

An "oiled" shed is a fire hazard. Be extra
careful not to spill any oil.

Actually motor oil is very difficult to catch on fire. Try burning some
sometime. However it destroys leather and rubber shoes, tires, and
pollutes ground water if it ever gets to it. This oil can be absorbed
by kitty litter and disposed up properly.

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Just don't burn it in your house oven or expensive grill :)

Until you've burnt dirt, you've no idea just how bad the smell is!

John

"S. M. Henning" wrote in message
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Phisherman wrote:

Remove the soil in the area and dispose of it properly. Call your
local area waste management and they will tell who where to take
the
contaminated soil.

Or you can simply burn contaminated soil in a wood fire. That will
remove the oil and leave the soil in the ashes to put back in your
garden with the other ashes.

An "oiled" shed is a fire hazard. Be extra
careful not to spill any oil.

Actually motor oil is very difficult to catch on fire. Try burning
some
sometime. However it destroys leather and rubber shoes, tires, and
pollutes ground water if it ever gets to it. This oil can be
absorbed
by kitty litter and disposed up properly.

--
Pardon my spam deterrent; send email to
Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA USA
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman