How to Clean Up Oil Spills
A puddle of oil on your kitchen floor can grow bigger and even more slippery when mixed with soap and water. There's a much better way to clean up oily accidents. This remedy also works for broken eggs.
- Difficulty:
- Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Dishwashing Liquid
- Broom
- Flour
- Salt
- Dustpan
- Paper Towels
- Paper towels
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Sprinkle the puddle with a very generous amount of salt. (If you run out of salt, pour flour on the spill and mix before sweeping.)
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Let it soak for a few minutes.
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Sweep up the salt.
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Clean the remaining film of oil with a few drops of dishwashing liquid and damp paper towels.
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Comments
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I used H2O X5 mop steam cleaner absolutely brilliant.
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mymillionsite
May 17, 2010
It would seem to me if they can place a tube into the pipe to capture the oil they should also be able to stop the flow in the same manner like a doctor would use a cathitier for kidney functions . place a tube with a ballon to seal the spill and then either offload the oil or stop until they can replace with the propper pipe casing. -
sicklidae
May 07, 2010
I can honestly say this really works well. My dad was filtering used vegetable oil to use in the car, I was in charge when about 3 gallons spilled all over. I just dumped flour on it and shoveled it up. I did it to about half of it when my dad called and told me to try to save the oil. Oh well, at least the flour works.
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pondripples
Mar 04, 2009
I agree. This works well. I've seen it used in a movie theater on a 2 gallon butter spill.
