The good news is it is empty

TheOldHokie

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Myersville, MD
The bad newd id it is on the floor :roll:

I had just finished oil changes on three of the cars and the 25 gallon oil drain was nearly full so I decided to empty it. Pumped 5 gallons int0 a bucket I had handy before TOOH came and asked me to run to town for her. So I hung the drain hose over the lip of the drain pan and left for town. When I got back this is what I found. Seems the drain hose slipped off and fell to the floor and I had not clodsed the drain valve so the 20 odd gallons left in the tank sipjomed out onto the floor. Think I may need to go back to town for another bag of oil-dry before I am done with the cleanup....

TOH

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I might think about crying! Actually, that is why you should do like me & change oil outdoors........that way if any spills occur, you are just putting it back where it came from, being a good custodian of the earth. :wink:
 
(quoted from post at 18:59:17 09/18/16) I might think about crying! Actually, that is why you should do like me & change oil outdoors........that way if any spills occur, you are just putting it back where it came from, being a good custodian of the earth. :wink:

Trust me - it will be going back where it came from :roll:

My first reaction was the wrong one - I threw the bucket of oil-dry I keep by the lift on it. Way too much oil for that to work and all I did was contaminate it to the point I can't take the mess I wet-vaced up to the oil recycling center. So it will go home to Mama....

TOH
 
(quoted from post at 15:59:17 09/18/16) I might think about crying! Actually, that is why you should do like me & change oil outdoors........that way if any spills occur, you are just putting it back where it came from, being a good custodian of the earth. :wink:

Not such a good idea when your water source is a well.
 
I did something like that while filling a 250 gallon waste oil tank from a 330 gallon tote filled with waste oil. Luckily it stayed contained within the building but boy what a mess.

Mark
 
(quoted from post at 19:20:22 09/18/16)
(quoted from post at 15:59:17 09/18/16) I might think about crying! Actually, that is why you should do like me & change oil outdoors........that way if any spills occur, you are just putting it back where it came from, being a good custodian of the earth. :wink:

Not such a good idea when your water source is a well.

I am not real concerned about my well. I would guess that in the 50+ years granddad farmed a lot more than 20 gallons of waste oil went back into the ground. In fact cow pee and "bovine fecal matter" were probably more of a drinking water concern since they congregated in the shade around the spring ;-)

TOH
 
TOH, that is why I always save the shavings from my wood planer in garbage bags. Never had a mess like that, but close. Results make a great outdoor fire starter.
 
Sorry for your mess, but you have a great looking shop,
Cabinets are better than in my house, with that many tools boxes I would never remember where my tools were,

Kudos on the shop,

Note to file, better keep a few bags of oil dry around, can never have enough if you have a large spill,
 
I had something on that order happen a couple of years ago, NOT used oil, but diesel fuel. DAMN, it makes a guy made when something stupid like that happens!
 

All I can say is WOW, What a mess! I never used a wet vac on oil, yuck. I guess you can always buy a new one, LOL.

Thanks for sharing.
 
First thing I thought was wow what a mess. Second thing was nice lift. Now to choose a good concrete cleaner. Our local Valvoline dealer sells a very good concrete cleaner. It's an orange powder that turns green when wetted with water. My students get LOTS of practice cleaning shop floors. Usually it's from used oil.
 
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All I can say is WOW, What a mess! I never used a wet vac on oil, yuck. I guess you can always buy a new one, LOL.

Thanks for sharing.

I have a cheap 12 gallon shop vac that I regularly use to clean the mix of chips, swarf, and metal working fluids off the machine tool tables and ways. That is all it is used for and it worked quite well on this task. I doubt it knew the difference ;-)

I have two others that I use for more traditional jobs...

TOH
 

[b:23cd711383][i:23cd711383]"If you look hard enough you can find a silver lining in any cloud"[/i:23cd711383][/b:23cd711383]

I guess in this case it was that the service bay needed a good cleaning anyway. I wouldn't eat off the floor but it's now a lot better than it was BEFORE the spill :roll:

TOH

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Not as bad as the Exxon-Valdez and no wildlife to clean up. Gooshed a 5gal bucket of hydraulic fluid while backing out of the garage once, can imagine 20 gallons to clean up. Nice shop.
 
I had a guy working for me that forgot to replace the drain plug,he dumped 5qt on the floor and had lifted it up for more work. He had not started it and we threw ten pounds of oil dry on the spill and dropped the car to the ground quickly. I should mention, that the one person was in the shop doing a walk through that nobody ever wants to see, E.P.A. He left, and we cleaned up the mess and finished the service.
 
Man, what a mess! At least you kept your sense of humor.
Glad to see you got it all cleaned up. Probably no worse for wear. :)
 

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