Any substitute for Oil-Dri?

[Brand X]

I use concrete to (cement) clean concrete..

 

[LXCam]

I've found quick-sorb oil-Dri to be the best stuff out there by a long shot. Once you've cleaned up the initial pooled whatever if you'll leave a lite dusting on the floor for a few hours it'll actually bleach the stain out too. Oriellys used to carry it which is how I originally started using it but they stopping selling the stuff cause I guess it was 10x's better then the other oil dry they carry now. I bought it for several years from U-line at a decent cost but like you said, thier shipping cost was stupid expensive. Last year pep boys was doing a coupon deal and even though they don't carry it in the store, they can get it from one of thier suppliers. Since then I just place an order online and a day or two later can will call it at my local store.

 

[Fishplate]

...when I sweep it up, the sprain is gone.

So it has medical uses too?

 

[Dragfluid]

I use concrete to (cement) clean concrete..

I was wondering if anyone else has used that? Yes, Portland cement works great, and no fines for putting it in the garbage.

Those of us in the trade, aren't allowed to put floor dry in the trash. We can get our peepee wacked if caught. At work, we use pig mats. There's different ones of those, too and not all are equal. The parts mgr had me try a different brand the other day. All it did was smear the oil around some. They were dark in color. The good ones are a light blue. In fact, the name of them is "Pig Mat Blue 100", made by Newpig.

 

[APEowner]

Count me as another Pig Mat convert. I'll never use oil dry again. I often use them proactively by placing them under stuff that's probably going to leak before I start the project.

 

[Dragfluid]

If you use detergent to soak up motor oil, you are perilously close to making napalm.

 

[James E]

So it has medical uses too?

Dammit! I was posting from an iPad last night. F'ing thing wanted to change every other logical word to something non-sensical. I guess I missed the strain/sprain switch.

 

[Clik]

I don't like CLAY or SAND because it can really tear engine bearings and stuff like that up.

Someone used PEAT MOSS in a landscape bed at a local mall and someone flicked a cigarette **** and that stuff was lit like a fuse and spread quickly. I can imagine how flammable with oil in it. On the plus side, peat and saw dust can be used as fuel if you heat your shop with a woodstove.

Ground up newspaper based kitty litters are the safest when it comes to engines and bearings without having to go to expensive Pig Mats.

 

[wil]

If you know someone with a wood stove or wood burning furnace, Wood ash is free and
makes a great oil/gas/transmission fluid/coolant absorber, Just dont step all over the
chunks left in the ash. makes nice black marks everywhere you step!

 

[ZRX61]

We always bought the stuff that AutoZone has. It's cheap as chips & working on radials means we got through a LOT.

 

[CocoMC]

Hello Everyone,
New guy, first post...

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[Zeke]

I use sand. I've always got some around left over from one job or another. It's cheap (a bag of play sand runs about $3-$4 at Home Depot), and it does a pretty good job.

The unwashed stuff soaks up oil better.

 

[Balls Out Garage]

I do still use regular clay based products for the "dirty" parts of the shop, but this is now my go-to for the areas around torn down machinery and in-progress vehicles... natures-broom.com

 

[Ironhorse74]

Once you have used Diatomaceous Earth, you will never use anything else. I get mine at Napa.

 

[jask]

+1 for good old sawdust, the lightly oiled sawdust then becomes sweeping compound and works like a dust magnet I have not bought kitty litter in 5 yars since I switched and it is all free from my saw at the other end of the garage.