drummertom
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05-05-12 05:45 PM - Post#2222890
Anybody else use this. It seems to be cheaper and to me works MUCH better.What y'all think?
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 wagonman100
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05-05-12 07:33 PM - Post#2222914
In response to drummertom
Well it is made to absorb. It's a better use than it's named purpose anyway. I'd never own a cat after what I've been through in the last 15 years with stray cats. My dog poos and pees outside where animals are supposed to.
Jay
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paulo57509
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05-06-12 02:41 AM - Post#2222979
In response to drummertom
Oil absorber and kitty litter are both made from diatomaceous earth.
If you have a lumber yard (remember those??) close by, saw dust works well too.
Kitty litter works well when you need instant traction on ice.
Edited by paulo57509 on 05-06-12 02:42 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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05-07-12 06:21 PM - Post#2223577
In response to drummertom
I know a guy in Long Beach uses BBQ ashes. I think they call him Old Longbarbecuer.
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az58cameo
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05-08-12 08:55 AM - Post#2223758
In response to tkdtkd
I Buy a Bag Of Cement (Just The Cement Thats In
Powder Form Or Mix For Mortar, No Rock or Aggregate
In It.) And Use It to Soak Up Oil Spots Or Spills
on My Concrete, It Soaks Up the Oil and I Will Use
it On My Driveway when Someone Parks on The Driveway and Leave a Spot Of Oil Left From There Car.I Put The Bag in a Five Gallon Bucket With lid,
My Dad used To Do This and Learned It From Him.
Just Work It Into The Concrete With a Broom and
Ill Even Let It Sit for Days,working It In with a Broom,Give It a Try!
Allen
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az58cameo
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05-08-12 09:03 AM - Post#2223763
In response to wagonman100
Well it is made to absorb. It's a better use than it's named purpose anyway. I'd never own a cat after what I've been through in the last 15 years with stray cats. My dog poos and pees outside where animals are supposed to.
Funny You Say This Jay,My Wife Brought Home Three Cats Over The Coarse Of Time,They All Find My Sand
From My Sand Blaster and Have To Use It! 
Wife Is a Vet Tech and Has To Bring Everything Home
She Tells Me To Use Mouse Traps and They Will Stay Out Of The Sand,Just Haven t Got Around To
it Yet 
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Old_Longboarder
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05-08-12 10:18 AM - Post#2223781
In response to tkdtkd
I know a guy in Long Beach uses BBQ ashes. I think they call him Old Longbarbecuer.
Charcoal ashes work great for soaking up oil spots and spills. I've got a bag of it in the garage waiting for the next time Junior comes over! 
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kool53
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05-08-12 08:07 PM - Post#2223995
In response to az58cameo
Wife Is a Vet Tech and Has To Bring Everything Home
She Tells Me To Use Mouse Traps and They Will Stay Out Of The Sand,Just Haven t Got Around To
it Yet
So she brings them home to "save" them and then tells you to use mouse traps on them? 
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05-08-12 09:36 PM - Post#2224020
In response to drummertom
Have used it for years - and I don't have a cat. The little green pellets make the shop smell so fresh!
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05-09-12 06:51 AM - Post#2224103
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I have used it but I prefer NAPA stuff. It is on sale once or twice a year and I purchase a large bag of it. What I really like and cannot get here is rice husks, used it all the time in Oregon but never has seen any for sale around here. With Kitty litter you may be paying for deoderant as well. 
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az58cameo
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05-09-12 08:57 AM - Post#2224135
In response to kool53
Wife Is a Vet Tech and Has To Bring Everything Home
She Tells Me To Use Mouse Traps and They Will Stay Out Of The Sand,Just Haven t Got Around To
it Yet
So she brings them home to "save" them and then tells you to use mouse traps on them?
Yes Sir,And She Used Mouse Traps To Stop Them From
Jumping on The Kitchen Counters TOO!
And It Stopped Them Also!AND NO ANIMALS WERE HURT IN THE MAKING!!!!! 
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az58cameo
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05-09-12 09:54 AM - Post#2224145
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KOOL53
Before This Gets Blown Out Of proportion,I am Sorry
For The Devilish Grin That may have Made My Comment look like I Want To Hurt Them!
Wife Put Very Thin Card Board Over The Traps That Were Set To Protect Them From Getting Hurt!
They Would Not Come In Contact With Them At All
But Scare Them Away When They Bumped or Step onto
Them!
By The Way, Why Does It Say Wagon Man Said My Comment?
and I Said Your Comment?
Wagon man Needs To Be Left Out Of This Before He
becomes Guilty By Association! 
Edited by az58cameo on 05-09-12 09:59 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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az58cameo
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05-09-12 01:39 PM - Post#2224181
In response to az58cameo
I Buy a Bag Of Cement (Just The Cement Thats In
Powder Form Or Mix For Mortar, No Rock or Aggregate
In It.) And Use It to Soak Up Oil Spots Or Spills
on My Concrete, It Soaks Up the Oil and I Will Use
it On My Driveway when Someone Parks on The Driveway and Leave a Spot Of Oil Left From There Car.I Put The Bag in a Five Gallon Bucket With lid,
My Dad used To Do This and Learned It From Him.
Just Work It Into The Concrete With a Broom and
Ill Even Let It Sit for Days,working It In with a Broom,Give It a Try!
Allen
Lets Get Back To Soak en Up Oil! This Doe's Work!
Again Give It A Try!
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wagonman100
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05-09-12 05:15 PM - Post#2224267
In response to az58cameo
By The Way, Why Does It Say Wagon Man Said My Comment?
and I Said Your Comment?
That will happen if the cursor gets moved when you right click to paste in the quotes. Happens a lot with the wife's laptop. The cursor doesn't stay between the brackets for the quote to go in there.
The cement isn't a bad idea. Pretty cheap too.
Jay
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05-24-12 01:31 PM - Post#2229346
In response to wagonman100
Just don't use kitty litter or oil dry on water.
It'll make mud. 
Saw dust will soak up water and leave a clean floor underneath.
I can't see using BBQ ashes. Seems like it would leave more stain on concrete than the oil.
But I've never tried it. We have a gas grill.
Jeff
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wagonman100
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05-24-12 08:20 PM - Post#2229486
In response to jeffs55
I can't see using BBQ ashes. Seems like it would leave more stain on concrete than the oil.
But I've never tried it. We have a gas grill.
Got any cremated relatives you didn't like very much?
Jay
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Old_Longboarder
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05-27-12 12:34 PM - Post#2230380
In response to jeffs55
Just don't use kitty litter or oil dry on water.
It'll make mud.
Saw dust will soak up water and leave a clean floor underneath.
I can't see using BBQ ashes. Seems like it would leave more stain on concrete than the oil.
But I've never tried it. We have a gas grill.
Is your real name Hank Hill? Do you sell propane and propane accessories??
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drummertom
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08-19-12 07:23 PM - Post#2261108
In response to wagonman100
I can't see using BBQ ashes. Seems like it would leave more stain on concrete than the oil.
But I've never tried it. We have a gas grill.
Got any cremated relatives you didn't like very much?
Oh Man!! That was funny!!!
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Impala65SS
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08-24-12 07:56 AM - Post#2262725
In response to drummertom
Ive allways used sawdust, it works pretty much perfectly. Can't get much cheaper and more effective for the money than that - I think?
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09-03-12 08:32 AM - Post#2266016
In response to Old_Longboarder
Is your real name Hank Hill? Do you sell propane and propane accessories??
Naw, that's my neighbor. I get all my propane and propane accessories at a discount.
Upon thinking about it, the ashes themselves are white, aren't they.
Just keep the charcoal bits out and I could see, now, how that would work.
Jeff
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09-09-12 11:51 AM - Post#2268020
In response to drummertom
I've tried it just because my daughter left a big bag of it at our house when she dropped off her cat (turns out he prefers to go outside - especially since we don't have a litter box in our house) I needed to pick up a transmission fluid spill and didn't have any of the regular clay stuff. It worked eventually, but I prefer the regular floor-dry stuff.
Funny story:
You guys will probably not believe this, but recently I had asked my wife to stop by the parts store on her way back from the grocery store and pick up some "kitty litter" floor dry stuff so I could mop up some tranny fluid my truck left in the driveway.
Now I can't really say what she was thinking because we have had this conversation before and she knew, or at least I thought she knew, the difference. well, she decided that she didn't want to stop at the parts store and picked up some "Johnny-Cat" at Albertson's instead.
Well, long story short, I have one of those big drip pans under my truck because if I don't drive it after a week, she dumps about a quart of fluid out on the ground. I usually keep that oil pan filled with floor-dry. Well, all I had was "Johnny-Cat" so I used that instead.
A couple of weeks later I pull the truck out to clean up what mess was left there and I see all these kitty foot prints all over the cement by my truck. I move the truck and found a bunch of cat turds in the oil soaked kitty-litter. Apparently that stuff has some odoriferous attraction to it that I hadn't quite taken into consideration.
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Impala65SS
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09-09-12 05:56 PM - Post#2268150
In response to hilandr451
A couple of weeks later I pull the truck out to clean up what mess was left there and I see all these kitty foot prints all over the cement by my truck. I move the truck and found a bunch of cat turds in the oil soaked kitty-litter. Apparently that stuff has some odoriferous attraction to it that I hadn't quite taken into consideration.
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09-11-12 02:07 PM - Post#2268713
In response to drummertom
Not really an answer to your question but I keep a gallon of mineral spirits around and put a small amount on the oil spot and let it sit for a minute before I put the oil dri down. The stain comes up really clean and the oil dri stays so clean you can reuse it two or three times. I had my doubts when I was told to try it but I was surprised how well it works.
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09-22-12 04:20 PM - Post#2272300
In response to drummertom
Anybody else use this. It seems to be cheaper and to me works MUCH better.What y'all think?
I got hydraulics on my car,,,, so I'm constantly leaking oil,,, u use the kitty litter a lot.
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