SUCCESS !!!!

[rcavictim]

Hey!!! Did anyone else notice?!?! I just became a full member!!!

Congratulations!  The forum honorarium and a couple of dollars will buy you a foot of automotive aftermarket fuel line!

[bschwartz]

After fixing the broken steel line, I've been very happy with the centrifuge cleaning.  I pour the oil through a restaurant paper cone filter to catch the chunks and run the centrifuge for about 24 hours for a 40 gallon batch.  I haven't clogged a fuel filter on either of my cars in over 10,000 miles.  I think the failure of the dieselcraft style filters is that people don't run them long enough.

ONLY $2.50 per full member is a BARGAIN for the wealth of information everyone has shared!

If I knew about the oil spill membership plan, I could have been a full member two years ago (of a forum that didn't exist yet) 

[loonogs]

I know that this is a little off thread but what is the best method of cleaning the spilt veg oil off the concrete floor.
I ask as I will soon start to fuel my lister with veg oil and spills will occur, so advise from the experts please.

Philip

[BruceM]

Epoxy the floor!

[AdeV]

I know that this is a little off thread but what is the best method of cleaning the spilt veg oil off the concrete floor.
I ask as I will soon start to fuel my lister with veg oil and spills will occur, so advise from the experts please.

I'm no expert, but if you've currently got a nice clean concrete floor under your Lister, can I suggest some garage floor paint? If you can reduce the surface roughness & eliminate porosity, any spill should - in theory - just be a "mop it up" job. This stuff from Ronseal seems to be the stuff to have (it's a touch pricey, mind).

If you plan to have veg oil under pressure at any point (just ask Jens about his Dieselcraft centrifuge, or his pressurised fuel system), then paint the walls, ceiling and any doorways too...

Welcome aboard BTW, hope you enjoy the forums

[bschwartz]

I've found that by coating my cement workshop floor with veg oil, it seems to reduce how much I care about each spill after the last 

Once it is on the concrete, it's there. Period.

I try to only spill gallons at a time, that way, I don't notice spots.

[BruceM]

By epoxy the floor, I mean paint it with one of the many excellent garage floor epoxies.  Then if you spill diesel or something else with a nasty odor, it's easy to wipe up and you won't have to smell it for years. 

Also consider the used (black) oil spill, etc.  Why not have a nice looking engine room floor instead of "accepting the inevitable"?

It was too cold for epoxy paint when I built my "House of Lister", so I covered the slab floor with sheet metal, glued down with gorilla glue.  It's saved me from several diesel spills, but I wish I had epoxy for appearance.

[loonogs]

Thanks all, i really enjoyed those replies.

may go with the "natural veg oil" look, asi plan to spill gallons !
Philip