oil spillage mat

**Frank S** · Oct 3, 2021, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by ranald

You might like to also use cat litter for spillages. I don't have a cat but found the kitty litter stuff was great for spillages of used oil and diesel fuel/gas and it is way cheaper than the designated product for such purposes. When I was gravedigging in late 90s and early 2000s I mentioned this to the cemetery management which saved them a bomb as spillages were regular while refueling at the storage premises (tractor and excavator). easier than loading and unloading for refuelling at/to Council's depot. Before those times we used to add creosote and sump oil for protecting fence/house posts.
cheers & stay safe

I was mostly concerned with preventing any spillage from soaking into the ground. the last thing I need is more weeds prolifically growing from being fertilized by the enzymes in the oil as it breaks down in the sand around here.
Just after we bought this place a neighbor decided it was a prudent idea to pour used motor oil along one of his fence rows to kill off the vegetation.
I told him that may have been a bad idea. He got all huffy thinking I was one of them planet Nazis.
I then told him the problem with using oil to kill the weeds is the weed love the stuff it may kill them off for a few years but once the oil is broken down and absorbed they will return with a vengeance. With so much rain we had this past spring and summer the tumble weeds along that fence are 6 feet tall and as large as a small car . OOPs.

**ranald** · Oct 4, 2021, 02:51 AM

yeah Frank. The Ph of the soil is of course affected and like with salt or glyphosate the weeds are in effect trying to balance the soil. I used to have a ACDC licence but would advise against use of chemicals, like glyphosate to control weeds, as the Ph was altered and weeds are actually encouraged, as with fertilizer, to grow where even grass will no longer exist. I would use examples of delineater reflector posts on highways: everyone saw that only weeds grew around them due to sprays used so that the reflectors were easily seen at night/day. So, I guess I'm saying we are in agreeance from different angles of perspective.

Cheers