Kitty Litter vs Oil Dry

[Jayson Woodruff]

I'm trying to get advice on what to stock in my event van. I've never carried spill clean up stuff, but I figure sooner or later I'll need it.

Is there a big advantage to specific oil absorbants vs plain old kitty litter? What about price?. Since I have a cat, kitty litter would never go permantely unused in my household.

thanks,

Jay W

[Bob Beamesderfer]

Just don't use the clumping cat litter. Doesn't work well with oil, as you might recall from the SD Divisional.

[Mako Koiwai]

Better ?

http://www.rogergeorge.com/expendables/items/edpiga/

[Jayson Woodruff]

Better ?

http://www.rogergeorge.com/expendables/items/edpiga/

Not for $27/22lbs.

Jay W

[Mako Koiwai]

Typical movie industry price gouging!

[Eric Clements]

"dust free" kitty litter works less well. I think the 'dust" in oil-dri gets down in the pavement and soaks up oil faster. Not a big difference between oil-driand kitty litter. Sams club has 40lbs of oil-dri for @ $5.00.

[Bob Beamesderfer]

"dust free" kitty litter works less well. I think the 'dust" in oil-dri gets down in the pavement and soaks up oil faster. Not a big difference between oil-driand kitty litter. Sams club has 40lbs of oil-dri for @ $5.00.

That's a pretty good price.

[Michael Smith]

The safety steward knows best.
$4.72 near me.
http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/naviga ... tem=256758

[Jayson Woodruff]

Okay, then how about the other way around. Can my cat use OilDri?

Jay W

[Jayson Woodruff]

Isn't the 'Dust Free' the tradeoff for 'Clumping' ?

"dust free" kitty litter works less well. I think the 'dust" in oil-dri gets down in the pavement and soaks up oil faster. Not a big difference between oil-driand kitty litter. Sams club has 40lbs of oil-dri for @ $5.00.

Just don't use the clumping cat litter. Doesn't work well with oil, as you might recall from the SD Divisional.

[John Prosser]

Kitty litter has weird "crystals" for deodorant and clumping. It doesn't work nearly as well as oil dry.
I think the cat would like oil dry litter better than you would like kitty litter oil dry

[John Ward]

Try Diatomatious Earth (D.E.)
Get it at a local swimming pool supply or Home Depot.
40yrs ago I showed this to a friend of mine, He repackaged it as an Oil Dry product, and is now a millionare.
In case your wondering, Diatomites are prehistoric fish fossils.
It should run about $7.00 for a 10lb. bag.

[Giovanni Jaramillo]

Try Diatomatious Earth (D.E.)
Get it at a local swimming pool supply or Home Depot.
40yrs ago I showed this to a friend of mine, He repackaged it as an Oil Dry product, and is now a millionare.
In case your wondering, Diatomites are prehistoric fish fossils.
It should run about $7.00 for a 10lb. bag.

John.......you must be new around here!!

Awaiting Bill Schenker's reply

[John Ward]

Yup.........................I`m new

[Rick Brown]

Try Diatomatious Earth (D.E.)
Get it at a local swimming pool supply or Home Depot.
40yrs ago I showed this to a friend of mine, He repackaged it as an Oil Dry product, and is now a millionare.
In case your wondering, Diatomites are prehistoric fish fossils.
It should run about $7.00 for a 10lb. bag.

So that's the cause of the oil crisis. Prehistoric fish fossils absorbing all the prehistoric animals that became crude oil...........

By the way John, we banned using D.E. as a course liner because of the supposed health hazards of the powder (not an issue when it's in your pool filter).

[Bob Beamesderfer]

Kitty litter has weird "crystals" for deodorant and clumping. It doesn't work nearly as well as oil dry.
I think the cat would like oil dry litter better than you would like kitty litter oil dry

Not the plain, generic-brand clay type.

[John Prosser]

Kitty litter has weird "crystals" for deodorant and clumping. It doesn't work nearly as well as oil dry.
I think the cat would like oil dry litter better than you would like kitty litter oil dry

Not the plain, generic-brand clay type.

That's true, the really cheap sh#$ works best.

BTW While chalking the course this weekend (and fighting our new line machine) I inhaled a lot of flour. Anyway I kept thinking of those old grist mills where sometimes the flour would catch on fire or explode. I wonder if D.E. does that?
Of course if we went back to D.E. vegans probably wouldn't be able to use the course.

[Giovanni Jaramillo]

if we went back to D.E. vegans probably wouldn't be able to use the course.

Maybe they can request their average for that event!

[Michael Smith]

BTW While chalking the course this weekend (and fighting our new line machine) I inhaled a lot of flour. Anyway I kept thinking of those old grist mills where sometimes the flour would catch on fire or explode. I wonder if D.E. does that?

made me think of mythbusters and the non-dairy creamer. omg that was a huge fireball

[Bob Beamesderfer]

BTW While chalking the course this weekend (and fighting our new line machine) I inhaled a lot of flour. Anyway I kept thinking of those old grist mills where sometimes the flour would catch on fire or explode. I wonder if D.E. does that?

made me think of mythbusters and the non-dairy creamer. omg that was a huge fireball

Uh, Michael, you deleted code in a way that attributes John's post to me. Not that I wouldn't have thought about a dust explosion while chalking the course with our old lining machine.

[John Prosser]

Bob
That's because we think so much alike.
Actually it's kind of funny to me when you read some of the posts in "off topic political". We all have a lot in common with our love of cars and racing. Let's try to remember that when it starts to get personal.