| So you have a spill. What would you use to clean | | | | Instead, you use a hand wringer and wring out |
| it up? If you're at home and spilled some coffee, | | | | those pads so you can reuse them. That's right. |
| you'd probably use a paper towel. If you're at an | | | | You can wring the oil out of those absorbent |
| industrial facility and the spill involves oil or other | | | | pads, collect it in a drum, and use the pad to mop |
| hydrocarbon chemicals, you need something | | | | up more oil. |
| stronger -- oil absorbent pads or rolls. Read on to | | | | That's a winning combination. Instead of going |
| find out more about how you can use them to | | | | through a whole box, you may be able to clean |
| clean up a whole range of messes. | | | | up a substantial spill with a handful of pads instead. |
| The principle is the same. You have a pad or | | | | That's not only good for the environment, but for |
| towel that mops up the errant fluid. If you have | | | | your pocketbook as well. |
| to clean up a lot of oil, you'll need either a lot of | | | | So how will you find the right absorbent pads. As |
| absorbent pads, or you need to have another | | | | is the case with paper towels, quality can vary |
| type of oil absorbent that can remove a larger | | | | widely. Some pads will barely clean up a bit of oil, |
| amount of oil. | | | | while others absorb it like a thirsty terry cloth |
| But here's the thing. Just picture it. Just like you | | | | towel. |
| may have found yourself in the middle of a mess | | | | The best way to make sure to get high quality |
| of crumpled up soiled paper towels when you | | | | pads that actually do what you expect them to |
| were cleaning up a big spill in the kitchen, you can | | | | do is to shop with a high quality vendor. They can |
| find yourself with a whole lot of oil drenched oil | | | | tell you which ones to pick, and you can also be |
| absorbent pads. But there s a work-around for | | | | assured that they meet the highest quality |
| that... | | | | standards. They're bonded, approved for use in |
| You see, if you just mop up the oil with one pad | | | | traffic areas, and they can even be used in low |
| after the other, you might end up using up a | | | | lint applications. |
| whole box or a whole roll of them. And the cost | | | | And, of course, since they're oil absorbent pads, |
| of those pads, event though they are basically | | | | they will repel water and are therefore ideally |
| quite inexpensive, can add up when you use a | | | | suited to removing oil from bodies of water. |
| whole lot of them. So you don't. | | | | |