Huggies
Tony Haynes
the boat engine is a panful of oily water. It always looks worse than
it is, cos oil floats of course. It originated from a bad oil leak
suffered a couple of years ago. I decided it was time to clear this
out. However I'm moored in a sensitive area, in fact in Yorkshire's
drinking water, so I had to be careful. I could have paid the earth
for an oil kit, or messy absorbent crystals, or a roll of expensive
padding.
"Why not try huggies?" the new Mrs Drifter suggested. I bough a large
pack of size 5s from Morrisons for about a fiver. First application of
six has soaked up all the oily water, and that was from an area of
about three feet by one and a half by two inches deep, in old money.
Remarkable!
Second application of three is clearing the remaining slippery film
very well. Also one floating about on the pumped side of the bilge
seems to be attracting any oil that has dripped there... so there
y'go. Huggies for clearing oily bilges. Works well.
But, as my mate suggested, if the binmen look inside the heavy duty
bin-liners and see all those oily nappies, are they going to wonder
what us boaters feed our babies?
Tone
sue
wrote:
Just incase you should feel tempted - they don't dry out! We tried
after using them to get some water out of our bilge.
Sue
Nicholas D. Richards
s.com>, sue <s...@navvy.freeserve.co.uk> on Sat, 14 Nov 2009 at 12:04:23
awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
I am glad to report that the nappies heaved into our garden (as
recently reported in FUBC - Crowland) do not come from Tony and unless
Sue is crapping into her bilge, nor do the come from Sue.
--
Nicholas David Richards -
"O� sont les neiges d'antan?"
Tony Haynes
<nicho...@salmiron.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <1e847219-d656-455e-8d13-a7b143484...@f16g2000yqm.googlegroup
T'would be a hell of a long throw....
Tone
Nicholas D. Richards
s.com>, Tony Haynes <irishcan...@googlemail.com> on Sun, 15 Nov
2009 at 02:14:49 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>
>T'would be a hell of a long throw....
>
>Tone
Not for a WAFU ;)))
--
Nicholas David Richards -
"O� sont les neiges d'antan?"
Tony Haynes
<nicho...@salmiron.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <42143078-df76-4bf6-8af9-802d7d87a...@a21g2000yqc.googlegroup
> s.com>, Tony Haynes <irishcanaldrif...@googlemail.com> on Sun, 15 Nov
>
> >T'would be a hell of a long throw....
>
> >Tone
>
> Not for a WAFU ;)))
> --
> Nicholas David Richards -
>
Are you implying those nappies in your garden were dropped from the
air?
Tone
Nicholas D. Richards
s.com>, Tony Haynes <irishcan...@googlemail.com> on Sun, 15 Nov
2009 at 07:08:31 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>
>> >Tone
>>
>> Not for a WAFU ;)))
>
>air?
>
Nice thought, the truth is more prosaic.
:(
--
Nicholas David Richards -
"O� sont les neiges d'antan?"
Tiny
<nicho...@salmiron.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <cdec8189-891e-4b7e-9d8d-e3b78e82d...@b15g2000yqd.googlegroup
>
> - Show quoted text -
I have seen them hurled out of train windows by women changing their
little darlings in the next compartment on the train!
classicstove
>
> - Show quoted text -
A free suggestion (once the current puddle has gone!)
Ask your local newsagent or canalshop ( reTowpath Telegraph) for any
leftover free newspapers, place under the engine and they will soak up
any damp and oily spills. They can easily be dosposed of in the local
BW rubbish bin when passing
John
www.boatmail.co.uk - the mail forwarding specialist
Brian J Goggin
<boatmai...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>Ask your local newsagent or canalshop ( reTowpath Telegraph) for any
>leftover free newspapers, place under the engine and they will soak up
>any damp and oily spills. They can easily be dosposed of in the local
>BW rubbish bin when passing
Shouldn't that read "local BW oil-recycling facility"?
bjg
John Gwalter
news:2565543d-3f8c-4c1b...@s15g2000yqs.googlegroups.com...
A free suggestion (once the current puddle has gone!)
Ask your local newsagent or canalshop ( reTowpath Telegraph) for any
leftover free newspapers, place under the engine and they will soak up
any damp and oily spills. They can easily be dosposed of in the local
BW rubbish bin when passing
John
www.boatmail.co.uk - the mail forwarding specialist
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Not the amount of oil my engine throws out - nor the 50 plus gallons poured
into the engine bay by the idiot who overflowed a staircase gate when we
were in the chamber below.
--
JOhn
NB Ernest (that one, not the other one)
My indecision is final.
Nicholas D. Richards
<Myini...@myorganization.ie> on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 at 21:42:23 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
I did wonder about that. You are not supposed to leave used engine oil
in containers at the BW rubbish disposal points, the same would probably
apply to oil-soaked disposable nappies or newspapers. Having said that I
have seen said oil containers and batteries left at these disposal
points.
I wonder what are the risks of spontaneous combustion for a pile of oil
soaked Huggies or newspapers? It must be appreciably different from
Huggies soaked with baby's shit and urine.
--
Nicholas David Richards -
"O� sont les neiges d'antan?"
Brian J Goggin
<nich...@salmiron.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>I did wonder about that. You are not supposed to leave used engine oil
>in containers at the BW rubbish disposal points, the same would probably
>apply to oil-soaked disposable nappies or newspapers. Having said that I
>have seen said oil containers and batteries left at these disposal
>points.
"If you throw away hazardous wastes, such as paints, oils, television
sets and asbestos, you must do this at properly managed waste
facilities.Your local council will be able to advise how and where."
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/waste/household/default.aspx
>I wonder what are the risks of spontaneous combustion for a pile of oil
>soaked Huggies or newspapers?
I imagine that the real issue is that waste oil (whether or not it is
mixed with nappy fibres) should not be sent to landfill.
bjg
Neil Arlidge
At least you did not have to fit your Suby gearbox with Huggies ;-)
--
Neil Arlidge
NB Earnest - The new owner wants a stove
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Nicholas D. Richards
<ne...@tuesdaynightclub.co.uk> on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 at 22:44:45 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:11:01 +0000, "Nicholas D. Richards"
>> <nich...@salmiron.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> I did wonder about that. You are not supposed to leave used engine
>>> oil in containers at the BW rubbish disposal points, the same would
>>> probably apply to oil-soaked disposable nappies or newspapers.
>>> Having said that I have seen said oil containers and batteries left
>>> at these disposal points.
>>
>> "If you throw away hazardous wastes, such as paints, oils, television
>> sets and asbestos, you must do this at properly managed waste
>> facilities.Your local council will be able to advise how and where."
>>
>> http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/waste/household/default.as
>px
>>
>>> I wonder what are the risks of spontaneous combustion for a pile of
>>> oil soaked Huggies or newspapers?
>>
>> I imagine that the real issue is that waste oil (whether or not it is
>> mixed with nappy fibres) should not be sent to landfill.
Of course it is a real issue. However, I did wonder whether there was a
significant spontaneous combustion risk, say in the engine compartment?
>>
>> bjg
>
>At least you did not have to fit your Suby gearbox with Huggies ;-)
>
Or sawdust ;-)
Tony Haynes
wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:11:01 +0000, "Nicholas D. Richards"
>
> >I did wonder about that. You are not supposed to leave used engine oil
> >in containers at the BW rubbish disposal points, the same would probably
> >apply to oil-soaked disposable nappies or newspapers. Having said that I
> >have seen said oil containers and batteries left at these disposal
> >points.
>
> "If you throw away hazardous wastes, such as paints, oils, television
> sets and asbestos, you must do this at properly managed waste
> facilities.Your local council will be able to advise how and where."
>
>
> >I wonder what are the risks of spontaneous combustion for a pile of oil
> >soaked Huggies or newspapers?
>
> I imagine that the real issue is that waste oil (whether or not it is
> mixed with nappy fibres) should not be sent to landfill.
>
> bjg
Why not? It came from landflll.
Tone
Tony Haynes
wrote:
>
> Ask your local newsagent or canalshop ( reTowpath Telegraph) for any
> leftover free newspapers, place under the engine and they will soak up
> any damp and oily spills. They can easily be dosposed of in the local
> BW rubbish bin when passing
>
> Johnwww.boatmail.co.uk - the mail forwarding specialist
Problem with that is, newspapers biodegrade into a messy pulp that
clogs bilge pumps.
Old towels work quite well when starting from a dryish base. Trouble
is the new Mrs Drifter gets suspicious when she keeps replacing towels
in the shower, but never gets any dirty ones to put in the laundry
basket.
Tone
Big John
wrote:
> On Nov 18, 9:26 pm, classicstove <boatmail.co...@googlemail.com>
> wrote:>
> > Ask your local newsagent or canalshop ( reTowpath Telegraph) for any
> > leftover free newspapers, place under the engine and they will soak up
> > any damp and oily spills. They can easily be dosposed of in the local
> > BW rubbish bin when passing
>
> clogs bilge pumps.
You have a bilge pump for the area under your engine? Naughty,
Naughty!
John
Tony Haynes
A hand held one that pumps into cans.. yes.
Tone
krystyna@googlemail.com Mike & Krystyna Wooding
Nothing wrong with that as long as it either does not pump out into the
waterway (i.e. pumps into cans/containers ) or if it does it does so via an
oil trap filter.
Mike
--
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Blog: http://dracostravels.blogspot.com
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Tiny
<nicho...@salmiron.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <lgq8g5dvv3lv9c5pq6rsasb26v90pro...@4ax.com>, Brian J Goggin
> <Myiniti...@myorganization.ie> on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 at 21:42:23 awoke
Isn't SH1 and pee used to get compost heated up so a lot of it would
create a lot of internal heat while engine oil is not a great
composter more the thing the heat of composting gets to burn.
Malcolm
wrote:
Talking of baby wares for other things other than its original
purpose, baby wipes have proved to be very good at removing rusty
deposits and oil from my hands when water and soap are not available
say like in my case on a tractor in the middle of a field while
mowing. Equipment gets very dirty and if I fail to keep my hands clean
I soon look like a coal miner. Field mice roll over laughing at my
expense, so I always have me a box of wipes to hand. Mally.
krystyna@googlemail.com Mike & Krystyna Wooding
> Talking of baby wares for other things other than its original
> purpose, baby wipes have proved to be very good at removing rusty
> deposits and oil from my hands when water and soap are not available
> say like in my case on a tractor in the middle of a field while
> mowing. Equipment gets very dirty and if I fail to keep my hands clean
> I soon look like a coal miner. Field mice roll over laughing at my
> expense, so I always have me a box of wipes to hand. Mally.
There's a baby in all of us somewhere :->
Mike - who will follow your example when his supply of commercial hand-wipes
run out
lofty
24 hours unless you want a bilge full of small, wet and dirty granules
and some equally dirty covering!
Now I am getting grief from 'green' people who tell me that I should
be using proper towelling nappies.
Nicholas D. Richards
s.com>, lofty <nbma...@gmail.com> on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 at 12:32:36
awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>
>be using proper towelling nappies.
Only on babies.
Seventeen years after using the nappies for their designed purpose we
are using our son's nappies as hand towels in the kitchen. My mother is
using some of my nappies (60+ years later) as face cloths. Quartered
they are just right size as face cloths.
To use real nappies to soak up oil is a waste. The thought of cleaning
towelling nappies soaked in diesel/sump oil gives me the eeby-jeebies I
do not think you would want to use the washing machine afterwards.
--
Nicholas David Richards -
"O� sont les neiges d'antan?"
Brian Cleverly
I use them for general body cleaning when delivering sailboats that do not
have shower facilities. Use about 3 boxes between Hawaii and San Francisco.
Brian C
Ron Jones
>> bin-liners and see all those oily nappies, are they going to wonder
>> what us boaters feed our babies?
>>
>> Tone
>
> Just incase you should feel tempted - they don't dry out! We tried
> after using them to get some water out of our bilge.
> Sue
They are not designed for re-use - IIRC both nappies and incontinence pads
use a chemical which binds with the water - rather than just using plain
absorbent.
--
Ron Jones
Process Safety & Development Specialist
Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at
http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and
human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert
Einstein
Martin Phillips
>
> They are not designed for re-use - IIRC both nappies and incontinence pads
> use a chemical which binds with the water - rather than just using plain
> absorbent.
>
There was a ripped one next to where we parked yesterday. It was filled
with gel, didn't look very easily regenerated.
Wassail!
--
Martin Phillips
nb Boden, Gloucester & Sharpness Canal
martinatg4ciodotdemondotcodotuk
Nicholas D. Richards
<r...@ronjones.org.uk> on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 at 16:52:08 awoke Nicholas
from his slumbers and wrote
>> On 14 Nov, 16:29, Tony Haynes <irishcanaldrif...@googlemail.com>
>>>
>>> But, as my mate suggested, if the binmen look inside the heavy duty
>>> bin-liners and see all those oily nappies, are they going to wonder
>>> what us boaters feed our babies?
>>>
>>> Tone
>>
>> Just incase you should feel tempted - they don't dry out! We tried
>> after using them to get some water out of our bilge.
>> Sue
>
>They are not designed for re-use - IIRC both nappies and incontinence pads
>use a chemical which binds with the water
And to oil?
>- rather than just using plain
>absorbent.
>
--
Tiny
> sue wrote:
> > On 14 Nov, 16:29, Tony Haynes <irishcanaldrif...@googlemail.com>
>
> >> But, as my mate suggested, if the binmen look inside the heavy duty
> >> bin-liners and see all those oily nappies, are they going to wonder
> >> what us boaters feed our babies?
>
> >> Tone
>
> > Just incase you should feel tempted - they don't dry out! We tried
> > after using them to get some water out of our bilge.
> > Sue
>
> They are not designed for re-use - IIRC both nappies and incontinence pads
> use a chemical which binds with the water - rather than just using plain
> absorbent.
>
> --
> Ron Jones
> Process Safety & Development Specialist
> human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert
> Einstein
It's not bentonite is it. Bentonite - the bain of Sapperton tunnel and
also the new BW wondercure for canal leaks.
(Ever noticed that the waterboard and BW use the word seep (seap?) for
small leaks (which are costly to fix and so unimportant to them but
not to us) and leaks for bigger leaks which they fix as they have to.
(In the case of BW hopefully before they become breaches.) Seeps,
Leaks - to them it's just a matter of words - to us either means the
lifeblood of canals draining away ever faster!)
Nick
> On 22 Nov, 16:52, "Ron Jones" <r...@ronjones.org.uk> wrote:
>> sue wrote:
>> > On 14 Nov, 16:29, Tony Haynes <irishcanaldrif...@googlemail.com>
>>
>> >> But, as my mate suggested, if the binmen look inside the heavy duty
>> >> bin-liners and see all those oily nappies, are they going to wonder
>> >> what us boaters feed our babies?
>>
>> >> Tone
>>
>> > Just incase you should feel tempted - they don't dry out! We tried
>> > after using them to get some water out of our bilge.
>> > Sue
>>
>> They are not designed for re-use - IIRC both nappies and incontinence pads
>> use a chemical which binds with the water - rather than just using plain
>> absorbent.
>
> It's not bentonite is it. Bentonite - the bain of Sapperton tunnel and
> also the new BW wondercure for canal leaks.
I think that, at least some of them, use grains of polyacrylamide. I
hope it's well polymerised: acrylamide monomer is a neurotoxin.
--
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Martin Phillips
> I think that, at least some of them, use grains of polyacrylamide. I
> hope it's well polymerised: acrylamide monomer is a neurotoxin.
Could be - the exploded one I saw contained translucent white gel,
looked a bit like some PAA stuff I made during PhD studies.