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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 26, 2012 18:42:27 GMT -5
ok, I went with the 2 brown bag method and 2 buckets that so many people seem to use (and yes I drilled lots of holes). My question is how long can I expect it to take to have 3 gallons go thru? Its been about an hour and not even a drip yet and my oil was not too dirty.
thanks Chuck
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Post by deb193redux on Sept 26, 2012 18:50:35 GMT -5
I get about half the volume in 48 hours and then the remaining sludge can take another 2 weeks.
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 26, 2012 18:51:06 GMT -5
Check it again in the morning. It takes a little while for the bags to get saturated enough to start dripping. It may take a few days to recover 3 gallons of oil. It's not a fast process.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 26, 2012 19:08:11 GMT -5
Thanks! I just didn't have any idea what to expect so now I can plan around it.
Chuck
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2012 19:27:55 GMT -5
Hey! The rocks you cut were created over millenia, why can't the oil take a while to filter?
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The Dad_Ohs
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Sept 26, 2012 21:41:28 GMT -5
i wonder if you can use an auto body filter like they use on paint to strain it before going into a sprayer??? there not expensive at the auto parts store.
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milto
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Post by milto on Sept 26, 2012 21:55:13 GMT -5
I leave mine over winter while I'm in AZ.
Milt
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Post by keystonecops on Sept 26, 2012 22:22:05 GMT -5
Chuck, I've gotta good stash of fresh oil, so when I do the bag trick I just fergit bout it while I'm cutting. Got 3 gallons in shop now that come outa my 10 saw. That was 2 days ago an it still looks damp. Ifn ya got a stash of oil, yer saw wont be down. Later Clyde
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Post by catmandewe on Sept 26, 2012 23:13:19 GMT -5
I only use one bag, you lose about half a quart with one bag, about a quart and a half with 2 bags and it does not make any difference in the end product. If it is hot it will filter faster, it filters really slow in the winter. Your filtered oil will look like new.
Tony
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Post by Woodyrock on Sept 26, 2012 23:57:48 GMT -5
I too use one bag, but to speed up the process, I have two filter rigs. the first one is for the top layer of oil/sludge, and the second is for the bottom sludge/oil. The first filter goes through the bag in a couple of days, whilst the second may take weeks. The more often you clean up, the faster it goes. Woody
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Post by sheltie on Sept 27, 2012 8:20:39 GMT -5
I had a suggestion, which I've yet to use, to drain the oil through burlap. I bought some at WalMart - did you know feed for animals at feed stores isn't packaged in burlap anymore, it's polyweave - and plan to try it before using the paper bag method.
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Post by Rockoonz on Sept 28, 2012 11:19:08 GMT -5
When I tried 1 bag some of the silt from the rock snot made it through. I must shop at the wrong store.
Lee
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 28, 2012 11:47:36 GMT -5
so far the oil coming thru looks really good but its slow as molasses. I am thinking its going to be a week to strain the 2 -1/2 gallons. I use up all my patience for rock tumbling so I dont have much left for waiting for oil to drip Chuck
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Steve
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Post by Steve on Sept 28, 2012 13:37:08 GMT -5
Set it somewhere warm. I try to only clean my saws during the summer when I can set the filtering bucket out in the sun.
You can also use new oil and then put the dirty oil in the jugs the new oil came in. Set them aside for a few months and drain off the clean oil for use the next time you clean your saw. I found that for my small saw that this method had a much higher recovery rate. For my large saws this was just too many jugs of dirty oil to keep around.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 28, 2012 17:07:21 GMT -5
Just cleaned my 10" saw out this morning. Have a single "lunch bag" sized sack filtering the food-grade mineral oil. Just threw away the brown bag containing the remnants from the last cleaning. Safe to say, it'll be a good two months before this bag is sufficiently drained and the maximum amount of oil recovered before I throw it away. The warm temps expected this weekend, and the 100+ they are forecasting for the first half of next week should help it along. Will refill the saw with with new oil, and use the reclaimed oil whenever I need to add. The set-up: Rock sludge is drained into a brown paper lunch sack. The top of the bag is folded over a metal ring, then clamped and hung on "specially made" fixture over a bowl. (Looks like a gallows - lol!) Several dark oil spots are drips that spilled down the outside of the bag while transferring. I can pour the clean oil off the top, but a few drips aren't going to matter. It's going to be much cleaner than how it was in the saw! A lunch sack works for me since it's a small saw, probably only holds about a quart. Would be more of a challenge with one of the bigger beasts. After draining saw and scraping insides with a rubber spatula, I wipe the insides down with paper towel. Funky saw blade, soon to be replaced. Sintering varies from about 1/8 to 1/4 inch or so. Will be nice to be making nice cuts with a new blade. But for now, will finish this one up. Still have to clean up the underside of the top, and get it back on. Jean
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