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Post by glennz01 on Mar 19, 2017 18:01:09 GMT -5
2 5 gallon buckets later i see the bottom of my saw after about 2 years give or take.
So because its still freezing outside i put 1/3 water in my bucket to help separate the oil then closed the lid and stuck them outside. Many rocks in it that may be good for tumbling down the road.
I'm hoping that the freeze and water will separate everything but i'm thinking i may have to do this a few times to get most of the oil out. Has anyone else done this before?
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Post by NDK on Mar 19, 2017 18:04:14 GMT -5
I wonder if that'll help clean the oil too. If the sediment is heavy enough to settle in the oil, it may settle out into the water.
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Post by glennz01 on Mar 19, 2017 18:21:02 GMT -5
I wonder if that'll help clean the oil too. If the sediment is heavy enough to settle in the oil, it may settle out into the water. The sediment settles in my rock saw... I don't think that the bottom section had much oil in it as it was almost rock hard. took some good scraping to get the bottom bits out! I know that water helps to separate a lot... i put slabs i had in a 5 gallon bucket and it made most of the oil come to the surface after a while. Made it really easy to clean. |
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Post by glennz01 on Mar 20, 2017 16:41:37 GMT -5
Well i forgot that while oil floats, ice floats on oil  The water did help to bring and separate some oil from the muck and i was able to skim off the oil from the top of the buckets but most of the oil remained in the muck.. I guess i could saturate the muck with water and keep skimming off the top oil that comes up into a bucket then let it freeze. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 17:04:29 GMT -5
Well i forgot that while oil floats, ice floats on oil The water did help to bring and separate some oil from the muck and i was able to skim off the oil from the top of the buckets but most of the oil remained in the muck.. I guess i could saturate the muck with water and keep skimming off the top oil that comes up into a bucket then let it freeze. Set it inside, let ice melt. Water sinks to bottom, they let freeze overnight. Oil covered ice, but pure ice indeed. |
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Post by glennz01 on Mar 22, 2017 3:04:46 GMT -5
Well i forgot that while oil floats, ice floats on oil The water did help to bring and separate some oil from the muck and i was able to skim off the oil from the top of the buckets but most of the oil remained in the muck.. I guess i could saturate the muck with water and keep skimming off the top oil that comes up into a bucket then let it freeze. Set it inside, let ice melt. Water sinks to bottom, they let freeze overnight. Oil covered ice, but pure ice indeed. Pored the top of the muck bucket and did just that... It will take a few times to get all the water out but my oil is staying on the bottom of the ice... going below zero at night so if it was water it would all be frozen. Also the dirt that swims on the oil gets trapped in the ice so it helps clean a little bit as well. I'm thinking saturate the muck and let the oil come to the top and keep skimming and doing this process... I have until may to get it done when it stops freezing at night so ive got a while  Might use a paint mixer that ya attach to a drill to stir everything. |
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The water did help to bring and separate some oil from the muck and i was able to skim off the oil from the top of the buckets but most of the oil remained in the muck.. I guess i could saturate the muck with water and keep skimming off the top oil that comes up into a bucket then let it freeze.
Might use a paint mixer that ya attach to a drill to stir everything.
