Oil clean up. What is that stuff?

[Kiwi Graham]

What is that stuff they use to scrub into oil spills?
It looks like a fine to gritty gravel. I thought the best stuff was cement dust.

The grit (or what ever it is) sat on the surface of HD because the surface is a lot smoother than the older circuits which would allow the grit to fall into the small gaps in the seal.

Gremlin may have the answer.............

[Clivoris]

VMCC use this very fine lime that has had extra moisture sucked out of it. It is called something special but me brian not fuctioning good now. Apparently cement dust causes problems if it becomes a fine coating of cement.

[CHOPPA]

Im pretty sure it was called gravel?

[Clivoris]

Im pretty sure it was called gravel?

Wouldn't that give a racer with an MX background an advantage? Speaking of which, do you know how I can get hold of Johnnt Burkhart. i think I have a trophy of his. Looks awesome on my mantle.....

[AllanB]

Just get a bag of Cat Litter from the Supermarket - that will soak up oil.

[boostin]

I only know Hampton Downs supplied the mix to use on oil spills. It is specific to seal at Hampton. No idea what is in it.

[R6_kid]

Just get a bag of Cat Litter from the Supermarket - that will soak up oil.

Yeh, it'll also make a mess of any racers that try to go fast over it. Which is a real smart idea at a National level race meeting.

[Clivoris]

Just get a bag of Cat Litter from the Supermarket - that will soak up oil.
Pussies like me would find it very hard to resist stopping for a crap

[Tony.OK]

Do they they have a leaf blower?..................might be a great investment for clubs. Best way to get rid of any loose bits after sweeping!

[Devil]

I think it was a mixture of lime and something else (flour? I cant remember off the top of my head).
Cement dust is not a good mix because it forms a layer on the track and traps stuff on it.

[Biggles08]

I think it was a mixture of lime and something else (flour? I cant remember off the top of my head).
Cement dust is not a good mix because it forms a layer on the track and traps stuff on it. There was definately something a little grainier than Lime and flour in that mix....it was like little ball bearings. Looked like a bit of gravel too.

[Devil]

Yeah, it's kinda sandy. The track provides it, we've used it before.

[Gremlin]

I can't recall exactly what it was, as I didn't need to use it, but checking the buckets at the beginning of the day, its definitely different to what is used from Pukekohe. The tracks provide their own stuff.

[MSTRS]

Taupo use what looks like kiln-dried garden mulch. I'm told it's crushed scoria...

[javawocky]

Do they they have a leaf blower?..................might be a great investment for clubs. Best way to get rid of any loose bits after sweeping!

Yes, they were using the leaf blower after one of the (post/pre) classics apparently lost brakes and jettisoned right on the edge of the hairpin exit.

[Bounce001]

Have used 'Damp Rid' crystals in the garage with great results. Leave over night and clean up the next day. Don't know how it works but it does!

[cowpoos]

do you know how I can get hold of Johnnt Burkhart. i think I have a trophy of his. Looks awesome on my mantle.....

Give mark anderson a ring and dave anderson suzuki in masterton....

[Skunk]

VMCC use 'Flour of Lime'. RD1 stock it. Cowpoos can explain its normal use I'd think.

[cowpoos]

VMCC use 'Flour of Lime'. RD1 stock it. Cowpoos can explain its normal use I'd think.

u mean lime flour???? [calcuim carbonate crushed to a fine flour]

[Kiwi Graham]

Of all the options out there the choice made for HD seems a bit odd. Its very gritty which 'sits' on the surface and does require the marshalls to brush it completly away (or use the blower). other compounds I've come across brush 'into' the surface. Anything left over after the clean up on the surface can be dodgy to ride over and tiny ball bearings have got to be the worst.

I said in another thread I went round in the pace car during the clean up (right place right time) deliberatley running over the stuff used to soak up the oil, if the outside wheels were on the stuff even the car moved around (not so bad with the inside wheels on it). I dont understand why a compound such as this is used on such a smooth surface.

[Clivoris]

u mean lime flour???? [calcuim carbonate crushed to a fine flour]
I believe that's what they might call it in the back paddock, but we tend to be a little more sophisticated in Latteland/Welly.