Posts tagged with oil stains

Oil Gone Easy Marine S-200 reviewed in Power & Motoryacht Magazine

April 21st, 2010

The Power & Motoryacht magazine, a magazine that focuses exclusively on large power boats of over 24 feet and features articles on yacht gear and maintenance, reviewed Oil Gone Easy Marine S-200, an eco-friendly oil stain remover, in its April issue.

The review states that Oil Gone Easy Marine S-200 is an easy and environmentally safe method to clean messy oil stains from boat bilges. The review also gave an account on the mechanism used in Oil Gone Easy product and how it works. It stated that when the milky white oil stain remover was poured on the stained parts on the boat’s bilge, the nutrients in the solution attracts the oil-eating microorganisms in the atmosphere which break down the hydrocarbons in the oil.

By the process of bioremediation, the toxic compounds are converted to harmless components that can be pumped out. This reduces the damage caused to the local marine environment due to dumping of oil into the water.

The manufacturers of Oil Gone Easy claim that the product remains effective up to 3 months. A second application is advised if the stain lasts even after two weeks. Oil Gone Easy Marine S-200 is also safe for rubber, wood, and fibreglass.

The review finally concluded that when compared to normal chemical cleaning agents that Oil Gone Easy Marine S-200 is natural, safe, effective, and also cost efficient.

Todd Fratzel reviews Oil Gone Easy Products at Today’s Green Construction

December 28th, 2009

Todd Fratzel, the Principal Engineer for a large construction firm as well as the author of Home Construction Improvement, reviewed Oil Gone Easy products at Today’s Green Construction, a blog that focuses mainly on the need to conserve energy and protect the environment. In this blog, Todd shares his experience using Oil Gone Easy Home and Driveway S-200 to remove oil stains from his garage.

According to Todd Fratzel, Oil Gone Easy is a biodegradable product that effectively removes oil stains from surfaces, such as concrete, brick, pavers, asphalt, and soil. In his review, he explains that Oil Gone Easy Home and Driveway S-200 when used to remove oil stains should be left a longer time on the stain as the microorganisms get a longer time to work on them. He reveals that to clean oil stains off his garage; he poured Oil Gone Easy S-200 solution onto the concrete surface stained with motor oil and left it throughout the day, only occasionally brushing with a stiff brush.

After 5 hours of soaking time, he claims to have noticed a visible improvement. Todd Fratzel is particularly impressed with the fact that Oil Gone Easy S-200 products are totally safe for kids and animals. He recommends Oil Gone Easy S-200 products to anyone looking for a safe and effective solution to clean nasty oil spills.

Oil Gone Easy S-200 Used To Clear Oil Spills in the Snowy Mountains

November 2nd, 2009

Oil Gone Easy Home & Driveway S-200 is an eco-friendly product that can be used to clean up oil stains from any surface, like concrete, asphalt, flag stone, brick, pavers, cobblestone, and soil. Recently, Oil Gone Easy completed a project to clean up oil spills at the snowy mountains, Australia. The project was considered as a case study to prove the effectiveness of their product Oil Gone Easy Home & Driveway S-200. This project was mainly carried in following sites: Perisher, Ski Tube Base, and Thredbo.

All the three sites had different types of oil spills. In Perisher, a mysterious oil spill was deposited and in Ski Tube Base, the deposit was a mixture of hydraulic oil spill and cog grease. A combination of grease and heavy oil was found in Thredbo. Oil Gone Easy Home & Driveway S-200 was applied in all the three sites at a periodic interval starting from early February. In order to show the effectiveness of the oil stain remover, they used control groups. After periodic applications, soil samples were collected and results obtained was below Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) thresholds. The result of the case study proves that the oil stain remover can be used to clean different types of oil spills. For more information on Oil Gone Easy Home & Driveway S-200, log on to http://www.oilgoneeasy.com/