| What do you do when you have an oil spill? Especially, | | | | used for acids and other aggressive fluids either. |
| if that oil spill is in an area where you need to remove | | | | The secret to the booms' great degree of absorbency |
| the oil quickly, for example, in a body of water? Read | | | | is their filler, polypropylene, which is super absorbent. |
| on for a very effective tool and how to use it. | | | | They usually are encased in a tough mesh skin, and |
| If you need to remove oil or other hydro-carbon | | | | have very sturdy nylon cords with metal clips, which |
| substances quickly from a watery surface, few tools | | | | can be used to connect a number of booms together. |
| are as effective as oil absorbent booms. What makes | | | | This makes retrieval of the booms very easy after |
| them work so well is that they can hold a great deal | | | | they have absorbed their fill, or after they have |
| of oil while they're also very effective at repelling | | | | cleaned up a spill area. |
| water. | | | | The booms tend to have a bright white color, which |
| And because of the fact that they repel water, they | | | | makes them easy to see and retrieve, and it also |
| will float even when saturated -- after all, they only get | | | | makes it easy to tell when they're full and need to be |
| saturated with oil, and oil is lighter than water. | | | | replaced. And they come in several sizes, generally in |
| What if the spill is on land? They can handle that as | | | | a diameter of 5 or 8 inches, and in lengths of 10 or 20 |
| well. Essentially, they're like giant sponges that only | | | | feet. |
| soak up oil and other related substances, including | | | | Because of their modular size, they are very versatile, |
| diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, and kerosene, while repelling | | | | and it is easy to use just the right number of oil |
| any water. | | | | absorbent booms to contain almost any size oil spill at |
| Is there anything they cannot be used on? Yes. | | | | hand. This makes them a very economic option for oil |
| Obviously, they won't work for water and other | | | | spill clean-up. |
| water-based liquids or chemicals. And they can't be | | | | |