They developed it with their German partners, and you know they make good stuff.

Looks legit

/only looked at nifty picture

Once the oil is absorbed into the material, can it be reclaimed?

That would be really handy.

Are you following me here, Mister BP oil dude? Look at this spill. It's everywhere. You got it on the beaches, the ducks, everywhere. Now watch. One, two, three. All cleaned up. Now you take your Sham Wow over to the oil tanker, give it a squeeze and there you go!

You'll want to order two because I here you are still drilling in Southeast Asia.

"The nonwoven fabric absorbs the oil and then it can be easily rolled up and disposed of in an incineration plant."

Nope, they'll never implement it in a million years.

This is for the House - The Car - The Boat - the RV......And Ocean.

This is for the House - The Car - The Boat - the RV......And Ocean.

This is for the House - The Car - The Boat - the RV......And Ocean.

I love - ShamWow - I llla laaa love - ShamWow.

/I thought I was going crazy when I woke up and say that infomercial seriously.

/Oblig
//Also, Vince promoing Eminems new CD.

How much heel dragging, red tape, not GSA vendor bullshiat will it take to get this to the people not trained to use it?

I'll have successfully reverse engineered the Slap Chop before they've even tackled the Graty paradox.


/yes, I'm ripping off Frink.

yert: How much heel dragging, red tape, not GSA vendor bullshiat will it take to get this to the people not trained to use it?


Depends on if you can get Kevin Costner on board.

THe US government should buy the company, and manufacture the product themselves. Thats how a big company would handle a key raw material. No that I think that will happen.

If it works, I'm all for it. Sounds cool. Better than dispersing the stuff with more chemicals, I would think.

/anyone have any better ideas?

WyattDonnelly: THe US government should buy the company, and manufacture the product themselves. Thats how a big company would handle a key raw material. No that I think that will happen.

B..b..but Socialism!

firemanbuck: Hydrophobic, oleophilic sorbant materials are nothing new.

You sound like you took 9th grade chemistry. Welcome tothe severe minority of Americans.

"HEY LOOK, MA! IT'S A MAGIC CLOTH!"

3M has made these pads for years, along with several other companies. Old news is... old news.

absorbs oil, repells water?

why not just use hay.

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vegasj: absorbs oil, repells water?

why not just use hay.

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Hay is for horses.

NASA not impressed (new window)

The price looks good but they screw you on shipping and handling.

vegasj: absorbs oil, repells water?

why not just use hay.

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Donnchadha: vegasj: absorbs oil, repells water?

why not just use hay.

Link (new window)

Hay is for horses.

AND YOU EAT IT!

/Classic...

This is a great idea. If it really absorbs 20 times its own weight in oil, we only need 36 million pounds of it!

kriegsgeist: This is a great idea. If it really absorbs 20 times its own weight in oil, we only need 36 million pounds of it!

Can we stuff the used ones in the pipe to block it up?

HeiQ?



This guy has to be obscure as hell.

/hotlinked like Optimus Prime and Roller

That's Sham-tastic!

/got nothin

Leave it to the Germans to say it can be incinerated...

DownDaRiver: My TV is lucky I don't own a gun.

My gun's lucky I don't own a TV.

I saw the pic and thought the right water droplet was a silicone breast implant for a moment.

/boobies

firemanbuck: I'm not quite sure what (if anything) you are trying to say. I use oil sorbant/water repellent pads as a part of my job and they are nothing new. The booms that have been deployed in the gulf are made of this material - it is why they float on water and pick up the oil. The technical terms, from 9th grade chemistry, are oleophilic/hydrophobic.

What was your point?

THIS. Ya don't really want to be using a Home Shopping Network Shamwow on that thing, ya followin me cameraman? Cause if you do, the thing will suck up everything it touches, whether oil or water, and you'll be doing your damndest to incinerate the Gulf of Mexico. Now imagine if you had a material that just sucked up the oil and left the water alone? Hey, guess what, it's in stores* now!
*"stores" meaning "every industry shop catering to machine shops and laboratories".

firemanbuck: giantpiraterobot: firemanbuck: Hydrophobic, oleophilic sorbant materials are nothing new.

You sound like you took 9th grade chemistry. Welcome tothe severe minority of Americans.

"HEY LOOK, MA! IT'S A MAGIC CLOTH!"

I'm not quite sure what (if anything) you are trying to say. I use oil sorbant/water repellent pads as a part of my job and they are nothing new. The booms that have been deployed in the gulf are made of this material - it is why they float on water and pick up the oil. The technical terms, from 9th grade chemistry, are oleophilic/hydrophobic.



Pig Mats(a brand, like kleenex, we called every type we had Pig mats). Been around forever. Used them in the military, and we had huge coils of the boom stuff collecting dust in case of a huge spill.(we worked with an oily coolant for our avionics).

We always had a moron or 3 that would put them down on spilled water and WTF all over the place when they didn't do jack.(They did make a good barrier if placed in front of a door/bay if it was raining and windy however).