# Cleaning up used oil?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-up-used-oil/163393>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 22, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-up-used-oil/163393 "2003-03-22T17:17:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-up-used-oil/163393/1 "2003-03-22T17:17:51Z")

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I was cleaning out my little shed today when I find that my husband left two entire gallons of used car oil in there. Said oil was in a plastic milk bottles, one of which has split and the whole gallon is now all over the cement floor.

How do I clean it up?

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**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-up-used-oil/163393/2 "2003-03-22T17:20:01Z")

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Cat litter does a good job of soaking up the spilled oil. You can pick up some enzymatic cleanes at auto supply stores that eat the oil and leave non-toxic reidues that are easliy cleaned up.