Comparisons

If you want to compare oil absorbents, it makes sense to compare their features and benefits.

To help you, we have carried out simple tests under laboratory conditions so that you can decide for yourself.

Can't access YouTube? click here.	Scratch Test When you clean up a spill with an abrasive product such as Kitty Litter, the floor can become scatched and damaged, and this is repeated with every spill. As the damage worsens, the floor collects dirt more easily, requiring more frequent cleaning and maintenance. More seriously, if product is allowed to enter engines or gearboxes, the consequences can be very costly. Spill Hound is completely non-abrasive and causes no damage to floors or equipment.
Dust Test No. 1 - Spill Hound vs Kitty Litter Kitty Litter is simply a heavily crushed mineral. As such it contains a range of particle sizes, including fine, inhalable dust. In the specific case of Kitty Litter, the dust can contain crystalline quartz (crystalline silica) which is capable of causing lung damage and breathing disorders. Users of Kitty Litter should always wear an approved dust mask when cleaning up spills. In practise, however, operatives will not usually bother locating a suitable mask, thereby exposing themselves to a real inhalation hazard. Spill Hound is 100% dust free and can be used with confidence without the need for any respiratory protection.		Can't access YouTube? click here.
Can't access YouTube? Click here.	Dust Test No. 2 - Spill Hound vs Sphagnum Moss & Cotton-based absorbent Some absorbents are so dusty that, when treating a spill, the result can be an operator who is covered in as much absorbent as the spill itself. Spill Hound is 100% dust free and can be used with confidence, knowing that all of the product applied to the spill will stay on the spill, and not on the operator.
Dust Test No. 3 - Spill Hound vs Coconut (coir) absorbent & Cotton-based absorbent We believe that a dust-free oil absorbent offers real health and safety benefits to our users. Dust inhalation is extremely uncomfortable, especially for ex-smokers or asthma sufferers. However, some absorbent dusts contain particles smaller than 30μm which are small enough to pass into the lungs and cause health effects. Particles smaller than 10μm (the respirable or alveolar fraction) can be deeply inhaled into the alveolar region of the lungs; these tiny particles have been linked to the development of such chronic diseases as pneumoconiosis and emphysema.		Can't access YouTube? Click here.