Does any one pour used motor oil on there stacked firewood?
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Blazin
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Psssh, You guys are looped..... tires, railroad ties, telephone poles, and pressure treated lumber is where it's at for BTU's 
ShaneLogs
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I got a ReadyHeater in the garage that I burn used motor oil in. Just siphon all the dirt and debris out of it and mix 50% Diesel and 50% Clean used motor oil in it and put it in the heater. Keep the garage toasty fall/winter/and spring 
Hedgerow
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Psssh, You guys are looped..... tires, railroad ties, telephone poles, and pressure treated lumber is where it's at for BTU's
You know this means I'm gonna have to put some oil on a piece of wood and burn it, just to see for myself and take notes... Might even have to chart the temps at which the VOC's are actually burnt vs just creating a noxious smoke...
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You know this means I'm gonna have to put some oil on a piece of wood and burn it, just to see for myself and take notes... Might even have to chart the temps at which the VOC's are actually burnt vs just creating a noxious smoke...
Interesting!
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You know this means I'm gonna have to put some oil on a piece of wood and burn it, just to see for myself and take notes... Might even have to chart the temps at which the VOC's are actually burnt vs just creating a noxious smoke...
And don't forget pictures of the process!
Hedgerow
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I'm sure someone could just tell me... But I've never been one to listen... :msp_wink:
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Chris-PA
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No, it's burning it. What is valuable in it and makes it worth recycling is the long chain carbon molecules. Those will eventually be broken down anyway, but burning it breaks them down immediately, releasing the carbon mostly as CO2 - and any metals which are unchanged.
You know this means I'm gonna have to put some oil on a piece of wood and burn it, just to see for myself and take notes... Might even have to chart the temps at which the VOC's are actually burnt vs just creating a noxious smoke...
Just putting "some oil on a piece of wood" and burning it ain't gonna' be near the same thing.
I don't see that as the same as pouring/drizzling small quantities of oil over a stack of firewood... letting it filter down through, sit and soak for days, weeks or months between adding more (the next oil change on something)... with the overall treatment going several months, or a couple years depending... and then adding that wood to an already burning fire in a stove.
Changing, adding or removing variables, and then comparing and reporting results, means nothing... and is unfair to everyone, including yourself.
But hey, do whatever.
Really? Well here's a quote from the EPA web site.
"How is Used Oil Recycled?
Once oil has been used, it can be collected, recycled, and used over and over again. An estimated 380 million gallons of used oil are recycled each year. Recycled used oil can sometimes be used again for the same job or can take on a completely different task. For example, used motor oil can be re-refined and sold at the store as motor oil or processed for furnace fuel oil."
Well man, I'm "processing" my used oil for use as furnace fuel... and that is recycling... re-using something that would otherwise go to waste.
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here's step 1...
Just making sure you don't forget :msp_sneaky:
BrokenToys
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An an added note:
One gallon of used motor oil provides the same 2.5 quarts of lubricating oil as 42 gallons of crude oil.
I recycle my waste oil. I have "acquaintances" who pour their oil over their firewood too. Tried talking me into it and I declined. I won't do it personally and don't see the added value of some BTU's proven or otherwise.
One gallon of used motor oil provides the same 2.5 quarts of lubricating oil as 42 gallons of crude oil.
I recycle my waste oil. I have "acquaintances" who pour their oil over their firewood too. Tried talking me into it and I declined. I won't do it personally and don't see the added value of some BTU's proven or otherwise.
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I'll admit that I used it to "paint" the outside of my woodshed. It soaks into the wood immediately and should give some protection. I know it isn't an environmently freindly act but I still did it. Actually I ran out pretty quick (1/2 gallon) because the wood really soaks it up so I used some el cheapo new oil (1/2 gallon) that I bought for the lawntractor to finish the job.
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Wow I wonder if the same people who make Marvel Mystery Oil produce this "waste oil" it seems to have the same list of "cures" ..or uses. I guess they just skip the carcinogens accumulated while the by products of the combustion process build up though.. Or is that just another old wives tale....
Well, actually that's intentionally misleading... The same 42 gallons of crude that produces 2.5 quarts of lubricating oil also produces, at the same time, dozens and dozens and dozens of quarts of other useful products and chemicals from refining, as well as a bit of gasoline. One gallon of used motor oil produces 2.5 quarts of new lubricating oil and 1.5 quarts of toxic waste.
Hedgerow
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And I believe that may be blended and burnt as a fuel... In Kansas...:msp_wink:
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