Al Carrell: If you take a look at the driveways and the garage floors in America, you'd never know there's ever been an oil shortage, because so many automobiles drip. And you end up with spots like this. You can't just wipe them away, so what do you do? Well I'll show you. First you want to saturate the spot with mineral spirits paint thinner. That's just regular paint thinner. And then you want to cover that up with any kind of an absorbent. I like to use cat litter but you can use saw dust, dry sand, cornmeal, baking soda, anything that's going to be absorbent. And then you have to wait until the next day. So here we are the next day. We're going to sweep it away and see what happened. Well all the oil is gone here. If it doesn't get all of it the first time, try it a second time just to be sure. If there's still a spot there, it's just discoloration, and that can be removed by liquid laundry bleach. And fix your car so it doesn't happen again.
Episode 36 1996 - 97 Season
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