Chemical and Oil Absorbent Pads for Factory Spills

Chemical Absorbent Pad for Mixed-Liquid Sites

If your site handles several types of liquid, the chemical absorbent pad is the one to stock. It takes up chemical, solvent, fuel, oil and water spills. Its yellow colour also makes it easy to spot at a spill station.

It soaks up water as well. So if the spill area is wet, part of the pad’s capacity goes to that water instead of the chemical.

Oil Absorbent Pad for Oily and Wet Floors

The oil absorbent pad is polypropylene, a material that attracts oil and repels water. It soaks up fuel and oil and leaves the water on the floor. That suits places where the two mix, like automotive workshops, the area around heavy equipment and fuel handling points.

It won’t help much on a water-based spill, because the fibres push that liquid away. If your spills vary, the chemical pad is the safer all-round choice.

Pad, Pillow or Sock? Pick by Spill Size

Pads, pillows and socks look alike on a shelf, but you’d use them differently.

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  PadA pad is the everyday one. Wipe up drips with it, slide it under a leaking fitting, or keep a few in your spill kit for general cleanup.
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  PillowGot a bigger spill? Use an absorbent pillow. It’s thicker than a pad, so it soaks up more before it’s full.
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  SockThe absorbent sock is different, because it doesn’t really clean anything up. Its job is to stop the spill spreading. Lay it around the edge so the liquid can’t creep across the floor or into a drain, then use pads inside the ring to mop up.

Where Absorbent Pads Are Used

A pad kept in a store room across the plant does not stop a spill in time. Keep stock at the point of risk:

Pads are also supplied inside our spill kits, together with waste bags, gloves and goggles.

Cleaning Up a Spill with Absorbent Pads, Step by Step

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  Shut off the source of the leak, but only if it’s safe to get close. If it’s fuel, move people back and remove anything that could ignite it.
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  Surround the spill with absorbent socks before it travels.
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  Cover the liquid with pads and wait for them to soak through. Once one is saturated, put down a new one. Repeat until nothing is left on the floor.
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  Put the used pads in a labelled bag or container, not the general bin.
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  Replace what you’ve used before you forget. The next spill won’t wait for a delivery.

Disposing of Used Pads in Malaysia

Under the Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 2005, rags, plastics, papers and filters contaminated with scheduled wastes fall under waste code SW 410. They must be stored, labelled and collected by a licensed scheduled waste contractor, and consignments are tracked through DOE’s eSWIS.

Our Spill Kit DOE Malaysia requirement page explains what is expected of facilities that generate scheduled waste.

Request a Quotation for Absorbent Pads

Tell us which liquids you handle and how many spill points you need to cover, and we will recommend the pad type and quantity. We supply from Klang, Selangor, with branches in Melaka, Penang and Johor Bahru.