Down here in Texas, ranchers have been using used motor oil and diesel mix to seal fence posts for 100+ years. In the old days, they'd use keroseneYou just paint the post, let it dry, repaint if you want, let it dry, and then sink the post. There are posts that have lasted decades with this method.
My Dad did it in Dubln ireland 🇮🇪as long as I can remember"if you don't take care of what you have you'll never have nothing"Im no expert but I've never seen any dead shrubs around the fence or grass.20 euro for 5 litres of ducks back paint.Waste oil the car gets the benefit and saves more tress being chopped down to replace rotten fencing/shipping/fitting/power tools/time etc etc.
I use waste oil on my trailer deck boards. And my house deck. Plus sprayed two mini barns with it. But one shouldn’t say it out loud to much cause the environment people might be after us. Hehe. Great idea on the hydraulic oil Dave. Never knew that.
Imagine that. Chicken and kid never paid any mind to that little deck until you decided to oil it. Bravo. Im here because I am slopping on wmo on my deck because it's in rough shape. Last year I used boiled Lin seed oil which sucked balks and cost a lot. So I saved oil and now using it. Glad to see I'm not the only one
Haha yup. I found myself saying "I know them feelz" when the chick jumped up there and didn't care that he was waving stuff at it. Chickens are worse than cats when you don't want them on stuff.
Ive used the motor oil/diesel mix on my deck. Its a hard tropical timber called VITEX. Beautiful result, however i used new motoroil, not used oil. Am not a fan of that greyish, dirty colour the used oil produces. (Depends of course just how dirty the oil is). Clean oil mixed 50/50 with diesel produced the natural warm colour i wanted
Just done my deck with used motor oil and diesel fuel for the second time in 15 years, still looks new, no rot, no terminate, no boar bees, to all the tree huggers out there, where do you think oil comes from😂
@@270wsm140grThe diesel is more less a light oil in itself and helps the thicker motor oil soak deeper into the wood, and if you prefer a lighter color you could always buy some cheap supertech Walmart oil for $15 a gallon compared to the $40-50 per gallon you would spend @ any home improvement store for brand name stain/oil. ✌️
Just be careful, when atomized with a sprayer the oil is easier to ignite even thought the oil itself in a pan is not normally flamable. All those droplets from the sprayer have a very large surface to allow vaporization, and oil vapors are flamable.
Good evening Sir, any oil is good against insects, water etc,,, the bad stuff about using used engine ( MOTOR ) oil is the post combustion products and it compare the PCB's contaminant. The other problems is the soap that used to clean the engine in the motor oil get wash off and goes into ground and if you have a water well,,, you are asking for problems of water contamination. If you want to use safer oil is used or new Hydraulic oil, it will never dry, never get wash off, so no ground contamination and the best it is not PCB's post combustion dangerous products. I have more than 40 yrs of doing it, My father was using it and all the wood barn's are still up !!! I recently use it for making my permanent house deck and I used it also for covering all my wooden house with it ( many videos about it ) So Sir, that was my little Canadian 10 cents about that subject 🧐👌👍 and I'm not too brain da da damage from it 😮🤣🤭👌👍 Cheers
Good evening Dave! Appreciate the feedback and i was aware and totally agree. I am not concerned for my water due to the small amount applied on the deck (but yes every year it would add up), I will only do barn once and there is no rain AND the fact that my artesian well is very far. Regardless I do not want to pollute so thanks for the great thoughts! This was actually a mix of used motor, hydraulic and transmission oil. Now that i have a tractor ill have much more hydraulic oil and will try to only use that. Still beats the junk they sell and is worthless AND toxic to produce, ship and use👍👌✊
@@theowiththeo Good evening Sir, I totally agree with you mon ami about that junk that they sell and yes it is fire retardant too, I still have made a video using a small flame torch throwing on normal ext paint, toxic wood preservatives, and hydro fluid. Please keep up your OUTSTANDING work Sir and be safe doing it Cheers 🍻😇👌👍
Hey guys, Theo first off thanks for the idea, and RCA thanks for info about using hydraulic oil. Does the wood stay oily though, does it leave a residue? I agree that the store-bought crap is, well, crap. Transparent stain doesn't hold past 1 year, and semitransparent is peeling off within 2 years. If I had ample disposable income, I'd rip this damn deck out and install composite.
Diesel is only to thin the oil, get it to soak into wood faster and it will evaporate over couple days so only motor oil remains in wood. Motor oil flash point is high and not considered flammable. Somewhere I read to also add bit of borax in mixture, it should stop mold, fungus and insects, don't know exact mixing ratios.
Could you use the engine oils on the deck that was already stained with bought from shop normal pain for decking , how about fences covered in moss ? Thanks
@@transformationproject3583I also think the diesel helps as a carrier to soak it deeper into the wood, first coat I put on it soaked it up like a sponge and it gave me a strange satisfaction.😆 We need all the help we can get💸💰💸 with major mumbles in the White House.
That is trapping moisture and can rot the wood. Also if it starts to delaminate due to the wood expanding/contracting it will need to be sanded down…ugh.
It’s viewed as controversial as we are trained and condition by wood preserver producers to believe buying their products is better in spite of the fact it wastes more resource to produce it.
The environmental question is a big one I'm trying to answer. There's so much that goes into it. This is a form of recycling that appears to be far more efficient and less impactful than other forms of recycling. In addition, it is localized; meaning that additional waste from logistical movement is not spent. Oil does degrade faster than synthetic plastics which is confusing because they're made out of the same stuff as far as I understand. It is also cheap or even free resulting in less work for said resource unless economic impact on the environment from this reduced work. Improves the lifespan when compared to bare wood resulting in less wood waste and longer structural integrity. In contrast though, dangerous heavy metals, variance amongst oils, questionable biodegradability, risk of contaminating groundwater, unclear evidence of dispersed use being environmentally safe, and unclear lifespan for this use case before safe degradation can occur. Does it have negative health impacts to humans occupying and interacting with these oil finished structures? Also, there's a number of other factors that play into this. Are new paints and finishes environmentally safer? It's a good question because we don't know as average consumers what's in these paints. Are they any more biodegradable? Do they contain microplastics? How much economic work is required to produce these paints and what is the environmental cost? How much longer does wood last with off-the-shelf paint in comparison to used oil finishes? How reusable is the wood if the structure is dismantled? If oil is unethical to use as a wood finish in terms of its environmental impact, how is this use case any more unethical than the staggering amount of oil spilled every year from vehicles during their use case? If anyone has an opinion or more info on this please let me know the internet is not giving very clear answers.
No. Diesel far less volatile than gasoline even when not reduced by the used motor oil. I believe it was sixtyfive ford shows a video trying to light his freshly coated trailer bed with a torch and nothing happens
You can use oil on cedar. No issues. I do indoor eastern red cedar logs for wall trim and use tung oil as the finish. Color comes out a beautiful light brownish/yellowish on sap wood and deep red on heart. I hate thick clear poly on cedar that makes it shiny. Looks like a plastic covered couch to me. Best to try it on a spare cedar pickett to see if you like it. If you don't have every species of wood with every sample of stain in your garage, you're doing it wrong haha.
Down here in Texas, ranchers have been using used motor oil and diesel mix to seal fence posts for 100+ years. In the old days, they'd use keroseneYou just paint the post, let it dry, repaint if you want, let it dry, and then sink the post. There are posts that have lasted decades with this method.
I think my dad used this method inflorida
My Dad did it in Dubln ireland 🇮🇪as long as I can remember"if you don't take care of what you have you'll
never have nothing"Im no expert but I've never seen any dead shrubs around the fence or grass.20 euro for 5 litres of ducks back paint.Waste oil the car gets the benefit and saves more tress being chopped down to replace rotten fencing/shipping/fitting/power tools/time etc etc.
Wranglerstar had me looking up videos related to this...this is actually a really great use of used motor oil for recyclability!
nice! check out a few of my other videos. Thanks for leaving a comment!
I use waste oil on my trailer deck boards. And my house deck. Plus sprayed two mini barns with it.
But one shouldn’t say it out loud to much cause the environment people might be after us. Hehe.
Great idea on the hydraulic oil Dave. Never knew that.
Thank You My Friend and it is also help against fire too !!!
Fantastic way to recycle and look after your outdoor property.
Great method for generations
Thanks for the video! I've been using a brush but now I want to use an electric sprayer!
I think a pump sprayer would work better , but you have to filter it. I am glad I looked into this, this is a great way to preserve wood .
not a lot of luck spraying it so far. Rolls and brushes on well
like your helper
Oil and water don't mix. So, naturally, the water beads. Nice.
Imagine that. Chicken and kid never paid any mind to that little deck until you decided to oil it. Bravo. Im here because I am slopping on wmo on my deck because it's in rough shape. Last year I used boiled Lin seed oil which sucked balks and cost a lot. So I saved oil and now using it. Glad to see I'm not the only one
Haha yup. I found myself saying "I know them feelz" when the chick jumped up there and didn't care that he was waving stuff at it. Chickens are worse than cats when you don't want them on stuff.
Yes, I agree. From my experience, boiled linseed oil doesn't do anything from day one. Thompson's WaterSeal doesn't even last a year.
Ive used the motor oil/diesel mix on my deck. Its a hard tropical timber called VITEX. Beautiful result, however i used new motoroil, not used oil. Am not a fan of that greyish, dirty colour the used oil produces. (Depends of course just how dirty the oil is). Clean oil mixed 50/50 with diesel produced the natural warm colour i wanted
For me anyway I think it's the best wood stain. It's free. It's recycled and as a mechanic I've an abundance of it so why not treat wood
Just treated a eighty year old root cellar door made of red oak with used oil and diesel should be good for eighty more😊
Just done my deck with used motor oil and diesel fuel for the second time in 15 years, still looks new, no rot, no terminate, no boar bees, to all the tree huggers out there, where do you think oil comes from😂
Not synthetic oil
So you mix used oil and diesel? If you mix how much do you mix of both 1 to 1?
Yes i mixed but dont have to. Ratio not critical. More diesel may be slightly less viscous and less dark.
@@theowiththeo cool thanks for sharing 👍
@@270wsm140grThe diesel is more less a light oil in itself and helps the thicker motor oil soak deeper into the wood, and if you prefer a lighter color you could always buy some cheap supertech Walmart oil for $15 a gallon compared to the $40-50 per gallon you would spend @ any home improvement store for brand name stain/oil. ✌️
Just be careful, when atomized with a sprayer the oil is easier to ignite even thought the oil itself in a pan is not normally flamable. All those droplets from the sprayer have a very large surface to allow vaporization, and oil vapors are flamable.
Is it anymore flammable then the sawdust from a circular saw?
Fairly certain very low risk
True in theory
@@theowiththeo : Low risk indeed... but make sure you don't have a guy with a lighted cigarette walking around
Good evening Sir, any oil is good against insects, water etc,,, the bad stuff about using used engine ( MOTOR ) oil is the post combustion products and it compare the PCB's contaminant. The other problems is the soap that used to clean the engine in the motor oil get wash off and goes into ground and if you have a water well,,, you are asking for problems of water contamination. If you want to use safer oil is used or new Hydraulic oil, it will never dry, never get wash off, so no ground contamination and the best it is not PCB's post combustion dangerous products. I have more than 40 yrs of doing it, My father was using it and all the wood barn's are still up !!! I recently use it for making my permanent house deck and I used it also for covering all my wooden house with it ( many videos about it ) So Sir, that was my little Canadian 10 cents about that subject 🧐👌👍 and I'm not too brain da da damage from it 😮🤣🤭👌👍 Cheers
Good evening Dave! Appreciate the feedback and i was aware and totally agree. I am not concerned for my water due to the small amount applied on the deck (but yes every year it would add up), I will only do barn once and there is no rain AND the fact that my artesian well is very far. Regardless I do not want to pollute so thanks for the great thoughts! This was actually a mix of used motor, hydraulic and transmission oil. Now that i have a tractor ill have much more hydraulic oil and will try to only use that. Still beats the junk they sell and is worthless AND toxic to produce, ship and use👍👌✊
@@theowiththeo Good evening Sir, I totally agree with you mon ami about that junk that they sell and yes it is fire retardant too, I still have made a video using a small flame torch throwing on normal ext paint, toxic wood preservatives, and hydro fluid. Please keep up your OUTSTANDING work Sir and be safe doing it Cheers 🍻😇👌👍
Hey guys, Theo first off thanks for the idea, and RCA thanks for info about using hydraulic oil. Does the wood stay oily though, does it leave a residue? I agree that the store-bought crap is, well, crap. Transparent stain doesn't hold past 1 year, and semitransparent is peeling off within 2 years. If I had ample disposable income, I'd rip this damn deck out and install composite.
@@pondacres Stays oily longer than store bought wood stain (even slippy at first) but definitely goes away.
@@theowiththeo I'ma look into this man, thx!
I swear by it
Diesel is only to thin the oil, get it to soak into wood faster and it will evaporate over couple days so only motor oil remains in wood. Motor oil flash point is high and not considered flammable. Somewhere I read to also add bit of borax in mixture, it should stop mold, fungus and insects, don't know exact mixing ratios.
yes and some of the modern motor oils may not remain very long either as they have detergents etc. Some of the best is hydraulic oils apparently.
Yes borax helps prevent termites from eating the wood as well
Oh hecks yeah. I just changed my oil. I got 3ish liters of used oil. Is it flammable? I got a deck that needs staining but I have a bbq on it.
Could you use the engine oils on the deck that was already stained with bought from shop normal pain for decking , how about fences covered in moss ? Thanks
If spraying underside of deck with pump sprayer does one need to be concerned with overspray on vinyl siding?
hi, thanks for posting,, is it slippery?? slippery when wet??
Only for a week
Like the first week or everytime it rains
Alright, sweet👌 I'm looking for a cheap and easy solution for resurfacing my cutting boards
lol not food grade
Why do you need to cut it with oil? Does it have to be used? Will transmission oil be good, used or unused?
Can’t see any problem using waste engine oil.
It’s one way of using a by product!
Does it smell or have any odor after it’s applied? Does it come off on your shoes or does it dry?
Yes it stinks with conventional oil for a week. I prefer used full synthetic, not so smelly. Dries enough in a few days
Oil comes from the ground. Duhhh! Oil needs to go back into nature. Good work.
lol thanks for watching!
Is the diesel doing anything except thinning it out? I rolled on just straight oil and it seemed to work. I didn't spray it.
Only thinning but is an oil itself. helps if spraying as you elude to especially if straying first.
@@theowiththeo thx. ive never sprayed it I just pout it on thick but then I havent done vertical surfaces.
perfect
@@transformationproject3583I also think the diesel helps as a carrier to soak it deeper into the wood, first coat I put on it soaked it up like a sponge and it gave me a strange satisfaction.😆 We need all the help we can get💸💰💸 with major mumbles in the White House.
Why don’t you use it to darken and refresh your pavers? Have you tried it?
Only by accident lol. Is that a thing?
@@theowiththeo I’m actually seriously looking into doing exactly that. Should work.
let me know how it turns out!!
@@theowiththeo I sure will 👍🏻
I will not use water based stain
People use oil base paint also
yes but less and less common around me
That is trapping moisture and can rot the wood. Also if it starts to delaminate due to the wood expanding/contracting it will need to be sanded down…ugh.
If the wood had wax, can i use the oil over ???
dont think so
Does this smell? I’m planning too treat my decks and don’t want a bad order. Thanks
smells for about a week if memory serves
@@theowiththeo thank you for the advice
@@jman4995 used full synthetic is considerably less smelly
Just built a platform on my patio out of 2x4s...i have a 55 gallon drum of waste oil...i never buy wood finish...
It’s viewed as controversial as we are trained and condition by wood preserver producers to believe buying their products is better in spite of the fact it wastes more resource to produce it.
I don't have used oil, can I use new motor oil?
yes, the cheapest you can find. Used just has a tint to it for color and is free
Tree huggers are causing more problems then fixing. Great vid ❤
What’s the mix ratio ?
I have researched and seen normally recommended 50/50 mixture
the tree huggers wouldn't have roads if they knew what was used to make asphalt.
Or electricity.
to each their own
Think I would have rolled it on.
I’ve tried that and also tried a pump action tree pesticide sprayer. No favourite yet.
Does it keep a strong scent of oil and fumes or no?
no
hmm, missed the mix rate?
50 - 50 works great
The environmental question is a big one I'm trying to answer. There's so much that goes into it.
This is a form of recycling that appears to be far more efficient and less impactful than other forms of recycling. In addition, it is localized; meaning that additional waste from logistical movement is not spent. Oil does degrade faster than synthetic plastics which is confusing because they're made out of the same stuff as far as I understand. It is also cheap or even free resulting in less work for said resource unless economic impact on the environment from this reduced work. Improves the lifespan when compared to bare wood resulting in less wood waste and longer structural integrity.
In contrast though, dangerous heavy metals, variance amongst oils, questionable biodegradability, risk of contaminating groundwater, unclear evidence of dispersed use being environmentally safe, and unclear lifespan for this use case before safe degradation can occur. Does it have negative health impacts to humans occupying and interacting with these oil finished structures?
Also, there's a number of other factors that play into this. Are new paints and finishes environmentally safer? It's a good question because we don't know as average consumers what's in these paints. Are they any more biodegradable? Do they contain microplastics? How much economic work is required to produce these paints and what is the environmental cost? How much longer does wood last with off-the-shelf paint in comparison to used oil finishes? How reusable is the wood if the structure is dismantled?
If oil is unethical to use as a wood finish in terms of its environmental impact, how is this use case any more unethical than the staggering amount of oil spilled every year from vehicles during their use case?
If anyone has an opinion or more info on this please let me know the internet is not giving very clear answers.
Do you worry about the flammability?
No. Diesel far less volatile than gasoline even when not reduced by the used motor oil. I believe it was sixtyfive ford shows a video trying to light his freshly coated trailer bed with a torch and nothing happens
@@theowiththeoYes sir, and that guy has LOTS of great ideas. His dog is pretty smart too by the way. 😉✌️
anyone use on cedar fences.
I have not. Dimensional boards or aged logs? Will absorb a lot and change the colour a bit either way. Will weather proof it ‘forever’
You can use oil on cedar. No issues. I do indoor eastern red cedar logs for wall trim and use tung oil as the finish. Color comes out a beautiful light brownish/yellowish on sap wood and deep red on heart. I hate thick clear poly on cedar that makes it shiny. Looks like a plastic covered couch to me. Best to try it on a spare cedar pickett to see if you like it. If you don't have every species of wood with every sample of stain in your garage, you're doing it wrong haha.