I keep a large bag of cheap kitty litter (the kind our cats don't like) and
put handfuls down on the garage floor when I have a spill. The more powdery
it gets the better it works, and it works great. I tried sheets of plastic
on the floor but I found that brake fluid turns it brittle and then it
begins to deteriorate.
Reid
'79 Spitfire (original owner)
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Lemen [mailto:alemen@ftconnect.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 5:25 PM
To: Jeff McNeal
Cc: Spitfire List
Subject: Re: disappearing brake fluid
Jeff since I just experienced a fluid loss onto the concrete floor of the
garage
I can definitely state that it leaves a patch and so does not evaporate. I
need
to clean it up before the wife complains. In fact I had squares of kitchen
towel
down to catch the fluid so I now have damp square patches on the garage
floor.
Maybe I am into to floor art....
Alan
76 Spitfire.
Jeff McNeal wrote:
> I'm currently paying to have an auto inspection service look at a '67
> Spitfire for me in the Chicago area. The car has been driven very seldom
in
> the last several years. The owner is perplexed by a problem with the
brake
> fluid disappearing after two or three weeks of sitting idle in storage.
He
> says that there is no puddling or other evidence of the fluid leaking out,
> but it has to be. My question is actually fairly simple. Would the fluid
> leave a stain on the cement? Is it possible for the brake fluid to
> evaporate without leaving any obvious staining or evidence that it leaked
> out?
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