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How to Dispose of Motor Oil
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this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2025
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We had a bit of stockpile of used motor oil. We used it to treat redgum sleepers to make a deck at the back of my brothers place.
The parts of the deck treated with motor oil are still pristine and intact. The parts treated with linseed oil discoloured. The untreated parts of the deck splintered and rotted.
Several years ago, a friend sent out a mass email asking for help with a property he recently bought. When we arrived, there were 50-gallon metal drums filled with wooden-fencing bathing in motor oil.
To this day, my dad’s friends still paint their posts and fences with motor oil. When I was a kid I asked my dad if paint was expensive, he laughed and said that it doesn’t work in Alaska.
Our most recent house is in a very exclusive neighbourhood so we decided to wash the fence with (grey) coloured fence wash, rather than our go-to motor oil. This is the first boundary fence in our family that is rotting out.