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Anyone know of a source for drip pans to keep the garage floor free of oil stains? I've scoured the auto parts stores in the area and haven't found one.
 
Keep trying - they aren't hard to find. NAPA has drip pans that are about 30 by 60 inches and I'm sure the other chains have them also.

If all else fails, raid the kitchen. Cookie sheets are too small but will do in a pinch.
 
Check at your local HVAC shop and have some madw from galvanized duct sheet metal, its cheap, you can get whatever size you want, and they last forever.
 
I have a series of drip pans, ranging from the old cookie trays to plastic bowls. I find that a piece of cardboard from an old box is just as efficient, and when it is of no further use you just put down some more. Being very absorbent it does the trick. Cardboard is also useful if you have to kneel or lie on a cold garage floor to get under the car for any reason.
 
Yep - cardboard. Especially from all the boxes that ALL those parts came in! I've got an eternal supply. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazyeyes.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazyeyes.gif
 
I have an absorbant mat under my GT6, it does a great job of keeping the minor leaks from making a mess. Oil Drip Mat It also aborbs everything else. This one looks like it might do a better job. Oil Absorbant Pad
 
Our local Autozone had them I think, but that was about it (like the one pictured on this website.

You can also use plastic darkroom trays if you have a photo store nearby that stocks them. They come in 8x10, 11x14, 16x20, and larger dimensions - and are usually a couple of inches deep. I use a large one with a thin layer of cat sand in it when I change oil, just in case I drip any large amount it goes into the tray, then I leave it under the car.
 
I got mine at Pep boys. I prefer metal to cardboard because I can let coolant, oil, etc drain into it without spilling or soaking through.
 
It depends how much oil drips out. I use two big metal drip trays, one under the engine/gearbox and another under the back axle, but I put newspaper in them (the free local that I can't stop them delivering!). That absorbs the oil as it leaks, so you don't have to spend time soaking up the oil to clean up the trays. You just change the paper.

Ken G, 1925 Rover 16/50 (San Francisco)
 
Thanks for the advice! I've looked at the local parts stores, but haven't asked behind the counter. Also, the absorbent mats look good - and will be easier to keep under the car with 2 kids playing in the garage with their skateboards!

Thanks again!
 
I bought all of mine at NAPA. I got the 30 x 60, and another size, about 18 x 24. I ordered them and got them the next day.
Jeff
 
Yep - cardboard. Especially from all the boxes that ALL those parts came in! I've got an eternal supply

Not a very good idea...put one under my car one day...oil drippings from the car...set the box paper on fire...and burn the car down...fortunately I got it out of the garage before it burnt down... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
 
if it's in a garage you can paint it with that epoxy paint (if i'm naming it correctly - help me here guys) . . . if oil drips, you wipe it up and it doesn't penetrate. . . plus easy to clean. . . . . .throw some sand in it and you have a garage you'll never slip in (plus you'll scrape your elbows chaning oil, lol). . . just a suggestion.
 
I got mine at PepBoys, I put Kitty Liter in it as an asorbant, turned out to be an inviting place for my cats to poop! Well that wasn't such a great idea huh? LOL Now I just use a bare pan sprayed with don't pee/poop here stuff.
 
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