Wiki page on oil collecting tips.

[Rotary-Motion]

cani add something

tennis balls squage in the holes i believe

[Julian]

Believe or know?    We only do "know" on the wiki! 

[Rotary-Motion]

Believe or know?    We only do "know" on the wiki!

know but at my age confirmation helps julian...

[Julian]

Your age ... try being me!

[Rotary-Motion]

i been noticing a slow down for ages.... know its there cant do shizz about it...

 

[oakwoodtv]

For hand cleaning I carry a packet of baby wipes
all so some spare cubey lids
That reminds me to put a few more in the van used the last one tonight   

[greasemonkey]

Nowt to contribute really. I scanned a ready made up WTN, with all my details on it,, so that saves time filling them in.
Other than that, I basically slop oil all over the van, wipe my hands in my trousers, or the WTN.

[julianf]

I forgot to mention -

Cling can also be wrapped around groups of tins (etc) to stop them falling over.

Yesterday i had a pallet in the back of the landrover.  I could have taken it out, and put it on top of the prep tubs, but it was quicker just to wrap the group together.

Indeed, i had to break harder on the way home - the corner of the group slid off the pallet, but was held by the cling to all the others (so did not tip over)

[Julian]

Nowt to contribute really. I scanned a ready made up WTN, with all my details on it,, so that saves time filling them in.
Other than that, I basically slop oil all over the van, wipe my hands in my trousers, or the WTN.

Hmm, just mulling over wether your collecting tips should be included.  I think most folks will work those out for themselves!

[Rotary-Motion]

Nowt to contribute really. I scanned a ready made up WTN, with all my details on it,, so that saves time filling them in.
Other than that, I basically slop oil all over the van, wipe my hands in my trousers, or the WTN.

Hmm, just mulling over wether your collecting tips should be included.  I think most folks will work those out for themselves!

the very need for a smiley after that

[Julian]

Very impressed at how the cling film idea worked the other day, especially as the restaurant provided it free!

So I've been looking at the cost of getting a supply.  I recon Pallet Wrap, often known as stretch wrap or stretch film, may work well as it's usually thicker and easier to use, and in my experience it sticks to it's self better too.

6 rolls, 400mm x 300m x 20µ (heavy duty) can be had for £27 + VAT and I assume delivery ... so if you use say 1.5m per tin, my dodgy maths makes it about 3p per tin.  Pretty good insurance against cleaning 20 ltrs of veg from the carpets!

Think I'll be buying some.

[julianf]

I have some pallet wrap here, but i find value cling much easier to use.

The rolls are not as wide, not as heavy (so easier to spin around the tin) and its not as stretchy / clingy - which means that, every time you need to find the end again, its much quicker.

[julianf]

ps.

I think 1.5m may be optomistic.

I dont know the diameter of a tin, but, say, its 25cm.  That gives a circumferance of 78cm ish, so 1.5m wouldnt quite even be two trips around the tin.

I normally spin arround a few times, working up the tin, so as theres then a flappy bit at the top, which i can then fold over and seal with the last movement before i cut the line.

When times are hard, two revolutions, and then two over the top in a cross seems to work fine also, but its more trouble to do (takes longer)

[K.H]

My tip, when collecting always try to steal a blue roll, i do, very useful 

[greasemonkey]

Nowt to contribute really. I scanned a ready made up WTN, with all my details on it,, so that saves time filling them in.
Other than that, I basically slop oil all over the van, wipe my hands in my trousers, or the WTN.

Hmm, just mulling over wether your collecting tips should be included.  I think most folks will work those out for themselves!

I thought wiping my hands in the WTN was cracker. Takes wile and cunning to think like that.