BP Oil Clean Up Solution - Save the Beaches!

[MontereyMills]

It is knit pile fabric or commonly called, sliver knit fabric. It is what you would typically find on a paint roller cover.

[4543543v]

what's the name of this material ???????

[mysteryloser24]

Ahhh it sure is great to see someone putting their genius minds to work for once! What a fantastic and perfectly feasible idea! How did the tests at the Gulf go? I haven't been watching the news or anything lately, so I don't know what the latest is from the disaster. It might even already be cleaned up and I wouldn't have the foggiest! XD

[speccop]

Your product is amazing. My state is in the middle of its own oil spill disaster. I have e-mailed the Natural Resources & Environment the link to your video here. I hope they contact you. Maybe you can contact them as well.

I can't put a link in this comment box but here is the Number to the State of Michigan DRNE 1-800-662-9278

[bankerdt]

I'd like to suggest that you do the test in a washing machine. The machine can simulate the action of the ocean. If the test mat is removed while the machine is still runing, and has the same ratio of oil/water as in the still test, then BP would be crazy not to use the idea. If you do this, please post a video of it on YouTube again. Thanks!

[KristinSchip]

you need to definitely send it into some news channels and as many places as possible, looks like the best "feasible" idea thus far.

[maximumgravity]

Awesome demonstration. 

Have you all experimented with adding a few tablespoons of Dawn dish soap, or some kerosene to simulate the effect dispersant has on the oil. and comparing the results?

[desire4liberation]

best wishes to you

[bigdumbclown]

Sham....WOW!

[TroutMstr40]

It astounds me how negative the responses have been, without realizing the positive potential. This approach is definitely one of many that can and should be taken to help collect the surface oil that is flowing throughout the region, including into Lake Pontchartrain. What a barrier like this wouldn't do to protect the inlet!!

Good thinking! Another American Innovation idea . . . despite the continued disbelief in such greatness still in America!! (Don't know who THAT might be!!?!?)

[TroutMstr40]

It astounds me how negative the responses have been, without realizing the positive potential. This approach is definitely one of many that can and should be taken to help collect the surface oil that is flowing throughout the region, including into Lake Pontchartrain. What a barrier like this wouldn't do to protect the inlet!!

Good thinking! Another American Innovation idea . . . despite the continued disbelief in such greatness still in America!! (Don't know who THAT might be!!?!?)

[sampaguitap]

I'm not an expert in any of these areas. However, I do know that something needs to be done about this enviormental disaster. I commend Monterey Mills for stepping up to the plate and looking for a solution verses sitting back and watching it. They are not letting an opportunity pass by. That's why successful people are successful!! They find a need and fill it, regardless of the ridicule. I do have a question for Monterey..will this open jobs in the Janesville area?

[MontereyMills]

@sampaguitap

We certainly hope so!

[CBbaby011]

beautiful sounds great and why should anyone down a good plan sounds like someone who doesn't wanna help, its dumb for anyone to say no to a plan that could if anything benefit the environment not hurt it worse

[TheNavchamp]

wat about for the animals that are there wouldnt they be effected when this is put over them blocking the light

[maxlaxer33]

@TheNavchamp I think we should be more worried about the massive amounts of oil that is killing them, than the 2.5 minutes of sunilght that they might not get. come on now...

[TheNavchamp]

@maxlaxer33 yea i get wat you mean mate but if the fish lets say get hurt from this then it wouldnt be the safest thing to try right?

[ladymjburton]

@TheNavchamp its is much safer than any chemicals that will kill them off completely. and im sure the oil blocks out light as well. the net like idea posted above wouldn't hurt the fish any more than a fishermen's net would.

[meNiMONSTERs]

trying get in on some government cheese eh

[hologuitar]

this douchbag just wants to get RICH of this shit. Imagine he will be a billionare. It takes GREED to clean GREED. have fun with your dirty money.

[TheKRProductionz]

sounds like a plan

[ConVikk2112]

fake and gay

[1man1nja]

nice.



[velocistar2371]

its like a shamwow for oil!

[gun5moke]

Impressive, but are you using crude oil for your test? It is great to see american textile manufacturing. Manufacturing is where the real strength of economy comes from and if it takes an oil spill to boost domestic manufacturing then so be it.

[ramiirez]

this guys is a genius

[THEdestroyedONE]

WOW !!! try really hard to make this happe. Go to BP and demand that they use it

[dav1dhoang]

that would suck if a hurricane just swept most of the oil on the beaches. :|

[OhSnapize]

was the legit oil?

[Aspenfash899]

wow amazing now can you make a bigger one or hundreds of those lols

[Longboardersrule12]

wouldnt it be great if we could put a big wool blanket over the gulf like that

[vulpescaligo]

nuke the pipe closed like the russians do

[bhayes0175]

the only thing i gotta say is, to every one who doesn't think this will work... where's your idea?

[dudet49]

i hope this works for the vast size of the ocean.

[murderface74]

How do you eat an elephant? The oil spill is like an elephant that just keeps getting bigger, and we are supposed to feel over whelmed by everything. The truth is being kept a secret and the President suspends the first amendment over the Gulf of Mexico. Nothing suspect here. What a load of shit.

[DEO541]

@murderface74 ask 1million lions lol

[TheJWKK]

i wonder if BP will see this

[llluuuccc]

@TheJWKK no because it is a bad idea, good intention bad idea

[pistxl]

Amazing

[albaniandude6]

holy hot damn

[djk84]

It's like a sham-wow, only it works.

[alphaqupbad]

Sham WOW!

[dbi1036]

WOW nice job, get your self on CNN and see what happens, to me its like no one cares and its sad.

[blinko656]

I hear you brother. You need me to come out and make a video with titles and better quality. Check out my vids for quality, only.

Retired Firemen.

Actually you did a smart thing with a single shot as to not show trickery.

[80sbabyss]

ummm... Ever thought of Shamwow?

[expliicitJBeatsXX3]

i think people who keep saying that these ideas never work so close up there holes cause we should appreciate these people who are AT LEAST trying to help and thinking of ideas BP should try everything , at least because how can we possibly make this more worse ,

[KFSQUARE]

thats really good thnks for saving the beaches for us

[S69NER]

u should really do this clean our ocean plz :)

[wwrren2]

its like a shamwow on steroids

[miksulder]

wow nice!

[k1dicarus]

As this method (as many other mentioned in the last couple weeks) may not get rid of a lot of the oil, it STILL would be a beginning.

If you Americans someday start to take this as serious as its realy is, you will sent every free ship and boat into the gulf, fighting the oil with this stuff and hay and god damn buckets and you pay these people directly by BP.

[tehcexymeowmix]

At least people are pitching ideas.

[adruss99]

WOW!!!!! So why hasn't BP or anyone for that matter returned your calls? I really hope your company is called to aid in the effort. It is people such as yourselves that make America. Keep up with the great ideas. God Bless.

[esquire1989]

Hair also could absorb oil.

[MooseOfReason]

Holy crap!

It's like a shamwow, but it actually works.

[2BETUBE]

How now sham wow. Dudes, a kiddy pool and your unrolled tampon is not the ocean. Let me see a real test, perhaps on a real ocean with real waves. Out side of that you have no data, Good Day.

[thedeadbeats]

@2BETUBE but then he' ll probably get ticketed by the coast guard

[Thisisnotmyrealname8]

Where's my baseball bat?

[H2oJames93]

HOLY FUCK THATS AMAZING

[axelskates11]

This is a brilliant Idea! But do not submit this to BP, they could care less about the oil spill. Instead send this idea to those who are actually WILLING and trying to help, like greenpeace or any environmental clean-up organization that is working desperately to clean up with oil. Research because there will be rewards in the end.

[axelskates11]

This is a brilliant Idea! But do not submit this to BP, they could care less about the oil spill. Instead send this idea to those who are actually WILLING and trying to help, like greenpeace or any environmental clean-up organization that is working desperately to clean up with oil. Research because there will be rewards in the end.

[kj369kj]

way to much fabric will be needed, its not a practical solution

[mmablaster]

@kj369kj They are skimming oil from boats right now in the gulf, but from all accounts, not having the best results with what they are using. Why not try something else that seems to be able to soak up oil? I don't think the amount of fabric would be too much if each boat drags a couple hundred yards of weighted fabric behind.

[19yooh93]

woah, im never buying paper towels ever again. the next time ispill something im getting my wool blanket straight away

[Hawkx101]

I was also thinking about making it a material where it can make it a hydrophobic. You can also add a non-polar in the fabric so oil can actually stick in to it. non-polar and another non-polar make a solution and this can be trapped inside the fabric making cleaning much easier.

[Hawkx101]

This is a great idea but we need something more effective. This is just not cut out for the magnitude of oil that is in the gulf of Mexico. it looks like a good option to have open however. The Fabric will be very heavy since it soaks up water and oil alike. I do have a more feasible option, which is to have the fabric's threading just right so it collects oil without forcing it to go though the fabric(which would be most appropriately used when a boat is speeding with this in the trailing).

[thundercat131]

I say you guys should make a massive one, take it down to the gulf, and see what it can do. You'd think there would be engineers who could help out. Maybe put weights on one end and drag it from a boat.

[mmablaster]

Great idea. The demonstration indicates that the fabric can soak up oil. Why not give it a try? It has to be better than chemicals, hair and burning. If they can produce millions of yards of fabric, I say try it.

[mbdimitrov]

Hi, The proposed method is fare better than the panic "controlled burning" that can make the local crisis into international disaster very quickly. Even the shown method is faster than burning it out! The idea is good and the experiment highlights this. Obviously a technology for applying this is needed to be developed. I am sure people from BP or gov. will look for it after the primary problem is solved - to stop the leak!

[thadude1337]

but it only works on the surface correct??

[SurvivorMurk]

i like your idea; its very effective & its possible. from what you said, the fabric is reusable. the problem is the amount of fabric being use to cover one area, & how it can withstand the ocean waters. if the fabric breaks up during the soaking up, then we have even more of a problem. plus, the sea salt in the water would weigh it down more right? 2 ships carrying 1 large blanket would be hard.

i can see your plan working, but to an extent. its like a sponge, but even those break up over time.

[ceez561]

YOU CANT BUILD A TRACK WHILE THE TRAIN'S IN MOTION ! SO HOW CAN WE CLEAN UP SOMETHING , WHEN ITS STILL GUSHING ? Wake up people this is ment to happen..HERE COMES THE GREEN ENFORCERS

[GauravA42]

how do you produce, transport, spread, pull and implement that much fabric?

[Prestonboy13]

great, now we just have to manufacture a blanket the size of Texas and we will be good...

[bellabombshella]

In response to Biswalt I completely agree that "BP needs to utilize a number of options to aid in the clean-up"

Monterey Mills,

Your solution may not be perfect, but THANK YOU for trying! I think the oil spill needs as much help as possible.

[kameelyan]

I see a few issues. 1) This is only catching topspill, nothing below the ocean. You say you could weight the fabric down and pull it behind a boat, but what about the wildlife below the sea? Also, the bottom of the ocean is not flat, so it's just too unpredictable to use this method. Furthermore, you could argue that it's inefficient as you soak up a lot of water along with the oil. Your starting weight was 307 lbs, but your ending weight was 297. That's 10 lbs of water for only 7 lbs of oil.

[wow0yunnies]

it soaked up a lot of water and some oil.

[coldblood274]

We should ask the aliens to help us

[MurphDaSurf1956]

Brilliant! Wool comes from sheep, a living animal. There's only "so much" wool available. So we use the wool for this, which would amount to a p-hole in the snow, and the price of wool SKYROCKETS! And what do you do with the contaminated wool afterward?!?! Here's a "green" suggestion: SAVE THE SHEEP!

[iKonicMedia]

@MurphDaSurf1956 its either save the sheep or save us..........you decide

[MurphDaSurf1956]

iKonicMedia, that was meant to me humorous. The idea wouldn't make a dent in the problem. It would only drive up the cost of wool. Then you're left with what to do with tons of oil-contaminated wool. There are far better methods available. Oily water separators would be the best idea; clean the water and return it to the sea.

[Biswalt]

So not feasible, by your own admission you manufacture millions of yards of fabric per year, for the sake of argument I'll say 5 million yards of fabric. Even under an extremely conservative estimate assuming a 60 mi square slick that's over 6 million square yards! Secondly the testing conditions you have are nothing like the seas, for example how are you going to spread it out like the dudes in the video? Lastly what would it cost to make that much fabric/isn't this all about your handout?

[MontereyMills]

@Biswalt Thanks for your comment. We disagree, BP will need to utilize a number of options to aid in the clean-up we believe our option is one that they should implement. But we disagree with your opinion of feasibility, our fabric is reusable, and takes only seconds to soak up the oil. We agree we need to test the fabric in the Gulf and we are headed down there this week to do some trials. BTW, 5 millions yards of fabric equates to over 8 million square yards.

[blinko656]

@MontereyMills You apply it in the coastal area only, the area of the biggest threat.

[ladymjburton]

@MontereyMills Thank you for handling that person above I would have been much ruder to them, same goes for the person below. Those 2 ppl really don't have much of an imagination on how versatile a piece of fabric can be. (makes me wonder if they even wear clothes or know what they are) How did the tests in the gulf go BTW? It really figures that a fellow WI resident came up with an awesome solution to help clean up this catastrophe!

[MontereyMills]

@ladymjburton - Thank you for your comments

The tests in the Gulf went very well and BP has asked me back down this week for a second meeting

[hat045]

@Biswalt

I think you are failing to see possibilities. This would not have to be laid across the ocean and used only once. This could easily be attached to something and drug around then, since it is wool extract the oil from it and then reused. This is just as cheap or cheaper as any method ive heard. As i see it right now its a question of what material to use in terms of absorbency, durability, and cost . Wool is actually decent in these characteristics.

[Biswalt]

@hat045: I think you're failing to see the implications. The water weighed 307 lbs, they added seven lbs. oil, the total weight afterward was 293, 21 lbs difference. So it soaked up twice as much water as oil. 3 foot wading pool surface area = ~7 sq ft.

That's 3lbs/sq ft. 1 lb per sq ft = 9 lbs/sq yd. So a 9'x9' chunk say would weigh 81 pounds. and absorb 27 lbs of oil. 1 barrel of crude oil = 306lbs. So a 100'x100' would have enough to absorb one barrel. Leak is 40k barrels/day.

[hat045]

@Biswalt

3 lb per sq foot really isnt too bad considering it would be on a boat, not really hard to ship or move. Expensive yes, but its expensive to clean up no matter what. Besides that was just sitting laying it on top of it. Say it was to be dragged in a more collecting structuring this would then probably do even better than the 1-3 ratio. It would be as if he was to lift the cloth from underneath the oil at that point and would collect far more of it.

[ruuuuiiii]

please try the test in salt water ;)

[XioNilrem]

Sheer size of what would be required would make this idea extremely difficult. Along with that, there is also the problem that there is the problem of the oil that is not floating on top. There are particles and specs below the surface which this wont even touch.

[MontereyMills]

Actually our fabric is quite effective below the surface, weighting the fabric down and dragging it behind a boat will allow our fabric to collect contaminant below the surface

[MonstaMonk]

you got to stop the oil leaking first,cleaning comes afterwards,I know the company who has the technology to stop the oil leaking and they are willing to do it but everyone is ignorant,they got letters send to Obama and various organizations and nobody is listening.

[MontereyMills]

See some local coverage video on right

[mudkme83]

Its a just a giant shamwow. Great!!! more late night TV

[Audinos]

Good luck getting through all the government bureaucracy. Unless you guys are union members, Obama won't accept your idea.

[sgtjjm]

I just wonder if the oil used in the demonstration is similar enough to the oil in the gulf. Maybe the wool won't work as well on the brown coagulated goo they show on the news.

[hopelessjoe999]

save the gulf coast! to my florida (ft. walton beach) folks, you have my heart and tears. i'm in wisconsin now, after 16 years in FWB, and it breaks my heart every day to know what's happening to our beaches. email this vid to anybody and everybody you can, something must get through to those idiots out there.

[KeyInteriors]

Amazing! My friend and fellow designer shared this with me and a company we represent via email today. What can we do to help?

[nmn05]

If this demonstation doesn't get BP's attention nothing will! Incredible! With BP's disgusting greed in mind, this method could also prove to salvage the aptly named crude oil they so desperately love.

[soulpeaceinchrist]

BP... Governors, Senators, Congressmen.... LISTEN to the People!

[DirectSalesPartners]

That is awesome!!!!

[MontereyMills]

Thank you for your comments. I think we need to drive down there and show what our fabric can do. Now the question, do we go to Florida or Louisiana? Both regions have been hit pretty hard.

[vobs]

Monterey Mills! SGT Carrie Vobian here from Iraq. You got my vote! I'll be posting this anywhere I can to get you the attention you need. Good luck and keep kickin' ass!

[ChristinaWardMKE]

Thanks for supporting the Plush Team at Maker Faire in San Francisco. We're re-posting your message in all our fora.

[zumbarachelle]

AMAZING!!!!!! Intelligent!!! PLEASE SEND THIS TO THE STUPID BP EXECS!!!! I am from Fort Walton Beach and oil curds are already on the beaches!!!

[MontereyMills]

Thank you for your comments. We are doing everything possible to get the word out on this video.  If you could send it to as many people as you know, it would be grately appreciated.

Monterey Mills