Recycled fabric allows water to instantly filter through while pulling off oil. Ultra-Filter-Tex material, a long-time staple in our storm water management product line is an exceptional tool for oil spill cleanup. The rolled fabric is different than polypropylene in that it allows water to instantly filter through the material and pulls off the oil selectively as the material is hydrophilic. Polypropylene repels the water and this can make it take longer for the oil to be readily absorbed in a surf environment where the oil is no longer a surface sheen, rather it is being broken up in the surf. There are many ways that Ultra-Filter-Tex can be used, oil blankets, Spill Fence, Storm water management. Made in the USA.
Features
- Produced from recycled synthetic fibers
- Materials are blended and processed into a lightweight fiber mass with an enormous surface area and interstitial spaces creating a high-performance sorbent and filter media
- Designed for use as a durable long lasting geotextile and filter media
- Allows large volumes of water to pass through while sorbing liquid hydrocarbons, including petroleum, animal and vegetable oils
- Great for use in oil/water separators, stormwater and wastewater filtration systems and water "polishing" applications
- Cost effective—absorbs an average of 13 times its own weight of liquid hydrocarbons
- Approximately 85-90 % of sorbed oils can be reclaimed from Ultra-Filter-Tex and the media reused
- Ultra-Filter-Tex is environmentally benign and user-friendly. It does not leach harmful substances into the environment and when incinerated produces minimal residue or ash
