http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Diesel Spill - Dock Street, Leith (08/02/2017) en Tue, 19 May 2026 14:28:28 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17722#post-249345 Mon, 08 May 2017 11:28:16 +0000 I were right about that saddle 249345@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah yes, I hear there is black art in the biotransformation stuff, even more so than classical organic synthesis. That was never my field and I was profoundly mediocre at it but sometimes there was no option and when I was really stuck I'd ask our mutual acquaintance what to do. He always knew and was very generous in sharing his expertise. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17722#post-249342 Mon, 08 May 2017 11:20:30 +0000 Roibeard 249342@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IwratS - Organic chemistry, specifically biotransformations, but I wasn't very good, hence jumping ship for IT...</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17722#post-249340 Mon, 08 May 2017 11:06:30 +0000 BenN 249340@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sounds about right - if a car was going fast towards the t junction they would have hit the diesel as they tried to brake, and gone straight into the stream of traffic on the main road. </p> <p>Nasty. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17722#post-249322 Mon, 08 May 2017 10:23:26 +0000 le_soigneur 249322@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There was a crash there this morning around 8am, a car going west along Commercial St looked like it had been T-boned by a car from Dock St and pushed across to the bus stop with the front wheel pushed back under the passenger footwell. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17722#post-249321 Mon, 08 May 2017 10:09:05 +0000 I were right about that saddle 249321@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Roibeard </p> <p>Best synthetic chemist I've ever known. Nice guy too.</p> <p>What was your bailiwick? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17722#post-249319 Mon, 08 May 2017 09:45:25 +0000 Klaxon 249319@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was the body still attached to the backpack? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17722#post-249318 Mon, 08 May 2017 09:43:03 +0000 Roibeard 249318@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ IwratS &lt;grin&gt; Edinburgh's a small place...</p> <p>Robert (lapsed chemist) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17722#post-249314 Mon, 08 May 2017 09:26:17 +0000 I were right about that saddle 249314@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo</p> <p>I know a guy who spent ten years in prison after trying to get diesel out of some stuff for an acquaintance. Nightmare, that one. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17722#post-249309 Mon, 08 May 2017 08:44:27 +0000 gembo 249309@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@iwrats</p> <p>Are 1) and 2) dreams you have had? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17722#post-249308 Mon, 08 May 2017 08:44:24 +0000 BenN 249308@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good advice indeed, but I am tending towards:</p> <p>3) Use as excuse to fit rack and buy Ortlieb panniers... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17722#post-249306 Mon, 08 May 2017 08:36:36 +0000 I were right about that saddle 249306@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Unless the rucksack can be dry cleaned (you'd need to ask them, I'd guess not) it'll be tricky to get the diesel out.<br /> If your washing machine doesn't do it I'd suggest letting nature have a go, assuming you have another rucksack to use in the meantime;</p> <p>1) Tie the rucksack to the end of a groyne at Portobello at low tide and leave it a couple of days. (Mate of mine used to strip the paint off frames that way. Amazing cleaning power.)</p> <p>2) Bury the rucksack for a few weeks and let the soil bacteria at it. There is a microbe willing to metabolise pretty much any substance you can imagine, including diesel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17722#post-249305 Mon, 08 May 2017 08:10:27 +0000 BenN 249305@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Morning All, a brief warning for anyone in Leith this morning (Monday the 8th); there is a large diesel spill at the Dock Street / Commercial Street Junction, tailing about 30 metres back up Dock Street. I have reported to council, but it may take a while to resolve. The fact it is on the cobles makes it even more dangerous.</p> <p>On a completely unrelated note, does anyone know how to get diesel off of a Deuter Bike One backpack? </p>