How to get oil off of aquarium net?

[Nicho]

Had to get the sticky residue from a thermometer off of my glass, so I used oil to get it off. It was a little oil in a shot glass, but it somehow fell over and spilled onto the middle length of my net.. The part where the metal is twirled around itself.

How do I clean this off (without detergents, obviously), or would I be better off buying a new net? I'd hate to deliberately have an oil slick in the tank..

 

[biondoa]

Nets are not that pricey. I'd just buy another one.

 

[sinibotia]

Unless it's some sort of really fancy net, just buy a new one. Better safe than sorry, and you won't be out a whole lot of money.

 

[Mebbid]

What kind of oil did you use?

 

[Nicho]

Regular cooking oil.. Soyabean oil I think.

 

[Mebbid]

Regular cooking oil.. Soyabean oil I think.

A small container and use very hot water. Oil floats so when you stop seeing an oil sheen on top of the water after you dunk it in and swish it a bit then it's clean.

 

[PassengerTN]

You could literally just use dawn dish soap on this and rinse it afterwards easily. No need to avoid detergents when you're washing something as piddly as a net


Jesse

 

[candymancan]

why not just a dish soap ? The soap doesn't linger on anything unless you don't wash it off good

 

[henningc]

Wal-mart

 

[enrgizerbunny]

A small container and use very hot water. Oil floats so when you stop seeing an oil sheen on top of the water after you dunk it in and swish it a bit then it's clean.

Water will not completely rinse oil
away because of the polar and non polar nature of the two.

You could literally just use dawn dish soap on this and rinse it afterwards easily. No need to avoid detergents when you're washing something as piddly as a net


Jesse

I agree 110% dish soap is designed to break up oils and allow them to be washed away.


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[Nicho]

Thanks for the responses guys! The dish soap worked like a charm.