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<blockquote data-quote="Vipersan" data-source="post: 738625" data-attributes="member: 325666">Well ..sadly no more sanding down steel today ..as it looks like the rain is in for the day ..A good thing really as it will force me to take a rest day..However the rain has turned my attention back to the pole..which at the moment has nothing but a plastic bag and rubber bands to cap it and prevent water getting in ..So ..as it happens ..I had 4 litres of motor oil lying around ..doing nowt ..this I have poured into the pole and it looks to have brought the oil above ground level ..though this is dificult to judge just by eye ..A rough calculation shows the internal volume of the total 'cylinder' errr pole to be approx 10+ litres ...10800 ccSo I could just go and purchase some more oil and fill it up ....an alternative idea I had ..was to pour dry sharp sand into the oil/pole..and effectively fill up the volume with an oil-sand slurry ..certainly this would be a cheaper way to go ..I guess what I'm asking is ..would the oil just rise to the top eventually..leaving dry sand at the bottom..thoughts anyone ?rgdsVS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vipersan, post: 738625, member: 325666"] Well .. sadly no more sanding down steel today ..as it looks like the rain is in for the day .. A good thing really as it will force me to take a rest day.. However the rain has turned my attention back to the pole..which at the moment has nothing but a plastic bag and rubber bands to cap it and prevent water getting in .. So ..as it happens ..I had 4 litres of motor oil lying around ..doing nowt .. this I have poured into the pole and it looks to have brought the oil above ground level ..though this is dificult to judge just by eye .. A rough calculation shows the internal volume of the total 'cylinder' errr pole to be approx 10+ litres ...10800 cc So I could just go and purchase some more oil and fill it up .. ..an alternative idea I had ..was to pour dry sharp sand into the oil/pole..and effectively fill up the volume with an oil-sand slurry .. certainly this would be a cheaper way to go .. I guess what I'm asking is ..would the oil just rise to the top eventually.. leaving dry sand at the bottom.. thoughts anyone ? rgds VS [/QUOTE]

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