Spill Socks & Booms

Absorbent socks are flexible tubes of absorbent material capable of absorbing and preventing the spread of liquid spillages. Spill socks are ideal for moulding around the bottom of leaking machinery thus preventing liquids escaping onto walkways and arresting the fear of slipping accidents. The absorbent sock can also be used to encircle a spillage either singularly or by overlapping multiple socks to prevent the size of a spill from increasing, making them a basic necessity in all of our spill kits. To find out more about the 'Quick Spec' icons shown with each sock choice click read more.

Spill Sock Sizes and Types

Most of the absorbent socks supplied by Spillshop are manufactured from melt-blown polypropylene. The EVO socks have a very low carbon footprint and are manufactured from recycled cotton fibre. All fit into three basic types and are suitable for dealing with any type of liquid.

Sock Type

There are three types of absorbent sock available, chemical socks, oil & fuel socks and general purpose & EVO socks. Each have their own abilities to absorb different liquid types and are broken down as follows:-
General Purpose & EVO socks and booms are suitable for solvents, oil & fuels, non-corrosive liquids, common fluids and water based fluids.
Oil & Fuel socks and booms are suitable for solvents, oil & fuels and some common fluids (will repel water based fluids).
Chemical socks and booms are suitable for chemicals, hazardous liquids, solvents, oil & fuels, common fluids and water based fluids.
A more comprehensive list can be seen by viewing our Selection Guide.

Sock Size/Absorbency

All of the absorbent socks have varying degrees of absorbency across the range. All of them are 7.5cm in diameter and come in two lengths being 1.2M and 3M. Individual needs will dictate which length will work better for each environment that they are used.

Packaging

Absorbent socks now only come packaged in transparent plastic bags which keeps them clean and uncontaminated until needed.

Booms

The land boom is basically a larger and more absorbent version of the absorbent socks. All types are 3M in length and all come in diameters of 12cm. The chemical land boom is also available with a larger diameter of 20cm. More often these are used outdoors, but are ideal when faced with a large spillage in any environment. The absorbent capacities of the booms range from 30 Litres to 72 Litres and all come poly-wrapped.