Machine & tool wipe down

[JRouche]

As far as the flammability issue notwithstanding, I like Hoppe's gun solvent. Something about the smell, and it does a good job as a rust preventer.

Dont worry. Hoppes has got us all. Yes Sir. The sweet smell a good cleaner. And yes, not a cleaning solvent. A lubricant that has a tid bit of solvent. Its a good mix I think. I use it. JR

[CarlByrns]

Having been through two shop fires, I can tell you that fire safety is no joke. The first fire, we were prepared for the fire we thought was possible, but unprepared for the one we got. We managed to put it out, but just barely. The second fire occurred after hours and the cause was never officially determined, although there was strong evidence it was from a very unexpected source. That fire destroyed the building.
I use a self-closing rag can and I empty it. I also vacuum up all the sawdust in the woodshop every time I'm done for the night and the empty the Dust Deputy bin. Waste goes in a steel can, outside and away from the building (fire is always seeking fuel, and will move from a trash can to a close-proximity wall).

[Doozer]

As far as the flammability issue notwithstanding, I like Hoppe's gun solvent. Something about the smell, and it does a good job as a rust preventer.

Love the smell of Hoppe's No.9 and also AeroKroil.
Funny thing, all females in the world detest the smell of both.
Funny thing, I detest the smell of ALL household air fresheners.
The room where the telephone support girls work (yes women
who are very technical and know their shlt, good looking too,
no wonder I hang out there), this room smells like a French
whore house from all the air fresheners they plug in over there.
I told the lead lady this, and she said she loves that it smells
like a French whore house. Pride from inside I guess.
Anyhow I keep a bottle of Hoppe's in my shop for wiping down
measuring tools and machine tables. It leaves a very thin dry
residue, so it will gum up a dial indicator plunger. Don't use it
for tight fits like that. It may gum a tight spindle quill, like on
a jig borer, so use oil for that. ALSO Hoppe's is the perfect
cleaner for dial indicator plastic dial faces. I had some dried
and greasy indicators that I acquired that were so dirty that
you could not read the numbers. Nothing I tried would clean
them, and I knew lacquer thinner would ruin the plastic.
Well Hoppe's cleaned the crud quickly and left the plastic lens
perfectly well. So good tip on that stuff. I am going to start wiping
down the interior and dashboard in my old trucks with that stuff.
It smells like man work. Right now my old trucks smell a bit like
moth balls (to keep the mice out of the seat).

--Doozer

[Richard P Wilson]

If you don't like the smell of mothballs, mice don't like the smell of peppermint either.

Never having been in a French whore house (or any other whore house for that matter) I've no idea what one smells like. Maybe you could enlighten me?

[Moxiedad2001]

Short of putting them under water, the best way to neutralize rags wet with polymerizing oils (linseed, tung, etc.) is to spread them flat. Preferably draped over something nonflammable just to add a belt to the suspenders.

Sure, they still give off heat as they "dry" but it is not concentrated enough to ignite. If it could ignite, then your wood projects would also catch on fire, and who ever worries about that? I've seen wadded rags ignite, but never ones that are laid out flat.

Again, this applies only to polymerizing oils. They don't really dry but instead solidify through an exothermic reaction with the air. Shellac and lacquer dry. Pure varnish dries -- the solvent evaporates to leave a coating of solidified resin. But watch the label on varnishes because some contain a fraction of linseed or tung oil.

[CarlByrns]

Love the smell of Hoppe's No.9 and also AeroKroil.
Funny thing, all females in the world detest the smell of both.

--Doozer

Not true- there is a perfume for women that smells exactly like Hoppe's No. 9- there was a long thread on the old RCM newsgroup about it ("That smell... it's so familiar"). I believe it's called 'Organza'.
SWMBO likes the smell of Hoppe's N0. 9 (and fresh cut pine and oak), hates PB Blaster.

[Doozer]

No one likes the smell of PB blaster.
Some call it weasel pisss.

-D

[psomero]

WHO empties them ?
No, seriously ?
Magic ?
Aliens ?

-D

Magic aliens do

[psomero]

. If it could ignite, then your wood projects would also catch on fire, and who ever worries about that?

There's more material to absorb the heat and less surface area from which the polymerizing oil can directly create heat per unit of combustible substrate.

[psomero]

Love the smell of Hoppe's No.9 and also AeroKroil.
Funny thing, all females in the world detest the smell of both.
Funny thing, I detest the smell of ALL household air fresheners.
The room where the telephone support girls work (yes women
who are very technical and know their shlt, good looking too,
no wonder I hang out there), this room smells like a French
whore house from all the air fresheners they plug in over there.
I told the lead lady this, and she said she loves that it smells
like a French whore house. Pride from inside I guess.
Anyhow I keep a bottle of Hoppe's in my shop for wiping down
measuring tools and machine tables. It leaves a very thin dry
residue, so it will gum up a dial indicator plunger. Don't use it
for tight fits like that. It may gum a tight spindle quill, like on
a jig borer, so use oil for that. ALSO Hoppe's is the perfect
cleaner for dial indicator plastic dial faces. I had some dried
and greasy indicators that I acquired that were so dirty that
you could not read the numbers. Nothing I tried would clean
them, and I knew lacquer thinner would ruin the plastic.
Well Hoppe's cleaned the crud quickly and left the plastic lens
perfectly well. So good tip on that stuff. I am going to start wiping
down the interior and dashboard in my old trucks with that stuff.
It smells like man work. Right now my old trucks smell a bit like
moth balls (to keep the mice out of the seat).

--Doozer

Aerokroil is the best smelling petroleum product

[rickyb]

If you are speaking of the one I showed I would have bought it in machine grey if they had it. I didnt buy it for the pretty paint. I bought it for the lid. All my other trash cans are steel 5gal pails that chems. came in. Hazmat?? How do you figure?? Makes no sense. Once the chemical (the chems we are talking about) evaporates and dries up it is no longer hazardous, I think JR

I use a 3# plastic coffee container. Happens to be red.

[rickyb]

Best rust preventative I’ve found is tectyl 900. Meets military spec for all light arms. Good for about 1000 hours at 100% humidity. Want a step better navoil, the navy spec which adds salt spray protection. I’ll move to that when I run out of tectyl 900. Short term, wd40 works fine.

[Jammer Six]

Next question: when they get emptied, where / in what are they emptied to?

[reggie_obe]

Next question: when they get emptied, where / in what are they emptied to?

Depends on company practice. Dumped nightly into 55 gal steel drum with a locking lid band. Full drums picked up by hazmat service.

[JRouche]

I use a 3# plastic coffee container. Happens to be red.

I know the one, its Folgers, I thought they were five pounders, big jug. I use the coffee for cold brew. Yeah, fancy. Hahaaa.. The Folgers does come in a red plastic container.

Great answer. JR