BillAltemus


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Re: How to Safely (and not so safely) Dispose of Oil-Soaked Rags

I use small strips of cloth for the oil application. To despose of them I rinse them first. I use two different size metal buckets one inside the other to dry them. I drape the rinsed strips over the lip of the inside bucket. The strips are short enough that they don't reach the bottom of either bucket. In a few days when they are dry I put them in the next outgoing trash bag at the time I am putting the bag out. I've followed this procedure for over thirty years after reading of fires started by problems with desposing of these types of rags. I don't like to trust covered metal cans as recommended on so many of the product can labels.

Bill