BryanBrown

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

Keep in mind a bit of cotton wool or rags soaked with some boiled linseed oil was one of the BOMBs the OSS used to teach the Resistance to use to burn down Nazi facilities. In today's military manuals it comes under Improvised Explosive Incendiary.

I am in the hang single file on the edge of a metal trashcan camp for disposal, when they are stiff I chuck them into the can for disposal. Either to the dump or the burn pile depending on season. (We can legally burn yard waste and general non construction refuse here in SC) I have a old ammo can I use for transporting rags back from a project if I am not at my shop and can be certain of proper disposal.

My buddy hangs his on an aluminum ladder out on the porch of his shop.

I have been know to use them to start the burn on my brush pile.

posted: 10:15 am on May 13th