"Greasy New Chain Hoists' Stuff": special to Ron Nossaman

[Farrell]

My experience would suggest that EPA or local environmental agencies might not look too favorably upon such a disposal method. Got a bermed containment area underneath? Might be best to do this at midnight.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 6:07 PM
Subject: "Greasy New Chain Hoists' Stuff": special to Ron Nossaman


> Hi,Ron,
>     I appreciate your environmental sensitivity, and
> the car wash might be a better idea. But I only needed
> 2 gallons of mineral spirits to cover the hoist,
> turning it, which I later used for auto parts cleaning
> until it was diminished in quantity and really nasty.
> Then I poured it, as I do with all contaminated
> solvents, onto several layers of gigantic pieces of
> cardboard, with a tarp underneath ( cardboard from
> furniture stores-couch boxes and such ) out back in
> the sunshine, which allows the solvent to evaporate.
>     There is much we do in this business which is
> environmentally  "suspect", but I feel that it is far
> better that solvents evaporate, as opposed to
> landfilling, in which case they can cause much worse
> mischief in the form of groundwater coinatmination.
>      Cheers,
>      Thump
> P.S.: I think that the BEST way to clean a new chain
> hoist, actually, would be to blast it with a couple of
> cans of brake parts cleaner. (wearing a mask!)
> 
> --- Tom Driscoll <tomtuner@attbi.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> > Behalf Of gordon stelter
> > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 11:35 PM
> > To: Pianotech
> > Subject: Re: Help! Setting up a new shop
> > 
> > I cackle with glee over my chain hoist, too.  But it
> > was coated with some really gross, smelly, revolting
> > grease when I bought it, so I soaked it for a couple
> > of days in a five gallon bucket full of mineral
> > spirits. Still works fine. Much less nasty!
> >      Thump
> > 
> >  
> > >Gordon,
> > Whew! People have been known to die from that
> > grease.I think its called
> > Fonzarelli syndrome. 
> > Tom Driscoll
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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