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

[gordon stelter]

True. But the EPA will tell you to drive it to a lined
landfill ( 100 miles away ) which WILL eventually
leak, contaminating the groundwater. And I think this
is FAR, FAR worse! I AM very careful that NONE of it
touches the ground, and if I had a large quantity that
would not spread safely over the cardboard, I would
take it to the big, concrete, abandoned stock-car
racetrack around the corner on a very hot, sunny day,
spread it out on the concrete and watch it evaporate
in about a minute!!! Got a better idea? I'd like to
hear it. Fortunately, I do very little of this sort of
work anymore.
    But I do recommend to all who strip pianos, and
don't have a dedicated stripping table, to place the
big sheets of cardboard under your stripping and then
let the solvent evaporate thoroughly from the
resulting goop. Have a dry place to stick it quickly
if rain comes, and you will in short order have
nothing but old fashioned varnish 
( tree sap ) and cardboard to throw in the dumpster.
     Thump


--- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> 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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