600W warning

burner31

burner31

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Never, and I mean never remove the cap off the container of 600W oil, set it on the shop floor then knock it over by accident (without knowing) with your foot, and then close the shop up for the night.
What you will find in the morning is the most God awful mess you have ever witnessed, 600W should be regulated by the Geneva convention as a destroyer of mens minds and garage floors world wide.
But if you have several hours to kill, a large box of rags and a gallon of gasoline on hand then by all means, go ahead, tempt fate, live on the edge and .......LEAVE THE CAP OFF
 
LOL, I certainly feel your pain. That stuff sure makes a mess doesn't it, and it stains huh. The floor shouldn't rust for awhile though.
 
Lacquer thinner will help remove the stain , after you have removed the residue. Lacquer thinner is way more flamable than gasoline but removes oil purdy good .
 
A week or two ago I stepped on a large bottle of MMO, not that fun to clean up either. I found that Walmart sells mean green which is cheap and is good degreaser...
 
burner31 said:
But if you have several hours to kill, a large box of rags and a gallon of gasoline on hand then by all means, go ahead, tempt fate, live on the edge and .......LEAVE THE CAP OFF
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Oh gosh. You're still here to write about it.

Brother in law wanted to burn up some brush at his property in Vermont. Typical fall day above freezing, no wind, and a goodly pile about 10 feet high and 10-15 feet around.

Wanting to not mess around, he went and got the gallon can of gasoline and applied perhaps a third of the gallon to the base of the pile.

Wisely putting the can at distance and closing the top, he returned with his lighter and gave it a fl...

...BABOOOOOM, the pile went up with an explosion with flames/smoke about 40 feet in the air.

He was knocked off his feet onto his er, posterior but fortunately was not burned. Shaken and stirred through though.

Be careful out there...

Doubly careful with gasoline.

Joe K
 
Joe K said:
Oh gosh. You're still here to write about it.

Brother in law wanted to burn up some brush at his property in Vermont. Typical fall day above freezing, no wind, and a goodly pile about 10 feet high and 10-15 feet around.

Wanting to not mess around, he went and got the gallon can of gasoline and applied perhaps a third of the gallon to the base of the pile.

Wisely putting the can at distance and closing the top, he returned with his lighter and gave it a fl...

...BABOOOOOM, the pile went up with an explosion with flames/smoke about 40 feet in the air.

He was knocked off his feet onto his er, posterior but fortunately was not burned. Shaken and stirred through though.

Be careful out there...

Doubly careful with gasoline.

Joe K
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I had a similiar experience with gasoline. I had a large pile of pine limbs after cutting the trees to build my house , back in 1980 . I poured a fuse probably 15 or 20 feet from the pile . When I lit it off BOOM and it knocked me off my feet. Luckly, I was far enough away not to get burned .
 
"he returned with his lighter and gave it a fl..."

uh oh, he shoulda lit it off right away before it had a chance to vaporize......

sure glad he is OK.....

wonder how the dizzy was set?:eek:
 
This is why, in Oregon at least, the law requires that you turn off your engine when you get gas, and of course no smoking at the pumps, because gas fumes are heavier than oxygen and therefore settle at ground level. When I was a young pump jockey I had to tell smokers all the time to extiguish their smokes before I pumped any gas. Boy howdy, that made some people mad... Until I explained the reason and the potential consequences.
 
700rpm said:
This is why, in Oregon at least, the law requires that you turn off your engine when you get gas, and of course no smoking at the pumps, because gas fumes are heavier than oxygen and therefore settle at ground level. When I was a young pump jockey I had to tell smokers all the time to extiguish their smokes before I pumped any gas. Boy howdy, that made some people mad... Until I explained the reason and the potential consequences.
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Another one I see frequently during lawn mowing season is people who come into the gas station with a couple or three 5 gallon cans in the back of their pickup.

With the tailgate closed.

With a plastic liner in the pickup bed.

Giving it no thought they remove the cap and put the nozzle/hose over the edge of the bed and into the can and sque...

Thinks how prone warm plastic is to static.

And how a pickup is sort of like a large closed basin with the tailgate up.

And the fumes are heavier than air.

And even the passage of fuel out a nozzle can jump a spark...

Better to remove the cans to the ground for several reasons.

Be careful out there.

Joe K
 
Yup. 600w's odor could gag a maggot. The mess it causes on a floor is secondary to its B.O. Plenty smell, though. Been there, done that, don't like that.
Marshall
 
A couple spoonfulls of gas is all that's ever needed. A year and a half ago a very beautiful 14 year old girl in Minnesota was severely burned when someone threw a can full of gas on the campfire that was going out.
 
I have a "trunk" in the back of my pickup, well actually a large plastic tub that I use to carry stuff on tour that you'd put in the trunk of your car. Had a quart of 600W get loose in there. What a mess. Only small amounts in sealed containers from now on.
 
re: post #1. Back in the early 60's I was the "new" guy at small gas station/repair/body shop part time.
I did the tires, lubes, pumped gas etc.
I was bringing the dolly with the 25 gal barrel of diff lube over to the lift when the wheel hit something (barrel NOT attached to the dolly), barrel came loose, top came off and lube everywhere. I'm trying to pick up barrel, kept falling in the lube, boss, 2 mechanics, and two bodymen couldn't stop laughing. What a mess.

Paul in CT
 
Get a sack of "oil dry" and spread it liberally on the residue. It takes a few days but it does clean up oil like magic. Walking on it helps.
 
And these are the stories...of, the days of our Lives.

Some very funny stories, but all good memories.
 
At my shop, Kenny was nauseated by solvent smell. To clean the floor, I filled a garden cart with sawdust, drowned it with TIDE & water. Just sweep it around & it'll clean & suck up the muck & NO bad smell & won't blow up & put it back in the cart, it's re-usable, many times.
Bill W.
 
Cool Hand Lurker said:
Get a sack of "oil dry" and spread it liberally on the residue. It takes a few days but it does clean up oil like magic. Walking on it helps.
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Generic Kitty Litter does the same thing (who doesnt like cheaper?)... stepping on it to crush the granules is a good idea as well:) this from someone with a LOT of experience with spills (oil, paint, etc) :eek:
 
Don't use that generic kitty litter, it is clay based and you know what happens when you add moisture to clay (slip slip slip). I use the cedar based kitty litter, it's like sawdust and a good oil absorber then you can just sweep it up and dispose of it.
 
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