I'm working on furniture and looked up the topic of this video...but as soon as you said, "Hey luthiers!" I had to hit that subscribe button and go down the rabbit hole! Thanks!
I'm here because my friends house caught on fire for same reason. She threw the wet rags in the trash. I had no idea....but now I do! Thanks for making this video.
My friends cafe burnt down after linseed oil rags were put in a bin. Nobody had realized the danger before. Thanks for bringing this to attention mate🤘
Thanks so much for this video, it's very important! As an artist I paint with oils a lot and therefore I have a lot of oily rags. I let them dry at washingline. Same approach as you have, drying the rags on the garagefloor: simply allowing it to drie with open air surrounding the rags. Hanging them to dry saves me some valuable space 😂
Tanks for the video, I flatten mine out and when the wife isn't looking, I hang them flat and open with no folds in them on the clothes line with clothes pegs and the next morning they are dry. I then still leave them for another day or two and then crumble them up and leave them on the lawn for a day or two before discarding them in the dustbin.
You can also put all the used finishing rags in a 55 gallon steel drum and put the lid and retaining ring on. Than if it did catch on fire, the fire will run out of oxygen very quickly and auto extinguishes itself. Then the CO2 forms a barrier while the rags are still drying.
I'm an advocate of the bucket of water, I've got a dog that wonders the workshop looking for wood to chew so oily rags on the floor is not a good idea. There is also sawdust on the floor a lot of the time, combustable oil + sawdust is not a good idea. Much easier to sling them in a bucket of water, out of reach of the spaniel, tie them up in a plastic bag on bin day and put them out for the rubbish collection, once they're watered down, they're not going to catch fire, especially in an air tight bag. oily water goes down the drain, job done.
Thank you SO much. Just caught a small fire at my home. . . It was scary. I also feel very foolish. This was very informative!!! 🤘🏼 Thanks, again, for the the tips!
What about brushes that are used to coat wood with linseed oil? Will they dry just fine by leaving them out in the open or is the closeness of the bristles cause combustion?
I tend to soak brushes in water in the process of painting and now there’s a small layer of linseed oil on the top of the water cup how can I dispose of it?
I stick my oil soaked rags inside an empty beer can (I never seem to have a shortage of empty beer cans) fill it with a little water and give it to the trash man.
A couple of times a year the home owner's association where I live has a chemical collection event where I dispose of my contaminated water.. DO NOT DRY OILY RAGS IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT!
@@MrChucklepuff That shellac is still highly flammable. Instead, consider the water-based sanding sealer first followed by their Brite Tone clear coat. Both can be brushed on if you can't spray.
I don't understand putting them in a water filled bag and throwing them away. If they need to be in a water filled bag, you are sending them off to start a landfill fire.
I wouldnt want the oils on my floor. I prefer to simple put the rags/towels in a fire basket/bin. Next fire lites easy and its in a safe place. Thats assuming you have a fire basket. Good eeminder though.
Highline Guitars - oh well, thats why they have so many house fires. I think a lot of areas are go8ng that way in a bid for clean air and responsible burning. That's my method anyway.
@@HighlineGuitars plz explain why its dangerus becouse i cant se why its dangerus. You do it in under controled forms. Oil is oil and burnable. I live in one of the striktest countrys in the world (sweden) and I have never herd its illegal to burn oil. Everyone burn it every day when we drive our cars.
I'm working on furniture and looked up the topic of this video...but as soon as you said, "Hey luthiers!" I had to hit that subscribe button and go down the rabbit hole! Thanks!
I'm here because my friends house caught on fire for same reason. She threw the wet rags in the trash. I had no idea....but now I do! Thanks for making this video.
Oh wow
My friends cafe burnt down after linseed oil rags were put in a bin. Nobody had realized the danger before. Thanks for bringing this to attention mate🤘
Thanks so much for this video, it's very important! As an artist I paint with oils a lot and therefore I have a lot of oily rags. I let them dry at washingline. Same approach as you have, drying the rags on the garagefloor: simply allowing it to drie with open air surrounding the rags. Hanging them to dry saves me some valuable space 😂
Tanks for the video, I flatten mine out and when the wife isn't looking, I hang them flat and open with no folds in them on the clothes line with clothes pegs and the next morning they are dry. I then still leave them for another day or two and then crumble them up and leave them on the lawn for a day or two before discarding them in the dustbin.
You can also put all the used finishing rags in a 55 gallon steel drum and put the lid and retaining ring on. Than if it did catch on fire, the fire will run out of oxygen very quickly and auto extinguishes itself. Then the CO2 forms a barrier while the rags are still drying.
I'm an advocate of the bucket of water, I've got a dog that wonders the workshop looking for wood to chew so oily rags on the floor is not a good idea. There is also sawdust on the floor a lot of the time, combustable oil + sawdust is not a good idea. Much easier to sling them in a bucket of water, out of reach of the spaniel, tie them up in a plastic bag on bin day and put them out for the rubbish collection, once they're watered down, they're not going to catch fire, especially in an air tight bag. oily water goes down the drain, job done.
Very much appreciate you posting this.
Thank you SO much. Just caught a small fire at my home. . . It was scary. I also feel very foolish. This was very informative!!! 🤘🏼 Thanks, again, for the the tips!
how?!?? you mean the rags just caught fire on their own??
@@purple9rain I was working on a table- the rags were clumped together before they dried. They just started to ignite!!! Mortified
Just stained my new gun rack i just built. Im sure they'll end up in the burn barrel in the morning.
thanks so much! this was very helpful
What about brushes that are used to coat wood with linseed oil? Will they dry just fine by leaving them out in the open or is the closeness of the bristles cause combustion?
What does the brush maker say?
I tend to soak brushes in water in the process of painting and now there’s a small layer of linseed oil on the top of the water cup how can I dispose of it?
What about cloth rags and oil painting ?
I stick my oil soaked rags inside an empty beer can (I never seem to have a shortage of empty beer cans) fill it with a little water and give it to the trash man.
🤣
Would a through rinsing in a water-based solvent work as well?
No.
What do you do with the dirty bucket of water, throw it on your lawn? Also, is it ok to lay out the rags to dry in direct sunlight?
A couple of times a year the home owner's association where I live has a chemical collection event where I dispose of my contaminated water.. DO NOT DRY OILY RAGS IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT!
What if you have a gas water heater and furnace in the garage? Is the pilot light going to blow up the house? 🧐
Don't use flammable finishing products.
Highline Guitars so what are my options?
@@MrChucklepuff Water-based polyurethane. I recommend products fro Crystalac. thecrystalacstore.com/collections/all?page=2&sca_ref=47054.Mb3CZXZ6Od
Highline Guitars on that site they have a shellac in a spray. Do you think I can get away with that too?
@@MrChucklepuff That shellac is still highly flammable. Instead, consider the water-based sanding sealer first followed by their Brite Tone clear coat. Both can be brushed on if you can't spray.
I don't understand putting them in a water filled bag and throwing them away. If they need to be in a water filled bag, you are sending them off to start a landfill fire.
By the time they get to a landfill, they are no longer flammable.
I wouldnt want the oils on my floor. I prefer to simple put the rags/towels in a fire basket/bin. Next fire lites easy and its in a safe place. Thats assuming you have a fire basket. Good eeminder though.
That sort of thing is illegal in my area.
Highline Guitars - oh well, thats why they have so many house fires. I think a lot of areas are go8ng that way in a bid for clean air and responsible burning. That's my method anyway.
Throw the rags in the fireplace?
Ill normaly just burn it. Problem solved...
That's illegal in many places not to mention dangerous and stupid.
@@HighlineGuitars plz explain why its dangerus becouse i cant se why its dangerus. You do it in under controled forms. Oil is oil and burnable. I live in one of the striktest countrys in the world (sweden) and I have never herd its illegal to burn oil. Everyone burn it every day when we drive our cars.
@@Kammaflaje Fire bad. Fire burns. Smoke bad. Smoke makes planet hot. Ask Greta Thunberg.
@@HighlineGuitars haha and shes soo loved in sweden ;) shes a shame for sweden to be honest. We rather have Ikea stamp in our forheads. ;)
@@Kammaflaje LOL