I considered the same thing.
Remember, the same water you flush down your sewer is the same water that
gets treated and comes back for your family and children to drink later. I
didn't want to take any chances with it, but I also wanted a parts washer.
What I ended up doing was calling a local company that supplies parts
cleaning solutions to the local garages. They also lease them parts washers
of different sizes.
They normally lease the parts washers and sign you up to a monthly service
to pick up your dirty fluid.
The place I found allowed me to outright purchase a parts washer. I got what
I thought was a really good deal. They buy an awful lot of them and get good
prices from the supplier. Also, it has to stand up to commercial use so I
knew it would last me forever and they delivered and set it up for free. I
think it was in the mid three hundred dollar range. It has a light, a safety
top should a fire break out, a brush that flows fluid in addition to the
standard flexible flow nozzle, etc. I use it all the time and could not do
any serious restoration work without it!
In addition, they had a service that is called "call only" for their
solution pick up service. I am not an any sort of schedule with them. When I
feel the fluid is dirty I call them and for $50 they pick it up and bring me
out another drum of clean solution. The clean-up is up to them and I don't
have to worry about anything cancerous in my water supply (well, not from me
anyway).
I think it ended up being the best of all possible solutions, but if anyone
has found something better, I'd like to hear about it.
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Conrad <econrad@teal.csn.net>
To: 'Triumphs' <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 3:28 PM
Subject: Parts washing solution -- ecofriendly?
>
>
> Oh wise list members:
>
> Let me couch my following question by saying that I am not trying to
destroy
> the environment, nor have I ever knowingly done so.
>
> Are there any parts washing solutions that break down grease and oil to
> allow them to travel through the community sewer system without causing
> major eco-problems? I'm thinking about a workbench design that
incorporates
> both a utility tub (feeding into the regular sewer system), and parts
> washer. If there is a degreasing solution that can be introduced into the
> sewer system, the design might be very handy.
>
> Before flaming back, please remember that I'm asking, not doing. 8^)
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