YOW! You don't suppose the nail keg had some special heat-dissipation
or fire suppresion characteristics, do you? Well, I feel better about
the oily rags. Though I will contiune to try to work safely.
Thanks,
Donald.
> From: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
> Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 20:37:46 -0500
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
>
> > I've been cursed with very corrosive perspiration. I've been wiping
> things down with an oily rag, and that helps, but I'm concerned about
> keeping an oily rag about.<
>
> Don . . not to worry 'bout oily rags . . I asked a professional, a career
> trained fireman and fire marshall why we've always been told that oily rags
> created spontaneous combustion. I knew it wasn't true 'cause for 30 years,
> the shop I ran collected our rental red rags in a wooden nail-keg
> ferGawd'ssake. He quickly said that petro-oily was not the problem . . it
> was organic oils such as cooking related oils that can, under weird
> circomstances, heat as a product of oxidation. Check it out with someone
> you trust but not to worry.
>
> Tony
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