On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 11:48:25AM -0400, Forest Majors wrote:
>
> Is there a solvent or cleaning agent that should be used on oily shop rags
> before they are washed?
>
> Previously I have just thrown slightly oily rags into the washer - but I am
> reticent to put saturated rags into the home laundry with a septic system.
> Any advise would be appreciated.
When I was a teenager working on my first motorcycle, I put some oily rags
in the washing machine. They got clean, but the inside of the washing
machine was covered in oily goo. Mom wasn't too happy about that. :-)
I'm also on a septic system. I use paper towels or even newspaper when
I know that I'm going to be making a big mess. When shop towels get
too grimy for me to wipe my hands on, I demote them to oil spill duty.
When they're really gross, they're thrown out. I don't wash anything
oily in the sink-- even air filters get cleaned out in a bucket and the
rinse water thrown on the plants that I don't like. Cleaning the oil
out of mom's washing machine was bad enough, but cleaning the oil out
of the septic tank is too awful to contemplate.
Eric
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