>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.
Linseed oil used by painters is a source of spontaneous combustion. Sealed
metal containers is the answer.
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