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Re: Parts Washer

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Subject: Re: Parts Washer
From: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:57:35 -0800

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>>> Okay, I know somebody has had the guts to wash car parts
>>> in the kitchen dishwasher, has anyone installed a
>>> dishwasher rather than a parts washer in their shop?
>>>
>>
>> The environmental impact of this might get you in deep
>> trouble. This is right up there with dumping your waste
>> oil down the sewer.
>>
>
> Using this logic, the environmental impact of washing your
> greasy coveralls in your clothes washer might get you in
> deep trouble.

Yeah, like with my wife, for starters.

However, there's a big difference between the normal use of a clothes  
washer or dishwasher and that of a parts washer that is used with  
solvents to dislodge sludge from engine parts.

My business, for example, spends lots of money, training and effort  
to dispose of hazardous materials properly, or to eliminate hazardous  
products. I find it ironic that one ill-informed homeowner can do  
more environmental damage than a company that employs over 200  
people, and they're less likely to get caught.

And the laundry that washes our mechanics' coveralls recycles their  
wash water.

- Bill Rabel
   Anacortes, WA




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