bB

[email protected] (BUB 209)

17/12/2004 12:46 AM

hazmat team needed

God help me, I spilled a quart of epoxy resin on some of my plastic tools in
the
truck. Laquer thinner will eat up the plastic, so I'm up for suggestions as to

handling the spill.


This topic has 12 replies

md

mac davis

in reply to [email protected] (BUB 209) on 17/12/2004 12:46 AM

17/12/2004 8:40 AM

On 17 Dec 2004 00:46:32 GMT, [email protected] (BUB 209) wrote:

>God help me, I spilled a quart of epoxy resin on some of my plastic tools in
>the
>truck. Laquer thinner will eat up the plastic, so I'm up for suggestions as to
>
>handling the spill.

call your insurance agent and tell him you need replacement tools??

Br

Ba r r y

in reply to [email protected] (BUB 209) on 17/12/2004 12:46 AM

17/12/2004 12:54 AM

On 17 Dec 2004 00:46:32 GMT, [email protected] (BUB 209) wrote:

>God help me, I spilled a quart of epoxy resin on some of my plastic tools in
>the
>truck. Laquer thinner will eat up the plastic, so I'm up for suggestions as to
>
>handling the spill.

I've thinned epoxy with alcohol to make a brushable finishing resin.
Try some on a small area and see how it works removing the resin
spill.

Barry

dd

"ddinc"

in reply to [email protected] (BUB 209) on 17/12/2004 12:46 AM

17/12/2004 10:54 PM

White vinegar.
Cheap, nontoxic (a little smelly) and works great!

"BUB 209" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> God help me, I spilled a quart of epoxy resin on some of my plastic tools
> in
> the
> truck. Laquer thinner will eat up the plastic, so I'm up for suggestions
> as to
>
> handling the spill.

bB

[email protected] (BUB 209)

in reply to "ddinc" on 17/12/2004 10:54 PM

20/12/2004 12:54 PM

>Subject: Re: hazmat team needed
>From: "ddinc" [email protected]

>White vinegar.
>Cheap, nontoxic (a little smelly) and works great!

Thanks, it did a great job, especially on
my Bosch jig saw case, which had a
quarter inch thick layer of the stuff on
it. I put the scraped-up epoxy in a
strainer over a coffee can, let's see if
it runs through that just like it ran out
of the tub in the truck.

RC

Richard Clements

in reply to "ddinc" on 17/12/2004 10:54 PM

20/12/2004 2:54 PM



>
> "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> Add some baking soda to the white vinegar for some jobs. White vinegar
> also
>> works well to freshen up those smelly drains. Pour a cup of baking soda
> down
>> first, then follow with white vinegar. Lots of uses for this mixture ...
>> just be careful of the foaming action, and DON'T use it with Clorox, or
> any
>> chlorine bleach.
>>
>
> Don't mix chlorine and vinegar? Never heard that. Chlorine and ammonia
> is well known, but I never heard of any problem with white vinegar.

don't mix chlorine bleach with any Oxidizing agent, or you get cl2 gas, the
only thing you you can really safely mix with chlorine bleach is dish soap
like joy, I don't know how the various additive react with it, but Joy is
safe

Sk

"Swingman"

in reply to "ddinc" on 17/12/2004 10:54 PM

20/12/2004 7:19 AM

"BUB 209" wrote in message
> >Subject: Re: hazmat team needed
> >From: "ddinc"
>
> >White vinegar.
> >Cheap, nontoxic (a little smelly) and works great!
>
> Thanks, it did a great job, especially on
> my Bosch jig saw case, which had a
> quarter inch thick layer of the stuff on
> it. I put the scraped-up epoxy in a
> strainer over a coffee can, let's see if
> it runs through that just like it ran out
> of the tub in the truck.

Hints from HeloisewRecster

Add some baking soda to the white vinegar for some jobs. White vinegar also
works well to freshen up those smelly drains. Pour a cup of baking soda down
first, then follow with white vinegar. Lots of uses for this mixture ...
just be careful of the foaming action, and DON'T use it with Clorox, or any
chlorine bleach.

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Last update: 11/06/04


Sk

"Swingman"

in reply to "ddinc" on 17/12/2004 10:54 PM

20/12/2004 11:55 AM

"Mike Marlow" wrote in message
>
> "Swingman" wrote in message

> > first, then follow with white vinegar. Lots of uses for this mixture ...
> > just be careful of the foaming action, and DON'T use it with Clorox, or
> any
> > chlorine bleach.
> >
>
> Don't mix chlorine and vinegar? Never heard that. Chlorine and ammonia
is
> well known, but I never heard of any problem with white vinegar.

Well, you've heard it now. Trust me, you will not like what it does to your
nose if you mix the two.

DAMHIK. We used a vinegar/chlorine mix to disinfect our water wells when I
was a kid (vinegar _followed_ by chlorine, not mixed together) ... and guess
who was playing the mad scientist at the time.

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Last update: 11/06/04

MM

"Mike Marlow"

in reply to "ddinc" on 17/12/2004 10:54 PM

20/12/2004 5:15 PM


"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Add some baking soda to the white vinegar for some jobs. White vinegar
also
> works well to freshen up those smelly drains. Pour a cup of baking soda
down
> first, then follow with white vinegar. Lots of uses for this mixture ...
> just be careful of the foaming action, and DON'T use it with Clorox, or
any
> chlorine bleach.
>

Don't mix chlorine and vinegar? Never heard that. Chlorine and ammonia is
well known, but I never heard of any problem with white vinegar.
--

-Mike-
[email protected]

Ll

"Lewis"

in reply to [email protected] (BUB 209) on 17/12/2004 12:46 AM

17/12/2004 1:23 AM

Hi,
Got any Xylene? It's what I use for most epoxy-related stuff.
Lewis


"BUB 209" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> God help me, I spilled a quart of epoxy resin on some of my plastic tools
in
> the
> truck. Laquer thinner will eat up the plastic, so I'm up for suggestions
as to
>
> handling the spill.

b

in reply to [email protected] (BUB 209) on 17/12/2004 12:46 AM

17/12/2004 12:06 PM

On 17 Dec 2004 00:46:32 GMT, [email protected] (BUB 209) wrote:

>God help me, I spilled a quart of epoxy resin on some of my plastic tools in
>the
>truck. Laquer thinner will eat up the plastic, so I'm up for suggestions as to
>
>handling the spill.


if it's just the resin and not the mixed two part adhesive soap and
water should do it.

bB

[email protected] (BUB 209)

in reply to [email protected] on 17/12/2004 12:06 PM

17/12/2004 11:26 PM

>Subject: Re: hazmat team needed
>From: [email protected]

>if it's just the resin and not the mixed two part adhesive soap and
>water should do it.

Great, I'll try it before anything else. That
toluene smells like a bad dream, though
I appreciate the suggestion.

mn

"mark"

in reply to [email protected] (BUB 209) on 17/12/2004 12:46 AM

17/12/2004 3:15 PM


"mac davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 17 Dec 2004 00:46:32 GMT, [email protected] (BUB 209) wrote:
>
>>God help me, I spilled a quart of epoxy resin on some of my plastic tools
>>in
>>the
>>truck. Laquer thinner will eat up the plastic, so I'm up for suggestions
>>as to
>>
>>handling the spill.

Vinegar will clean uncatalyzed resin. So will denatured alcohol.


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