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1. [Shop-talk] What to do with oily rags? (score: 1): Author: "Kent Sullivan" <kentsu@corvairkid.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:20:46 -0800; I keep used oily rags in a metal container designed for that sort of thing and it's getting full. I'd prefer to not send them to a landfill. I called some commercial laundering companies local to me; /html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00016.html (8,152 bytes)
2. Re: [Shop-talk] What to do with oily rags? (score: 1): Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>; Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:03:24 -0500; We seem to beat this one to death every few years. Search for "rags" in the archive. Anyway, as for me, I just wash them in my home washing machine. I have never had a problem with any carryover into; /html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00019.html (7,807 bytes)
3. Re: [Shop-talk] What to do with oily rags? (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:22:19 -0800; After you've cleaned the washer thoroughly by hand (I find that neat Simple Green on a rag works well), do a load of your own work clothes with a half cup or so of SG added to your usual detergent.; /html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00020.html (8,356 bytes)
4. Re: [Shop-talk] What to do with oily rags? (score: 1): Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>; Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:06:37 -0500; I just use hot water, regular laundry detergent and a bit of Lestoil. If they are stained, I don't care. They still work just fine as rags. And if there are any that I'm not happy with, I just throw; /html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00021.html (8,355 bytes)
5. Re: [Shop-talk] What to do with oily rags? (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 16:10:19 -0500; I soak them in a plastic bucket. Hot water (to start), detergent, and oxygen bleach. Allow to soak for a while (at least overnight, at least, but I'll do a week or more. Stir occasionally.), then ski; /html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00022.html (8,744 bytes)
6. Re: [Shop-talk] What to do with oily rags? (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:27:27 -0800; Hmm, what brand of detergent do you use? I pretty much always get some portion of black crud plated onto the inside of the drum ... what I've been looking for is a solution that prevents that. Have; /html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00023.html (7,982 bytes)
7. Re: [Shop-talk] What to do with oily rags? (score: 1): Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>; Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:42:26 -0600; I've found the same thing with the red rags you buy today. I won't use one for solvent wiping anything, or for washing anything either. Kinda limits their usefulness. But in the 60's and 70's we used; /html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00024.html (9,542 bytes)
8. Re: [Shop-talk] What to do with oily rags? (score: 1): Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>; Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:33:10 -0500; Detergent is just liquid Tide. I do put them in a 5 gal pail with some Lestoil to soak until I have enough to wash. I think maybe the difference is that these rags are dirty, but not soaked through a; /html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00026.html (10,414 bytes)
9. Re: [Shop-talk] What to do with oily rags? (score: 1): Author: "Gil Fuqua" <gil.fuqua@cci-ir.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 16:54:25 -0600; I put dirty/oily rags in a bucket filled with water and a combination of dishwashing detergent (to cut the grease) and Tide. The combination serves two purposes. It soaks the rags with water so they; /html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00028.html (9,265 bytes)
10. Re: [Shop-talk] What to do with oily rags? (score: 1): Author: "Bob Kegel" <bobkegel@seanet.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:55:56 -0800; I've always washed my rags and coveralls in the family washer without problems. As noted, a long presoak helps. I've get good results on really dirty stuff by adding a scoop of automatic dishwasher d; /html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00029.html (8,887 bytes)
11. Re: [Shop-talk] What to do with oily rags? (score: 1): Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:04:21 -0800 (PST); Back on the racefab or hotrod list, I recall the description of storing these rags, when they were too oily to use, in a 5 gallon bucket of soapy water. That did a lot to loosen the worst of the slud; /html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00030.html (8,667 bytes)
12. Re: [Shop-talk] What to do with oily rags? (score: 1): Author: Ben Zwissler <bjzwissler@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:24:07 -0500; I have a large "wash tub" and just fill it with hot water and degreaser (Simple Green or whatever Sam's Club is selling). Let them soak, stir them up once in a while and then drain. Rinse. Repeat. Th; /html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00031.html (10,447 bytes)
13. Re: [Shop-talk] What to do with oily rags? (score: 1): Author: "Mark" <mark@nashvilletn.org>; Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:07:31 -0600; Here in the land of the free we just use them to get the wood pile started. We do need a burn permit if the fire is going to last more than two hours or if we get caught. We will have the cleanest co; /html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00032.html (8,590 bytes)
14. Re: [Shop-talk] What to do with oily rags? (score: 1): Author: "cornerexit" <cornerexit@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:39:18 -0800; I use them to start the burn piles with. The quality of the "red rags" these days is so craptastic that I find it not worth trying to clean them. Having a rapidly still growing 18 year old son, I pre; /html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00036.html (8,759 bytes)
15. Re: [Shop-talk] What to do with oily rags? (score: 1): Author: "David C." <cavanadd@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:44:39 -0800; Merely dirty rags get recycled to wipe grease off the tractor and backhoe. Then they go in the burn barrel. At Horrible Freight on sale they are too cheap to wash. Dave C ____________________________; /html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00037.html (8,071 bytes)
16. Re: [Shop-talk] What to do with oily rags? (score: 1): Author: "Jack Brooks" <jibjib@att.net>; Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 22:08:02 -0800; I use some of Costco's Oil Eater in the washer. No issues. I also use a bit of it in the windshield washers on my cars. It cuts the smearing down immensely. Jack _____________________________________; /html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00038.html (7,971 bytes)

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