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1. Re: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: "TONY CLARK" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 00:59:21 -0500
I too have gone to paper towels and "throw-away" rags but I will carefully mention that you shouldn't be too concerned about "oily rag spontaneous combustion" where mineral oils are concerned . . . I
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00000.html (7,840 bytes)

2. Re: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: Mike Sloane <msloane@att.net>
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 05:39:39 -0400
My wife, for some reason, won't let me put them into her washing machine. If I were serious about cleaning them, I would take them to a local coin laundramat and wash them with lots of extra pine cle
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00001.html (8,967 bytes)

3. Re: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: Lawrence R Zink <zink@pdq.net>
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 09:51:59 -0500
I wait until my wife is gone, then do them in her washing machine. I then clean the tub and aggitator with simple green and a roll of paper towels. She never even knows that I used the washer. I stor
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00003.html (8,120 bytes)

4. shop rags (score: 1)
Author: JNiolon@uss.com
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 10:18:28 -0500
I used to use these all the time and had a deal with a commercial laundry guy... I'd bring him 50 or so and he'd throw them in with his next load... cost me 5 bucks or so and they came out like new..
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00005.html (8,312 bytes)

5. Re: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: Charlie Mathews <cmathews@theramp.net>
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 10:46:01 -0500
I take mine to the local Laundromat And wash then with hot water, detergent, and bleach. I usually end up washing them twice due to the oil in the rags. I also try to wipe the inside of the washer ou
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00007.html (8,524 bytes)

6. Re: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: "Michael Lye" <mlye@risd.edu>
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 12:18:58 -0400
Just kind of curious but this thread got me thinking of some work students of mine did a few semesters ago. A couple of people mentioned buying used washing machines to wash rags and such but would a
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00009.html (9,425 bytes)

7. Re: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: Steven Trovato <trovato@computer.net>
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 11:46:51 -0400
I have an old 5 gallon sheetrock compound bucket, half full of water with a splash of Lestoil or similar product in it. I throw my old rags in there. If they're hideously dirty, or so soaked with liq
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00010.html (8,483 bytes)

8. Re: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: Steven Trovato <trovato@computer.net>
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 12:40:47 -0400
It sounds like a fun project, but it wouldn't interest me as a potential buyer. Current method is working fine, and I wouldn't want to spend the money or have another thing kicking around. Mine is ju
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00011.html (8,855 bytes)

9. Re: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: "Inch" <eric@megageek.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 13:03:41 -0400
This is a great idea, however I see one big problem. waste water. The water coming out of one of these units would be filled with soap, oil, gas, diesel, grease, etc. This isn't something that you ca
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00012.html (10,027 bytes)

10. Re: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: dms@scheidt.chem.nd.edu
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 07:14:38 -0500 (EST)
That's more or less what I do. Soak them in hot water, oxyclean, and some liquid laundry detergent. Change the water after a day, and repeat a couple times, then wash in the washer. I don't bother wi
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00013.html (7,994 bytes)

11. RE: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: jmark.vanscoter@amd.com
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 12:47:46 -0500
AFAIK, good detergent emulsifies the oil and breaks it into tiny particles that can be broken down easily. Mark V.S. in Austin, TX Home of Lance Armstrong This is a great idea, however I see one big
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00014.html (10,039 bytes)

12. Re: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 11:26:59 -0700
My wife mandated early on in the plans stage for our house-remodel-now-starting that part of what goes in the new shop hung off the back of the garage is a small stacked washer/dryer for "his crap".
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00016.html (8,728 bytes)

13. Re: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: LBC286@aol.com
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 15:42:38 EDT
- - - - - - - - - - - Why not just use the paper towels in the shop, and save the water, the soap, the aggravation, and the possibility of getting caught! :-) Personally, I don't have a wife, so what
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00018.html (8,784 bytes)

14. Re: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: Scott Hall <sch8489@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 00:30:29 -0400 (EDT)
I've been reading this thread and I've got to ask: what kind of rags are we talking about here? at first I thought it was the 100 for $3 red ones you get from autozone, etc., but whenever I've used t
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00019.html (9,346 bytes)

15. Re: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: "michael lowe" <mlowe@itrade-sa.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 22:12:13 -0700
What I did a while back, was talked to a hospital laundry service and got 300 medium surgical drapes, they are blue, about 12" by 18-20", hemmed on all sides, fairly good quality cotton, good absorb
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00020.html (9,437 bytes)

16. Re: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: dms@scheidt.chem.nd.edu
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 12:32:03 -0500 (EST)
I've got my share of those, and the really cheap ones get thrown out, but disposible things offend my sensibilities, so I usually wash them if they're not torn, or covered in grease. I've also got so
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00027.html (8,496 bytes)

17. Re: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: "Wayne" <w.farrington@verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 10:38:38 -0700
Thanks for all the replies on shop rags. I use the blue paper towels as well. But I don't find they are as nice as a real shop rag for many things. Could be because I grew up working at my Fathers se
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00028.html (8,532 bytes)

18. Re: Shop rags (score: 1)
Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 16:03:37 -0500
Scott wrote of medical supply rags, scrubs, etc . . .made me think of one of handiest cloth-type items in my shop . . . I bought about a dozen naval hospital bed sheets at a surplus store once . . ab
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00029.html (8,408 bytes)

19. RE: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 17:05:45 -0700
FWIW, I've been trying to find a concoction that will clean the rags without leaving deposits on the inside of the washing machine (I do launder my rags in the home machine, clean it as necessary, t
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00050.html (8,465 bytes)

20. Re: Shop Rags (score: 1)
Author: "Eric J Russell" <ejrussell@mebtel.net>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 22:10:43 -0400
I have seen advertised a plastic, barrel type device designed for the homeowner to use in mixing small batches of ready-mix concrete. I believe it has small 'vanes' internally to help mix the batch o
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00052.html (8,352 bytes)


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