Love those rare days when a no commitment day comes along! Congrats on the progress!
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What did you do in your shop today?
- Thread starter woodtickgreg
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No shop work today but a shop safety reminder.
I spent the day oiling my porch decking. Part of the process involved wiping any excess stain off before it became sticky/gummy. That generated a few oily rags. I put them in one of the empty gallon sized cans as I was done with each with the intent of putting water on them and then the top. By the time I got to that step when finished, the rags had generated enough heat to begin smoking. Took care of that with a larger container of water where they rest outside before a trip to the landfill in the morning. I should have spread them out on the ground rather than containing them.
I made the mistake of showing my wife. Now she is worried the porch is going to combust.
I spent the day oiling my porch decking. Part of the process involved wiping any excess stain off before it became sticky/gummy. That generated a few oily rags. I put them in one of the empty gallon sized cans as I was done with each with the intent of putting water on them and then the top. By the time I got to that step when finished, the rags had generated enough heat to begin smoking. Took care of that with a larger container of water where they rest outside before a trip to the landfill in the morning. I should have spread them out on the ground rather than containing them.
I made the mistake of showing my wife. Now she is worried the porch is going to combust.
I would have set the can in the fire ring or in our case, in the burn barrel or in the driveway. Letting them burn would have likely been the safest and most environmentaly friendly thing.
I finished/refinished wood floors for30+ years and always spread stain rags overnite before thinking of disposing of them. Best to wet them even after overnite drying.
I don’t have any of those things so it would essentially be an open flame, but I agree in principle.
Fortunately, you were on top of things! Had a friend that piled rags on his wooden workshop floor. Burned a hole right through the floor, but fortunately the fire did not spread! Spontaneous combustion is real! Chuck
Craft Supply had a sale on Artisan dye last week so ordered a few at about half the price of my usuals to compare. Single coat saturation isn‘t even close, two coats is still inferior, adage “get what you pay for” prevails again.
Science experiments are cool.
The new dye appears to have more transparency, at least in the pictures.
Yeah very much so, not necessarily a bad thing. Prefer a dye with more solids, easier to add alcohol to thin if desired vs numerous coats of a thin dye to achieve a solid color. The last pic is 3 coats of Artisan on the front two vs 1 coat Fiebings on the back one and still is not as dark. Think the Artisan looks ok but took 3 times the effort and product to achieve a comparable result. Won’t buy the Artisan again.