Interesting Find

so i was cleaning out my garage getting ready for winter, and I was bottling up all of my used liquids - pretty much doing what Rick has mentioned before, straining them, then running them through a coffee filter. I did my PB Blaster and Hopps #9, but when I tried to do some other things (Marvel mystery oil) it wouldn't go through the coffee filter because it was too thick...

So a day or two later, the wife drags me to Michaels (a chain arts/craft store) and I wander over to the woodworking section. And i just happen to come across a very fine copper mesh that looks like it would make one hell of a strainer for thicker fluids.. It was 12$ for a package - but there was a lot of copper in there, however ever week we get a flyer for 50% off of 1 item, so I only paid 6$ for it. I brought it home, and cut out several pieces (to fit about 4 different funnels I had) and I still had a lot left over. and I tell you what - it worked great! I uesd a bigger strainer to catch the bigger parts, and then I fed it through this mesh; and it caught a lot of the junk.

I used a lot of marvel to soak some parts and to clean crap off of other things, and now I have a lot of it that I can reuse.

I attached pictures just in case anyone else was in the same boat.

josh

 

COOL FIND !!!

 

wait, why would u strain pb blaster.... ur wasting it spraying it out of a can... ro does it come in a gallon jug.... lol never heard of anyone straining their liquids for the winter... got a laugh out of it.

 

i cleaned two sets of carbs over the summer, plus a ton of other parts; i used a lot of pb blaster spray and pbblaster from my gallon jug too. I took all of the run-off and used liquid and stored it in a container.

The 'straining for winter' thing, i was just cleaning my garage and putting things away for next year because i store a vehicle in there over the winter and can't work on my bike in there. - i strained my old used run-off pbblaster of containments so i could reuse it and not waste it. I'd rather capture all of the run-off from my spray (and what i used of my gallon to soak parts) and clean it up so i could use it again, instead of just dumping it and buying more. Its cheaper and better on the environment.

josh

 

ah, sorry if i sounded like an @$$ , just thought it was silly, but it makes sense

 

lol, np - its all good ;-)

 

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

Reduce, reuse, recycle. Rinse and repeat. The best way to keep stuff from getting into the environment is to properly store and recycle it. Good on you for your extensive efforts jgb1503 (Josh), I thought I was pushing the envelope... You set the bar at a whole new level! Inspired to say the least. I just converted over from solvent base cleaners in my solvent tank to an aqueous cleaner. Doesn't work as well and I can't just pop open the hood and shoot brake cleaner in there anymore but my fire and fumes hazard is gone!

 

a tablespoon of oil can spread/travel and spoil wells within a 1/2 mile radius.

 

Unless you live in Akron, OH. Then it is an improvement!!!

 

i guess i've spoiled wells for a few hundred miles then

 

lol. me too.