stripping paint

shine

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something i have never seen posted on stripping paint. waste . you can sweep up strips of paint and simply discard. if your using chemstrip it is a whole new world. it is regulated by the state as toxic waste. meaning you can not throw it in the trash . you can really get hit hard on this just like paint/solvent waste. if your going to do this find someplace to put it so it can dry out completely before discarding.

clean up thinner and extra paint? i buy an oil drain pan and pour it into it out back. 15 gals or so will fill the pan with a large hard hockey puck . once hardened it is no longer a problem. i use to use an old hood to pour extra paint on. best way to get rid of the thinner is to simply run it through an old gun to atomize it .

by the way , the fine for dumping paint stripper residue into a dumpster was around 25k in 1985 and pouring waste onto the ground would cost you around 100k by the time you paid the fines and paid for removal .
 
Our waste disposal rates are quite high. One of the things provided for "free" (haha) is homeowners hazardous waste disposal.

I fill 5 gallon buckets with used motor oil and other liquid wastes. go the the disposal drop site , wait a few minutes while they dump the buckets and head home .
 
Costs me about $300 bucks to discard a 55 gallon drum of waste thinner/paint. I've had this one for a bout a year and a half now. Maybe 5-6 more gallons left to put in it.

Depending on how regulated your state is, they don't want you spraying solvents through your gun to clean them. I rasied the question about what if it is VOC exempt reducer and you are doing it on your paint booth.......never got an answer.

It's funny how they offer free for homeowners but charge the high rate for businesses. If they made it more readily available and more cost effective more people would dispose of their waste correctly. BUT then the environmentalists wouldn't get their cut of that 100k fine. Shame...
 
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