How Does One Clean Out A Garage ?
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Ned Ludd
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How To: Dispose of Paint Thinner
After you've thinned paints and cleaned paint tools, recycle the rest of the flammable material or follow these steps for how to dispose of paint thinner.
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I would even suggest doing #3 first. You're going to want to contact your local hazmat authority anyhow, so might as well start there. They can likely provide any number of tips and suggestions to make the process simpler and more straightforward.
6.5 forever
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You found a great friendly solution. Been doing the same thing.
NorCalMikie
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How Does One Clean Out A Garage ?
Sell the house with EVERYTYHING in it. I did exactly that with my Sister's house!! Picked out and took what we wanted and the rest stayed put!!Young Gal starting out, didn't have much in the way of furniture etc, wanted the house, made her a deal she COULDN'T REFUSE.
She picked out and tagged what she wanted before we took what we figured the kids might want.,
The house was NEVERE listed, the young knew the realtor, the house sold in 15 days for about $15 to $20 K under the going price. I left the STUFF, she kept what she wanted and sold the rest. After all, she DID pay for it.
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The way I'd like to do it.....!!!!!
In Boise they have a great hazardous material program right at the landfill - just drive it to the building and they take it - even used motor oil and engine coolant. The cool part is the things that are easily reusable are offered for free to the public - I used to pick up nearly new half cans of bug spray, cleaners, paint, polyurethane, spray paint, oil, lacquer thinner, mineral spirits, etc. The number of tons of material kept out of the landfill is impressive. Every community should have this.
In Reno it’s quite the opposite. They literally don’t want any part of it - they would rather you mix kitty litter in the paint and let it harden then toss it in the landfill, half cans of any spray just gets tossed, half cans of solvent are encouraged just to let evaporate, used oil has to taken to an auto parts store. Anything they take is never allowed to be used again.
The difference is night and day.
In Reno it’s quite the opposite. They literally don’t want any part of it - they would rather you mix kitty litter in the paint and let it harden then toss it in the landfill, half cans of any spray just gets tossed, half cans of solvent are encouraged just to let evaporate, used oil has to taken to an auto parts store. Anything they take is never allowed to be used again.
The difference is night and day.
divingin
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My county does the same thing. I was caught off guard when they said I couldn't get out of the vehicle. They said it was a safety thing; they didn't want to expose people to the toxins they were dropping off. How the F do you think it got into my truck?
Daddycaddie67
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My landfill will have an “amnesty” day where you can bring haz. Materials to dispose of. In the mean time open the paint lids and let them harden compleatly then the lndfill will take them as long as the lids are off . E
HandgunHTR
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Anything that is flammable gets burned. Have to create that plant food somehow since the .gov keeps trying to reduce it to nothing.
Anything that doesn't burn gets pushed into a big hole and covered up with dirt.
Anything that doesn't burn gets pushed into a big hole and covered up with dirt.
I personally wouldn't call Hazmat unless I had to. I would take it to a hazardous disposal, they probably have a fee, but there are facilities that do that.
Send the wife away for the weekend !!
They are usually offloading in a big line, and temp store all of it right there on carts or similar so lots is around, and they work there, know procedures for spills, evacuation, etc.
This is absolutely one of those that skates the edge of safety practices and OSHA standards so allowing people in but just please stay in the car (at ours, stay in the narrow roadway, do not move past the yellow line) is their way to keep some control over the visitors.
Then you still have to pick it up, including the refrigerator and you better have an EPA Tag on that for the Freon and oil.
Unless you're the guy who litters the Range with the stuff.
Out County does one day a year Free Haz Mat, very handy.
Might make a call to 1-800-GOT-JUNK for a quote.
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