Re: [TheThinkTank] Dirty Shop Rags

-- Sincerely, Jonathan Morrison Project Coordinator Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 www.slcbikecollective.org On 10/30/06, Andy Dyson andy@neighborhoodbikeworks.org wrote: > Andy here from Neighborhood Bike Works in Philly > > I tried washing NBW's rags one time, and spent two hours cleaning my > washing machine afterwards... The answer would be to have a washer that > is just for that... not out of the question, I suppose, especially if > you have aprons and so on that need cleaning. We usually trash 'em > after a while. Rag service seems too expensive... > > I know people who used edible oils on bikes from when I worked in bike > shops... those were the bikes that cockroaches would fall out of by the > handful when you went to loosen the stem bolt... mm... tasty! > > Philly has hazardous waste drop offs... I guess we should be using that > facility rather than the U Penn dumpster... thanks for the heads up > > Peace, > > Andy > > > > Bob Giordano wrote: > > >At Free Cycles Missoula we throw rags away too, after lots of use. > >Perhaps the deeper root to work on is lessening the chemicals used in the > >lifecycle of a bike. We have experimented with a bio lube produced > >locally from veggie oil- it was really good (and edible), but not as > >'good' as tri flow for longevity. Also- all the de-icer used on city > >streets eventually comes into our shop. It will be longer term, but lets > >get the poisons out of the system. Short term- I like the idea of sending > >the rags to haz waste facilities instead of land fills. I'm interested to > >hear more ideas. -Bob > > > > > > > > > -- > Andrew C. Dyson > Executive Director > > Neighborhood Bike Works > 3916 Locust Walk > Philadelphia PA 19104 > > (215) 386-0316 > (215) 873-6695 (Cell) > (215) 386-7288 (FAX) > > www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org > > _______________________________________________ > thethinktank mailing list > thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o... >