We would do well to get a pair of industrial chemical gloves. There are several places in town that sell them. In the master plan, it would make sense to hava cleaning room that vented out ala fume hood. There are also several recyclable chemical cleaners as well, i'll try and follow up with their names (blanking at the moment).

Thanks,

Eric (slc collective)

On 11/1/06, Jonathan Morrison jonathan@slcbikecollective.org wrote:

What does everyone else do to wash parts?

We have a one 10 gallon parts washer full of industrial solvent and we go through Nitrile gloves like nobody else. It cleans great and fast, but that solvent smells, isn't good on the skin, and isn't fun to dispose of.

We were thinking about getting an Aqueous Parts Washer, that heats up a Simple Green mixture. Has anyone had any experience with these?

If you create dealer login on ParkTool.com (only takes a second) you can browse their shop products. The one we were looking at was the "APW-2 - Aqueous Parts Washer Floor Model" ( http://www.parktool.com/images/products/productimages/spr_APW_2_200589_34760... )

-- 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 _______________________________________________ thethinktank mailing list thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org

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When I was working at another shop in town we used an aqueous parts washer as well. It would heat the solution and dispense like any other washer. Great thing about it was there were no fumes and as the solution would evaporate you would only have to add water to the mixture. It is still recommended to use gloves because of all the dissolved chemicals and grease in the mixture however I never had a pair of work gloves get eaten by it. If I can I will find out where and who made that particular one.

-Joe

Joseph Parietti

Program Coordinator

Bike Works

3709 S. Ferdinand St.

Seattle, WA 98118

(206) 725-9408

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From: thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org [mailto:thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org] On Behalf Of Eric Estlund Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 8:46 AM To: The Think Tank Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Washing Parts

We would do well to get a pair of industrial chemical gloves. There are several places in town that sell them. In the master plan, it would make sense to hava cleaning room that vented out ala fume hood. There are also several recyclable chemical cleaners as well, i'll try and follow up with their names (blanking at the moment).

Thanks,

Eric (slc collective)

On 11/1/06, Jonathan Morrison jonathan@slcbikecollective.org wrote:

What does everyone else do to wash parts?

We have a one 10 gallon parts washer full of industrial solvent and we go through Nitrile gloves like nobody else. It cleans great and fast, but that solvent smells, isn't good on the skin, and isn't fun to dispose of.

We were thinking about getting an Aqueous Parts Washer, that heats up a Simple Green mixture. Has anyone had any experience with these?

If you create dealer login on ParkTool.com (only takes a second) you can browse their shop products. The one we were looking at was the "APW-2 - Aqueous Parts Washer Floor Model" (http://www.parktool.com/images/products/productimages/spr_APW_2_200589_3476 0.jpg )

-- 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 _______________________________________________ thethinktank mailing list thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o rg