Indoor air quality is tops on our list for a healthy shop atmosphere. We do not store anything that gives off harmful fumes. Tooth brushes and simple green (highly diluted) in a small wooden bowl is our parts cleaning station. We are even moving away from simple green (i've learned it is harmful to some)- to a citrus based cleaner.

I guess tri flow is the only thing with fumes in the shop. Often we ask people to use it outside. I'd like to find a non-petroleum lube.

-Bob Giordano, Free Cycles Missoula

Michael Wolfe wrote:

Speaking of liver damage, etc.. Wondering if any shops out there have

had

issues solvent tanks in their shop? The fumes give me a headache but

others

don't seem to mind it. Mostly I worry about the health effects on the full time people in the shop. Short of installing a hood or ventalation

system,

what options are there to locate that stuff outside?