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charlese wrote:I think you are woofing us, Dusty! You can't be keeping all that sanding crap in your shop and present those well organized shop photos at the same time! ]Yes - I can should follow some of that advice myself! :o [/SIZE]

In the photos that you see on the forum, do you occasionally see a large white covered canister. These are emptied pool chlorine canisters. When the chlorine is gone, I throw the empty bucket in the pool and let it float around there for three or four days or until the kids come to swim. Then I take the bucket to the shop where I use it as a seat (secondary function) and as a storage container (primary function) for cutoffs, paint brushes and rollers, durable parts, and you guessed it.

At one time, one was full of old "clean" rags but that ended when my son-in-law, who is a fire chief, found it and made a big stink in front of SWMBO. The rags had to be relocated to a fire proof container - which he provided - and they are now stored in a remote out building.

Check out the photos. There are at least five that you should spot. Each has an round MDF cover that I cut to fit.
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dusty wrote: At one time, one was full of old "clean" rags but that ended when my son-in-law, who is a fire chief, found it and made a big stink in front of SWMBO. The rags had to be relocated to a fire proof container - which he provided - and they are now stored in a remote out building.
Dusty,

what was the son-in-law's issue with a covered container of clean rags? I bet there are a lot of us that throw holey old t-shirts in a bag in the shop for use as rags when we need them. what makes this more of an issue than storing dry wood?

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He jumped the gun, flew off the handle and went off the deep end, IMO, about spontaneously combustible storage in the house. If the rags had been dirty, oily, paint rags I would have agreed but they were not.

I do not keep dirty, oily rags. They are disposed of in real time.

My initial point was they are no different than towels and sheets in the linen storage cabinet.

But, I lost and the rags have been relocated to an out building for storage. I actually think they are more of a hazard there because the shed gets hot - no air conditioning. No fear however. He gave me a real nice fire proof container for the rags (air tight lid).

ssssshh......the old towels and wash rags are still folded and stacked in a place out of the way in the shop along with all my new shop rags.
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Yep, I have to agree with you Dusty. I think he went overboard on this. But better safe than sorry. Couldn't you move the fire proof container to the shop?
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beeg wrote:Yep, I have to agree with you Dusty. I think he went overboard on this. But better safe than sorry. Couldn't you move the fire proof container to the shop?
Yes I could but I already have too much "stuff" in the shop.

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beeg wrote:Yep, I have to agree with you Dusty. I think he went overboard on this. But better safe than sorry. Couldn't you move the fire proof container to the shop?
Yes, I certainly could but my shop is already cluttered with all kinds of things that detract from its' efficiency.

This "stuff" was set outside the shop so that I could do a good general cleaning. Wanted to take a hose to the shop floor but there are just too many things left that don't care to be soaked with a hose.

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charlese wrote:I think you are woofing us, Dusty! You can't be keeping all that sanding crap in your shop and present those well organized shop photos at the same time! ][/SIZE]
I'm really not, charlese. There is a lot of clutter that is just not seen in the photos. I have a nice space in which to work; I just am not good at keeping it organized (and I am NOT talking about sawdust).
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Oh, dusty, your shop is sooo much more organized then mine! :o And you can see your floor! One of these days...or should I say...someday...
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Dusty, it looks very organized to me. Try to store stuff with no access to the walls :(. It makes things a little more difficult.

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dusty wrote:...Wanted to take a hose to the shop floor but there are just too many things left that don't care to be soaked with a hose.
One more thing, dusty; put your dust mask on, plug your DC in and blow your shop out with your air compressor. Nothing will get wet!
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