[AT] Shop rags

[Indiana Robinson]

	Disposal of rags soaked in linseed oil came up on a woodworking list I own and that 
reminded me of something I have been wanting to post. Or maybe I already did and forgot.  
:-)
	I have been wanting to install a short wire clothesline someplace out of sight behind 
the shop. Maybe 20' or less. We use all manner of rags in the shop, some get really 
greasy removing a gob of grease and others like some in the wood shop rarely get very 
dirty. About once a month or less I give Diana a load of rags to wash for me. The next 
load in the washer is usually something like dust rags from the house, never a load of 
whites...   ;-)   I used to just toss the really greasy stuff but I find that if I just 
hang them out in the weather for a while that soon they are clean enough to use again or 
at least to go into a load of rags to wash. The ones that have "weathered clean" are the 
ones we grab to use on really greasy jobs.
	I like using the paper shop towels like Scott's shop towels but I do find that they will 
ignite very easy and after being used a couple of time to where the fibers loosen up they 
will burn almost with a flash. Normally a cloth rag will smolder then burn if exposed to 
welding sparks but the paper shop towels burn brightly. I have never had a cloth rag 
catch fire from grinding sparks but the paper towels will catch from grinding sparks.
	BTW, Diana doesn't like to have my washed rags hanging on her clothesline where people 
might see them...   :-)   She prefers to hang them out overnight.

-- 
"farmer", Esquire
At Hewick Midwest
      Wealth beyond belief, just no money...

Paternal Robinson's here by way of Norway (Clan Gunn), Scottish Highlands,
Cleasby Yorkshire England, Virginia, Kentucky then Indiana. In America 100 
years 
before the revolution.


Francis Robinson
Central Indiana USA
robinson at svs.net