- Thread starter norsa
- Start date
Bullet2012
Member
- Messages
- 5,365
- Location
- on average about 200 miles from the ISS.
The Prodigy had a great song with another use as the title 
julianf
Member
- Messages
- 8,590
- Location
- devon, uk
I read somthing ages back about a chap in America (where I guess they have monster lawns) fermenting his grass clippings to a weak alcohol solution that would then go into a solar still (can't recall the detail) that was slow but just sat there doing the job.
He would then use the resultant alcohol to power his lawnmower.
Im sure that, the moment you purchased one bit of steel for the build, your break even point would dissappear into the distance, but if you use *that* much gunwash, maybe not?
Would be an interesting project, if it had any hope of working. But again, all this is just from memory.
He would then use the resultant alcohol to power his lawnmower.
Im sure that, the moment you purchased one bit of steel for the build, your break even point would dissappear into the distance, but if you use *that* much gunwash, maybe not?
Would be an interesting project, if it had any hope of working. But again, all this is just from memory.
rtcosic
Forum Supporter
- Messages
- 2,906
- Location
- Warwickshire
How much paint is in it? If it isn't lumpy and viscous, put it in the tank of a Series Land Rover. Or any simple old engine? (Petrol obviously) Eldest's SIII ran perfectly well on fresh gunwash.
Edit:
Actually I was!
Edit:
Actually I was!
Maker
Most folk just call me; Orange Joe
- Messages
- 10,619
- Location
- Keeler crater
If you let it sit for a few weeks does it clear up? I save the white spirit I was brushes in, if I don't touch it for a while nearly all the paint drops out and I can carefully pour off the mostly clear liquid to use again. I assume it depends on the paint? I've been meaning to get some centrifuge tubes and see if ten minutes at 130x gravity clears it up any further. 
Distilling it has crossed my mind too but I doubt it's economical, leccy bill would probably outweigh the cost of new solvent.
What sort of volume do you get through?
Distilling it has crossed my mind too but I doubt it's economical, leccy bill would probably outweigh the cost of new solvent.What sort of volume do you get through?
julianf
Member
- Messages
- 8,590
- Location
- devon, uk
If you let it sit for a few weeks does it clear up? I save the white spirit I was brushes in, if I don't touch it for a while nearly all the paint drops out and I can carefully pour off the mostly clear liquid to use again. I've been meaning to get some centrifuge tubes and see if ten minutes at 130x gravity clears it up any further.
What sort of volume do you get through?
I've done that also, but...
The particulate stuff drops out, so the solvent looks clear, but I think the actual binders remain dissolved.
Have you tried dripping some of your "cleaned" solvent on a mirror? I'd be surprised if there is not some residue.
Which may, or may not be acceptable, depending on the job, of course.
Maker
Most folk just call me; Orange Joe
- Messages
- 10,619
- Location
- Keeler crater
I haven't, but if I think of it when I'm home at Christmas I'll try it.
123hotchef
Member
- Messages
- 14,343
- Location
- Kent
Mine starts the bonfire
the snooper
getting older by the day
- Messages
- 21,078
- Location
- Hull UK
Leave it to clear transfer the clear liquid into a new container and use it to clean oil off things
Afterimage
Member
- Messages
- 234
- Location
- England
If it's anything like the cheap paint thinner I get from Lidl it might turn oil into a sticky stringy mess.
the snooper
getting older by the day
- Messages
- 21,078
- Location
- Hull UK
Lidl, that can't be cellulose then
waddycall
Member
- Messages
- 1,907
Nice
123hotchef
Member
- Messages
- 14,343
- Location
- Kent
that baufix stuff?
Afterimage
Member
- Messages
- 234
- Location
- England
123hotchef
Member
- Messages
- 14,343
- Location
- Kent
its a mix of thinners i have some too!
brightspark
Member
- Messages
- 41,236
- Location
- yarm stockton on tees
and ends up knacking your slabs with a crappy colour
Back in 76 a few weeks before the summer hols a bunch of us went over leigh tip one saturday, the reason was to go rat shooting if i remember. On the face of the tip we found a pile of 5 gallon drums full of old paint thinners & gunwash, must have been about 20 of them.
Of course one got opened & one of my mates produced a lighter & set light to the stuff. We ran like rabbits westwards as a huge conflagration erupted. By the time we had got across the creek to the seawall it looked like a burning oil well. Drums bursting & flying through the air. Then the sirens & blue lights started coming. We legged it back to Benfleet through the woods scared stiff at what had happened. The fire burned for three weeks & took a lot of putting out.
Big assembly at school with the headmaster asking who did it. Nobody grassed & we got away with it much to our surprise!
Of course one got opened & one of my mates produced a lighter & set light to the stuff. We ran like rabbits westwards as a huge conflagration erupted. By the time we had got across the creek to the seawall it looked like a burning oil well. Drums bursting & flying through the air. Then the sirens & blue lights started coming. We legged it back to Benfleet through the woods scared stiff at what had happened. The fire burned for three weeks & took a lot of putting out.
Big assembly at school with the headmaster asking who did it. Nobody grassed & we got away with it much to our surprise!
