Bring it down here and I'll get rid of it for you.

 

I use it to clean the outside if paint gun and hands etc...dump it in a rag and use it that way.

 

Towns here have residential HAZMAT twice yearly. How do you get rid of house paint? One method is to pour it over objects, let it dry so the solvents evaporate, and dispose of it in the recycling center dumpster. When doing demo work, that is what the refuse companies tell you because they do not want paint cans filled with uncured paint thrown in their roll-offs. Lacquer thinner will eventually evaporate, leaving the solids behind; no different than when using it or any reducer when spraying. You can throw a little in 5 gallons of waste oil too.

 

Don't think there's any solids in thinner...

I use it to clean carbs or other parts, leave it in an open metal can for a few days and it'll be gone.

 

There are solids if he is using it to clean guns and dumps it in gallon cans. Being a painter, I'm sure you know that sludge settles to the bottom.

 

There's the catch; Leave it evaporate. And that's why they don't want it used. I burnt my mineral spirits cleaning solvent 5 gallons to 50 gallons of waste oil in the waste oil furnace. Makes a wicked weed killer,too. VOC's.....

Steve O.

 

The environment friendly way is to put it in a gallon can and add sawdust. Now that it's solid waste you can take it to your annual Hazzmat collection site.

 

Works great poured on fire ant hills.

 

I use a commercial cleaner (similar) for my restaurant deep fryers. My oil recycling guy (makes soap) takes it. What he does with it I don't know (don't care).

 

If it sits long enough the solids will settle then slowly dump it into a clean can for reuse. Eventually you have mostly unusable waist just let it evaporate to a solid and toss out or burn it in a fire.

 

I dump it in wit my waste oil then go dump it at the township public works they have a big tank there for oil and coolant.

 

My trash service will take any paint or used thinner if I let it set open until it evaporates to solid or fill with kitty liter.

 

I'm in wilson county north of you wilson county has a hazardous chemical collection at the fair grounds but its generally in september. I think they may take it. I usually forget the date or I'm out of town. Don't known if your county tags will cause rejection and they may have a collection in the spring. Ask some of your wilson county club members to keep a eye out for the date.

 

Thanks Danny, ill do that.:thumbsup:

 

Our local recycling/transfer station will accept it. Otherwise, let it evaporate and throw the can away.

 

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