On 2009-05-09, Steve Lusardi wrote:
Or you could run cutting oil and be done with the hassle, as I advised a few
months ago. I made the same mistake many years ago, switched and haven't
regretted it since. The fact is that as a hobby machine, we simply don't use
the machine enough to prevent this from occurring with soluable oil. If you
do not have a drain petcock on the bottom of the tank, you should install
one once the machine is cleaned.

I would say Steve, maybe I will learn a thing or two from using
soluble coolant, plus the splash from it on the floor is not as bad as
it would be with straight oil.

That said, I remain open to changing my mind.

Would hydraulic fluid, perhaps, be a suitable substitute? I have two
sealed buckets of it at the moment, hence the question.

i


"Ignoramus31261" wrote in message
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Due neglect and mismanagement, the coolant in my lathe finally went
bad after several months in the sump. I have to add here that I have
all ingredients for setting up both the skimmer, as well as aerator,
to run on two timers, something that I plan on doing soon. But as of
now, I want to make sure that I properly remove old coolant.

As far as I understand, I should try to really get rid of the harmful
bacterias that live in the present coolant. I have a easy to use water
pump that I can use for this purpose.

So my plan was, pump out the coolant, rince the sump a couple of times
with just hot water with some Simple Green, then put water with bleach
for an hour, and rinse some more. Would that seem to be a good plan?

i