I never noticed how difficult it is to pour from a full gallon can of
solvent without having it run down the can and make a mess. I'm also
not too thrilled to think about the flammible nature of this stuff
(mineral spirits) when I'm working in my basement. Is there a trick to
pouring this stuff and how do most people deal with the fire safety
issue? Thanks.

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wrote:
I never noticed how difficult it is to pour from a full gallon can of
solvent without having it run down the can and make a mess. I'm also
not too thrilled to think about the flammible nature of this stuff
(mineral spirits) when I'm working in my basement. Is there a trick to
pouring this stuff and how do most people deal with the fire safety
issue? Thanks.

In chem lab, we were taught to take a glass rod, hold it up against
the edge of the beaker, and pour. The liquid follows the glass rod
instead of clinging to the side of the beaker. It's all due to the
magic of surface tension.

In chem lab, we were taught to take a glass rod, hold it up against
the edge of the beaker, and pour.

Yep ,almost any kind of rod works. As for as mineral spirits, get it
at Wal-Mart in the plastic containers. No spills from the plastic
container.

Sonny wrote:
In chem lab, we were taught to take a glass rod, hold it up against
the edge of the beaker, and pour.

Yep ,almost any kind of rod works. As for as mineral spirits, get it
at Wal-Mart in the plastic containers. No spills from the plastic
container.

That goes to the other half of my question -- I've had plastic
containers spring mysterious leaks. For fire safety is a metal cabinet
the preferred storage location?

On 26 May 2006 07:42:58 -0700, wrote:

I never noticed how difficult it is to pour from a full gallon can of
solvent without having it run down the can and make a mess. I'm also
not too thrilled to think about the flammible nature of this stuff
(mineral spirits) when I'm working in my basement. Is there a trick to
pouring this stuff and how do most people deal with the fire safety
issue? Thanks.

There was a thread about this recently. Pour it the opposite way,
with the opening at the far end. This let's it get up to angle where
it doesn't do that. It seems very wrong the first time, but it works.

Also sometimes you are pouring and sometimes you are putting it on a
rag directly. Don't wait till you run out to get a new can. Do your
pouring from the old one and your tipping onto a rag from the new one.
That'll bring the level down somewhat before you ever have to pour
from it.


-Leuf

In article .com,
wrote:
I never noticed how difficult it is to pour from a full gallon can of
solvent without having it run down the can and make a mess. I'm also
not too thrilled to think about the flammible nature of this stuff
(mineral spirits) when I'm working in my basement. Is there a trick to
pouring this stuff and how do most people deal with the fire safety
issue? Thanks.


When the can is more than about 1/3 full I get better control by
holding it with the spout at the top like so:

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And for those jobs requiring very precise pouring, I have this little
device called a funnel.


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Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland