10-19-2005, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by msiert
.... I was going to throw them away but I am afraid they will burst into flames?
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Murray,
This is a bit of an urban myth. Certain varnishes cure by air reaction, so for that old hand rubbed french polish finish on woodworks, you do have this problem, as the air reaction generates small amounts of heat. You use cheese cloth for these hand-rubbed finishes, which has a lot of air holes, so if you wadded enough of this stuff up and put it in a container where it could get enough air they might ignite.
The standard solution is to put the rags in a air-tight bag, or spread them out openly 'till they dried and the reaction stopped.
Then toss them.
Robert
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