Spring cleaning for the shop and garage
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The sun is out, the birds are chirping, and you decide to open the garage door. Inside, you find a mix-bag of good and bad. The good, you can have the "big door" open to let the warmth of spring in. The bad, over the preceeding colder winter months your shop has become the gathering point for all the miscellaneous "stuff" that magically appears. What to do, what to do?? | The sun is out, the birds are chirping, and you decide to open the garage door. Inside, you find a mix-bag of good and bad. The good, you can have the "big door" open to let the warmth of spring in. The bad, over the preceeding colder winter months your shop has become the gathering point for all the miscellaneous "stuff" that magically appears. What to do, what to do?? | ||
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| − | ''' | + | *'''Recycle what you can.''' Empty plastic soda bottles can hit the recycle bin, or may even find a new use as storage for odds and ends nuts and bolts. Cardboard boxes leftover from those Christmas gifts can be recycled as well. Soda and beer cans strewn around the shop can be turned in for cash. |
| − | ''' | + | *'''Properly dispose of those unwanted chemicals''' Most every shop I've seen has a can of paint or two that could either... |
A. Be used on a current project until it's used up. | A. Be used on a current project until it's used up. | ||
B. Be sent to a local recycling center for toxic waste. Part of being a good steward of today's land is making sure that tomorrow's kids will enjoy it later. Proper disposal doesn't include dumping used brake fluid down the drain, or the storm sewer. | B. Be sent to a local recycling center for toxic waste. Part of being a good steward of today's land is making sure that tomorrow's kids will enjoy it later. Proper disposal doesn't include dumping used brake fluid down the drain, or the storm sewer. | ||
| − | ''' | + | *'''Pass the spare parts around''' This idea comes into play when you switch projects in the middle of construction. Say you go from building a '34 roadster to building a chopped '51 Mercury. You have a narrowed 9" Ford rear end just taking up space in the corner of the shop. Use the rear end as a "trade-for-services-exchanged" item. Or trade it with that GM guy buddy of yours for his used overdrive transmission you'll need to buy. It's a win-win for both parties involved. |
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