1 Gasoline as a cleaning solvent Fri Sep 20, 2024 2:53 pm
jjefferies
Life time member
So the bike I'm working on, K75S named Orange (Marakesh Red), came with a 3/4 tank full of fuel that had been sitting for 10+ years. Now being slightly anal, I've not been sure what to do with this fuel. The online advisories say take it to a recycle center. But there are several issues with taking it to the local recycle. First it has to be in a state of California approved container. Second as they can't allow you to be exposed to hazardous materials, i.e. gasoline they can't return the opened container to you. There is a way for you to reclaim the container but they involve you marking the container as yours and returning after business hours to (Hopefully) reclaim the container.
But as I'm taking the back end of the bike apart I've been using some of the waste gasoline to clean the metal of old grease and road crap. Now when I finish cleaning with gasoline I still have residues left. And I've found that if I exposed the cleaning rags to the atmosphere it will evaporate. Now this possibly violates the hell out of a lot of environmental laws. But I'm a single individual and do this maybe every 10 years. Yeah I know how the numbers add up and I'm killing us all.
But my question is how effective do you our more learned members regard gasoline as a cleaning solvent? Any warnings other than the obvious of fire/explosions? Down sides to this?
But as I'm taking the back end of the bike apart I've been using some of the waste gasoline to clean the metal of old grease and road crap. Now when I finish cleaning with gasoline I still have residues left. And I've found that if I exposed the cleaning rags to the atmosphere it will evaporate. Now this possibly violates the hell out of a lot of environmental laws. But I'm a single individual and do this maybe every 10 years. Yeah I know how the numbers add up and I'm killing us all.
But my question is how effective do you our more learned members regard gasoline as a cleaning solvent? Any warnings other than the obvious of fire/explosions? Down sides to this?