Disposing of excess fabric glue

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Baer's the fabric guy. Send him a mail and I'm sure he can help ya out. Are we talking gallons of the stuff? Personaly if you don't have a use for it why can't you just toss the stuff?
 
Cut it up into one inch squares, then serve them as after dinner mints.

But seriously, folks …

I assume that you mean how to dispose of the stuff after it dries? I believe it is non-toxic, so you should be able to dilute it enough with water (if it is still gooey) so you can flush it, or let it dry completely and toss it out with the rubbish.
 
Roll it onto foamcore and use as heat activated foamcore :shrug:
Roll it onto release paper, when dry, remove and use as heat activated film :shrug:
Sop it into the roller and wrap in a grocery bag for the next job :shrug:

Richard, are you going to be at the Northern Rockies Chapter PPFA tradeshow in Bozeman March 31 ?
 
Place it in a water tight mylar encapsulation, then place that in a plastic biological container, make sure the bio. container is properly sealed and tagged. fill a 55 gallon steel drum with clean sand about 1/3rd full. Place the sealed bio. container into the drum then cover and fill the entire drum with the clean sand. Seal the drum according to manufacturers instructions.

Find an elevated area of land that is well above the water table for your area. Dig a hole that will be deep enough so that than drum will not be less than six feet in the upright position from the op of the hole. Carefully lower the drum, using an overhead winch, into the hole until it reaches the bottom. Remove all slings and cargo handling equipment from the drum, then cover completely with with dirt.

Be sure to go back about once each year to insure that the glue is not leaching, nor out-gassing from the container and burial site.

If it does appear to be having any problems whatsoever, you must dig up all the surrounding soil at least five yards in all directions from the drum. This soil must be cleaned thoroughly before returning it to the hole. The drum itself must be shipped to an appropriate bio hazard containment facility, be sure to check their license.

If non of the above seems to work, just toss it in the trash.

John
 
OMG! I accidentally licked my finger when I did that last fabric covered mat!

I'm doooooomed!!!!!
......................... :eek::eek::eek::eek:
 
Richard, I cover this very topic in chapter 1 of my "Fabric Wrapping 101" DVD.

Only dole out what you need.
Any time the roller is not "actively" being used, wrap in a plastic grocery sack. [It can stay there for a month.. but I tend to like washing it out on Saturday afternoon to dry for a few days.]

Any practice such as washing excess down the drain, or cleaning the roller every night is money down the drain.

Now it may seem counter intuitive for me to recommend not wasting a product that I make commission on.... but my real job is to teach you how to make better money, not waste it.

I hope this helps. If you need a DVD you can buy it from Frank's Fabric, PFM, or PPFA.
 
Rick Bergeron - CPF said:
...are you going to be at the Northern Rockies Chapter PPFA tradeshow in Bozeman March 31 ?
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I'll be there. I got a great lodging deal - my wife says I can stay at home!

Thanks, Baer, for the tip on keeping the extra glue. I hadn't thought of it. I'll have to get the DVD and see if you have anything on the topic of wrapping a fabric mat when the relative humidity is about -20%.

Great idea too, Rick. It would be like my own version of speed mount!
 
Brrrrr......

Baer, I meant to ask you in Vegas, but I forgot.....can it be frozen? I don't mean the entire bottle, just what's leftover in a pan. Don't laugh, when I used to art-paint (a bazillion years ago) I would save the paint for next time, both oil and acrylic, by covering it tightly with plastic wrap and putting it in the freezer. Just a few minutes out and it would thaw back to it's original consistancy. Saved a lot of paint like that.

Just a thought. Until we get used to how much is enough/not enough/too much.....:shrug:
 
Val said:
Baer, I meant to ask you in Vegas, but I forgot.....can it be frozen?
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Val, if I remember correctly when I corresponding with Baer last year regarding fabric wrapping questions, you don't want to freeze Frank's Fabric glue. I believe Frank actually stops shipping the glue via a ground method from late fall to spring just for that reason - so it won't be sitting in some cold warehouse/on a cold truck and ruin the glue.

I recently received a shipment from M&M Distributors that included some 12 packs of Nori paste. Unfortunately, the Nori paste arrived frozen (we had some -20C temperatures) and was ruined. Greg Fremstad is going to replace the packs in the spring when it warms up.

I think a lot of glues specifiy that they should be kept from freezing. I know the cabinmaker's glue from Lee Valley Tools, that I use when joining frames, specifically says to protect from freezing, as well as Lineco's Neutral ph Adhesive. I think the same goes for Frank's Fabric glue, even though it doesn't say on the label. Baer can certainly correct me if I'm mistaken..
 
Karen, you're absolutely right, I remember now, Baer said at Frank's booth about not shipping when it's freezing....sitting in a truck overnight, etc. Totally forgot about that. My brain is still recovering after WCAF...ow-ouch.

Thanks for the reminder. Now I'll probably get noodle-lashed by Baer now, for being an airhead.
 
I just love my students that pay attention. Great call Karen.

Val, why should you have your brains back already after vEgas.... nobody else does. ;) And some of us have to turn around and go back in a little over a week.

Richard 20% is almost moist! It means one of two things.. either work rapidly but accurately, or roll, wait about 30 minutes [or later in the day] then lay fabric and iron or use heat press with the drop-outs in place. Which I cover in Chapter two, but most people miss the reference the first 2-3 times through. :icon11:
 
Pssst....Baer....talk about paying attention....ahem....he said minus 20%!
 
Baer Charlton said:
I just love my students that pay attention. Great call Karen.
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Thanks, Baer. :icon19: I'm just happy that I remembered correctly! A lot of things seem to go in one ear and right out the other, these days, I'm sad to say.
 
Okay, okay, I guess I should've put in the I'm-jokin'-ya-Baer smiley guy. Do we have a B.S. Graemlin anywhere??

But he's right, in this low-humidity climate of ours, it sometimes feels like minus20%...like right now, my skin's so dry I just itched my arm bloody...band-aid alert.
 
Baer Charlton said:
Which I cover in Chapter two, but most people miss the reference the first 2-3 times through. :icon11:
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Thanks Baer. So I've got two chapters now. If I keep going, I may not need to buy the DVD! :popc: Actually, I will get the DVD. I need to learn how to work fabric better.
 
fabric video

I've never done any fabric....what video are you talking about? I would love to learn
 
DawnStendin said:
I've never done any fabric....what video are you talking about? I would love to learn
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Baer is one of the resident fabric experts. You'll learn that the longer you hang around here. He's got instructional DVD's to help the rest of us.
 
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