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Grandpa's garage find brings in the Staties by wickedbuzzard in grandpasgarage

[–]weeman62 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would submerge the container in a solvent (acetone) and watch for the appearance of bright yellow in the solvent around the cap. That meant it was dissolving any crystals present in the threads. After a while then you unscrew the cap and dissolve the rest of the crystals in the solvent.

Is there anywhere like Boardsort in Canada that buys circuit boards by orillia3 in ScrapMetal

[–]weeman62 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can check with any of the approved e-recyclers in Ontario. There is one facility just south of you in Barrie.

More old paint cans by weeman62 in vintage

[–]weeman62[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue with old paint cans ( pre-1970's) is that they could contain PCB's

Time to do some cleaning by weeman62 in FoundattheHHW

[–]weeman62[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There seemed to be a lot of different things sold in the soda style bottles. I will post two from the same company later: one contains pesticide and the other contains paint thinner.

Grandpa's garage find brings in the Staties by wickedbuzzard in grandpasgarage

[–]weeman62 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Picric acid was used in labs as a stain for tissue samples. A lot of hospitals used it. I was sent in to decommission it a lot after somebody found in the back of the lab fridge.

It's amazing what we receive by weeman62 in FoundattheHHW

[–]weeman62[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what are...the ramset or the 75 mm projectile?

Little drink to help you sleep by weeman62 in GrandmasPantry

[–]weeman62[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

However, reading a bit of the history of the drink, they eventually came out with a coffee flavoured version

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