Lessons learned from Dumpster

Tony Shelton

Tony Shelton

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Chris asked me to go with him and take picks of a nasty dumpster at a closed pizza joint. He planned to do half and take before and after pics.

Lessons learned:

1) A regular dumpster and the grease dump clean differently
2) 1 cup (legal cup, not the Russ, big gulp cup) caustic to one gallon is NOT hot enough for 1/2 inch deep grease.
3) Grease in previously exposed aggregate is especially difficult to get out.
4) $25.00 dumpster specials come out to exactly $6.25 per hour at the rate we were going.
5) Make sure the dumpster you are cleaning actually belongs to the closed pizza joint, or the manager of the place next door will come out and ask you why you are cleaning on his property.


Here are some pics. He cleaned starting about 4 inches out from the grease dumpster.

Any suggestions?
 

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This is one of those times that a floor scraper will come in really handy. I bet the manager was grateful for the free demo...
 
Scott Stone said:
This is one of those times that a floor scraper will come in really handy. I bet the manager was grateful for the free demo...
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"You no charge for this right?" "Ok, Ok, you no charge you ok"

That was his exact words.
 
Christopher said:
Come on now Tony, you can find a real dirty dumpster pad.

Yes, you need that mix hotter than that.

Remember when dealing with those chems, be very careful and wear proper protection for your eyes, face, hands, feet, etc....

Looks like you are on the right path.



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This was his first time mixing chems. He wore gloves, glasses, a mask, rainsuit, bulletproof vest and a condom.

We only mixed a gallon and put in half of a 11 oz coffee can of the good stuff. How much should we have put in?

Also, we are using the highest quality pumpup from Lowes. It has viton seals. Its 3 gallons. After spraying do you guys leave it in the sprayer or dump it into another container and run fresh water through it?
 
Aint grease great? With thick grease buildup there is no replacement for elbow grease, scrape it off. Then let your chem get the rest of it off down to the surface you are trying to clean. You could just blast it off but grease has a nasty habit of coming off one surface and depositing itself on another.

I see you made chinaman real happy cause you gib him goo plice.
 
Low baller...

I use the green gilmore pump ups. I do not down stream, because I think it dilutes the chemicals too much. As for the strength of the chemicals, since I do not use pure beads, I can't tell you. It seems like it would be enough, but...
 
Man, I was hoping not to have to empty the chemical out every day. I wonder how long they will last without doing that.

Ours is a gilmore too. The sprayer is good, I don't care too much for the wand.

Thanks for the advice on scraping. We should have scraped to the ground first.
 
I have found that when using strong chems, the gun is the first thing to go bad so now I just replace the gun with a gun that works great for all kinds of chems and I have no problems.

I have stored all kinds of chemicals in the sprayers but I try to keep the level of chems below the pump mechanism so the chems don't attack the rubber flapper valve at the bottom.

You could get a 5 gallon bucket to store the chems in but make sure you label your pump up sprayers and buckets very good as you do not want to mix certain chemicals.

Don't rely on Markers, they fade in a short time or quickly out in the sun.

I am looking for labels that will last for the buckets and pump up sprayers but the Avery type I do not think would last too long. Need to find something better that will not fade quick out in the sun or if they get wet.


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Chris there was a tag I used on spare parts inventory at the ammonia plant. Dont remember the name but it looked like aluminum, it is a paper base core and water proof, but the surface is impressionable. You write your description as an impression on the tag.

Ever seen or heard of it, dont know who makes it, but I will look around on the web
 
Christopher said:
Don't rely on Markers, they fade in a short time or quickly out in the sun.

I am looking for labels that will last for the buckets and pump up sprayers but the Avery type I do not think would last too long. Need to find something better that will not fade quick out in the sun or if they get wet.
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We used to use some sort of chart tape. They come in different colors. We could color code what levels of what chemicals went in on a 5 gallon bucket (ie: Caustic is 2" high with red, bleach mixed to the 4" yellow line....) and on our wood stuff where it was just one chemical it would let us know what was in the bucket period. We have some of the old buckets still around with the tape still around it. Only down fall I remember is remembering what colors signified what chemical. lol
 
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