When I was young, my mother worked as a school lunchroom manager. She used to bring the dirty kitchen towels home and wash and dry them. Even tough the towels had been washed in Tide, we still ended up with a clothes dryer fire. The fire marshal attributed the fire to the towels still having some cooking oil in them, even after being washed. His recommendation was to wash them on a heavy-duty cycle and dry them on a low heat setting.Although letting rags dry will reduce the spontaneous combustion threat, they still remain easily ignited, especially any masking with powdery overspray on it. Something as little as a static spark can be enough to start them burning. Treat them as combustible waste.
.... and if you spill diesel fuel on your clothes, just throw them away - if you're married. AMHIKT.When I was young, my mother worked as a school lunchroom manager. She used to bring the dirty kitchen towels home and wash and dry them. Even tough the towels had been washed in Tide, we still ended up with a clothes dryer fire. The fire marshal attributed the fire to the towels still having some cooking oil in them, even after being washed. His recommendation was to wash them on a heavy-duty cycle and dry them on a low heat setting.
This video just seemed way to pizaz and weak on reality (see my comments above) - As suspected-another engineer made a debunking video on this
His name is AVE- Canadian, well read and talented engineer. However, his language can be offensive as he uses a fair amount of profanity.
Debunking the bourbon moth's video. - Interesting video makes some very salient points.
I'm not an engineer, so I won't pretend to know the details. I will say Bourbonmoth did address the AVE response video on his podcast. I don't understand what sponsored product he is trying to sell by faking this scenario. He is sponsored by Rubio and that is one of the ones that "caught fire" in his video.Yes, and the response from the original video creator is telling- keeps the faked video up and aggressively deletes comments calling it out instead of addressing it.
When someone fakes a scenario like that to scare viewers in other to sell them a sponsored product, they are no better than a thief IMO.
The very first affiliate link and one of the products he kept circling back to show with the product name clearly framed was the "fireproof" trash can.I'm not an engineer, so I won't pretend to know the details. I will say Bourbonmoth did address the AVE response video on his podcast. I don't understand what sponsored product he is trying to sell by faking this scenario. He is sponsored by Rubio and that is one of the ones that "caught fire" in his video.
Fair enough. I honestly don't ever look at the links. I do like his content, but agree he has moved away from woodworking into click bait since he has gone full time content creator.The very first affiliate link and one of the products he kept circling back to show with the product name clearly framed was the "fireproof" trash can.
I'm not begrudging anyone for making a buck and he has good content but about half of his videos are product placement or outright interstitial advertisements for squarespace or policy genius or whatever.
Dishonesty however is very reprehensible, especially when you are advertising products.
I would not believe either of these guys. But we do know that rags soaked in polymerizing oils can and do spontaneously combust. Whether that happened in the video is unknowable. YouTube has become a haven for deceptive, attention-seeking, snake-oil salesmen. And I don't need a video to convince anyone of that fact.Interestingly, AvE (an extremely popular YouTuber who is more of a metal and cnc channel who makes up interesting Canadian swear words) just released a video that is fairly compelling.
While he doesn't debate that rags soaked in polymerizing oils can catch fire, he makes a convincing argument that the bourbon moth guy from the original video either can change clothes in 2 seconds, or that he engaged in some shenanigans to make a more interesting youtube video.
There is some harsh language.
Always lay your used rags flat to dry. Outside under a rock is best.
I have seen so many distortions and outright lies, not to mention the just plain dumb stuff, that I am probably more skeptical than I need to be. I like a lot of the woodworking and woodturning videos on YouTube, there are some real craftsmen putting out great videos. However, I tend to avoid anything that is presented like a reality show, where there is just too much drama to attention-seeking behavior for my liking. For real advice, I would turn to NCWW way before I would trust someone that none of us know on YouTube.Pete,
Outside of NCWW.net, who can you trust?