Best Method To PreMix and Store Strippers and Cleaners?

[fireandrain]

I'm getting tired of mixing up my batchs of efc38 and hd80 at the jobsite, curious how any of you guys deal with pre-mixing and storing your mixes.

I dont have room for big drum containers, so it would have to be in smaller batchs. My thought was 5'ers with tight lids... Anything better out there? Are my strippers gonna degrade in anyway by having them sit in 5'ers pre-mixed for a couple of weeks between projects?

 

[CaroliProWash]

This doesn't address your issue but puts a spin on why powders and mixing on site is a beautiful thing

Automobile Accidents! If your chems are premixed and some idiot wrecks you, you have a Hazmat occurance - liquids go everywhere, in the ground, on other people, etc... Mess to clean up, insurance won't cover it.

If your powder spills out, it's a much easier clean up and it's not in its worst form.

Second - unless you are extremely anal about doing test areas and have absolute certainty that you know exactly how much product you're going to need on any given job - what if you don't take enough? Those lovely little containers hardly take up any room and you know you always have enough on board....although I guess you can still take those unmixed.

Third - do you have kids or pets or neighbors with kids or pets? What if something turned over? I know I hate having any chems on our property but I'd definitely prefer a 10 pound bucket I can easily store up high than worrying about a 5'ver that gets spilled.

If it is even a small possibility of it being safer to have powders and mix as you go, there should be no question at all. Do it on site and keep your accident occurance down!!

Celeste

 

[fireandrain]

good point! Never thought of that. Thanks for lookin' out! [hello]

 

[MR ALAN]

Are my strippers gonna degrade in anyway by having them sit in 5'ers pre-mixed for a couple of weeks between projects?

HD80 will not, but the EFC 38 will as it is a percarbonate.