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Posted by kellyj00@gmail.com on November 15, 2006, 8:52 am
I run latex paint down the drains all the time when I'm cleaning
brushes and stufff.... just run a tremendous amount of water to dilute
the stuff.
Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm sure I'm violating some sort of
environmental law somewhere.
As far as acetone goes...that stuff is wicked strong. I can't imagine
it doing anything good to your disposal or pipes.
Here's my solution, make sure there isn't a spoon or rag in there
before you go to much trouble. (UNPLUG IT FIRST, THEN PROVE IT SAFE BY
OPERATING THE SWITCH. Treat putting your hand in a gargage disposal
the same as a loaded gun.)
If that isn't the case, take the disposal off and take it apart if you
can. (loosen the three screws, usually slot head, from the bottom...the
unit will rotate then fall right off. There's probably illustrations
online if you're concerned) Once the disposal is taken down and apart,
you'll see your acrylic paint all over the the blade impeller
thingymajig. At this point, start cutting it away from the shaft until
the blades rotate freely.
Then pat yourself on the back, you've successfully colored the blades
of your disposal.
Also note, new disposals aren't that expensive. It may be time for a
new one anyhow if yours doesn't have a hex lug on the bottom to clear a
jam. I find this a useful feature once a month.
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Posted by on November 16, 2006, 8:46 am
kellyj00@gmail.com wrote:
> I run latex paint down the drains all the time when I'm cleaning
> brushes and stufff.... just run a tremendous amount of water to dilute
> the stuff.
>
> Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm sure I'm violating some sort of
> environmental law somewhere.
>
> As far as acetone goes...that stuff is wicked strong. I can't imagine
> it doing anything good to your disposal or pipes.
>
> Here's my solution, make sure there isn't a spoon or rag in there
> before you go to much trouble. (UNPLUG IT FIRST, THEN PROVE IT SAFE BY
> OPERATING THE SWITCH. Treat putting your hand in a gargage disposal
> the same as a loaded gun.)
> If that isn't the case, take the disposal off and take it apart if you
> can. (loosen the three screws, usually slot head, from the bottom...the
> unit will rotate then fall right off. There's probably illustrations
> online if you're concerned) Once the disposal is taken down and apart,
> you'll see your acrylic paint all over the the blade impeller
> thingymajig. At this point, start cutting it away from the shaft until
> the blades rotate freely.
>
> Then pat yourself on the back, you've successfully colored the blades
> of your disposal.
>
> Also note, new disposals aren't that expensive. It may be time for a
> new one anyhow if yours doesn't have a hex lug on the bottom to clear a
> jam. I find this a useful feature once a month.
Unless this was some kind of super paint, my vote is that the paint is
unrelated to the problem. I think a disposal is enclosed enough and
wet enough that it's unlikely paint could dry that much overnight.
Plus, you'd normally run water at the same time, or to rinse off
brushes, etc, wouldn't you? That would carry most of it away and leave
the rest real thinned out. You wouldn't just pour a quart of paint in
and leave it, would you?
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Posted by Kyle on November 16, 2006, 1:46 pm
sdrost01@hotmail.com wrote:
> I am an amateur artist, just beginning to learn this craft. Last night
> I made the boneheaded mistake of pouring leftover acrylic paint into my
> garbage disposal. Now my poor garbage disposal appears to be jammed
> tight - it only hums when I switch it on (which I only do for a second,
> because I don't want to burn out the motor).
You haven't mentioned in the discussion whether or not you were running
water when you poured the paint, or just poured it. If you were running
water, chances are something else is jamming it, if you just poured the
paint, then, yeah, you may have painted the sucker stuck.
If you go the hex wrench route in trying to free up the disposal,
MacGyver yourself a long handle for the wrench - at least 12". You want
as much leverage as possible to free up the blades.
Whether or not you do that, I would recommend pouring acetone down the
disposal only under the following conditions: (1) that the disposal has
no plastic pipe leaving the disposal chamber, and (2) that you remove
the disposal from the sink and drain and pour the acetone in the unit
outside.
And I'd like to put in my 2 cents' worth about not putting stuff other
than water down the kitchen drain. Garbage disposals are more problems
than they're worth - all that food doesn't get ground up finely enough
and if you have any kind of low spot or belly in your sewer line, it
lays there, hardens and blocks the drain. Since I stopped using my
garbage disposal two years ago, I haven't had to have the plumber out
to auger the line...
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Posted by mm on November 18, 2006, 1:58 pm
>sdrost01@hotmail.com wrote:
>> I am an amateur artist, just beginning to learn this craft. Last night
>> I made the boneheaded mistake of pouring leftover acrylic paint into my
>> garbage disposal. Now my poor garbage disposal appears to be jammed
>> tight - it only hums when I switch it on (which I only do for a second,
>> because I don't want to burn out the motor).
>
>You haven't mentioned in the discussion whether or not you were running
>water when you poured the paint, or just poured it. If you were running
>water, chances are something else is jamming it, if you just poured the
>paint, then, yeah, you may have painted the sucker stuck.
>
>If you go the hex wrench route in trying to free up the disposal,
>MacGyver yourself a long handle for the wrench - at least 12". You want
>as much leverage as possible to free up the blades.
The problem with that is, when I tried it, that I was afraid I would
break the connection to the drain pipe, or the drain pipe itself.
There is no doubt that the whole disposal was moving and the pipes
were challenged by that. I tried to hold on to the disposal while I
turned but I was alone and it was stuffed under the sink with a
cabinet around it, so no success there.
If I used the thing more often, it wouldn't gather rust. This time it
had been more than 3 months. After the first one rusted/froze shut
after 19 years, and disassembling it led nowhere, I gave up and just
replaced this one (maybe 10 years old). I too would think he could
break the paint if that was the problem.
>Whether or not you do that, I would recommend pouring acetone down the
>disposal only under the following conditions: (1) that the disposal has
>no plastic pipe leaving the disposal chamber,
What about the fact that most disposals have plastic tops to the food
chamber?
>and (2) that you remove
>the disposal from the sink and drain and pour the acetone in the unit
>outside.
That might take care of it.
>And I'd like to put in my 2 cents' worth about not putting stuff other
>than water down the kitchen drain. Garbage disposals are more problems
>than they're worth - all that food doesn't get ground up finely enough
>and if you have any kind of low spot or belly in your sewer line, it
>lays there, hardens and blocks the drain. Since I stopped using my
>garbage disposal two years ago, I haven't had to have the plumber out
>to auger the line...
I don't actually even intentionally grind anything up. Thbat's why I
use it so rarely. And I keep a strainer in the sink which I empty
into the waste basket. But food sneaks in and makes it hard for the
water to drain. Then I run the disposal. I think if I would remember
to run it once a week, it would last for 40 years.
I lost my own clothes washer once because for 3 or 6 months I went to
a neighbor building where I could do 2 loads at once and where there
were dryers. The Whirlpool Cool Line spent lots of time with me, but
the main bearing had rusted no-rotate and rusted in place as well, so
I couldn't even get the thing out.
I think the same thing happens with garbage disposals.
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Posted by on November 18, 2006, 9:40 pm
wrote:
[...]
>And I'd like to put in my 2 cents' worth about not putting stuff other
>>than water down the kitchen drain. Garbage disposals are more problems
>>than they're worth - all that food doesn't get ground up finely enough
>>and if you have any kind of low spot or belly in your sewer line, it
>>lays there, hardens and blocks the drain. Since I stopped using my
>>garbage disposal two years ago, I haven't had to have the plumber out
>>to auger the line
[...]
Hear. hear! I hardly use mine at all. Table scraps and veg peels,
etc. (non-meat or fat) go into the compost jar. Meat, fat, bones go
in the trash. Only thing that goes down the disposal is lemon rinds
for disinfecting.
Am still recovering from a big Thanksgiving dinner I threw 'n' years
ago, when, night before dinner, all preparations on track, I put
CELERY down the disposal! Even as I did it, a dull bell tolled in the
back of my mind. Too bad it wasn't in the front of my mind. Whole
story would make a strong man cry.. I got through the dinner next
day somehow, with a stopped-up sink... whatta nightmare!
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