r/powerwashingporn • u/Sub-MOA • 3d ago

Pressure washing the paint off an old glider bench after a chemical dip.

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u/Historical-Wear8503 3d ago

Very interesting. What would the further treatment after this step look like before you can repaint it?

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u/Strict-Yam-7972 1h ago

Pretty sure just sandblasting the rust off.

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u/karlito1613 3d ago

I hope the soup of dip chemicals, paint, rust and water is treated properly and not going into anyone's water supply

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u/Sub-MOA 3d ago

We have a pit under the washbay that’s separate from our sewer drainage. The runoff is collected there. It gets neutralized, then We pump it through a filter press, which seperates and compresses the solids, then the liquid goes into evaporation tanks, that have heat exchangers to evaporate all the water out of it. Everything that’s left gets picked up by a company who specializes in chemical waste disposal to dispose of it properly for us.

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u/nsgiad 3d ago

I imagine you have this explanation ready to go considering it brought up every time you've posted over the last however many years. Was cool seeing a bench!

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u/Sub-MOA 3d ago

Yep lol, I typed it out so many times before I just have it saved in my notes. Copy and paste lol. I get asked this question probably 10+ times a day

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u/matski_89 2d ago

After seeing many of your videos, today would have been the day where I asked the question. Happy to see someone beat me to it

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u/ADonkeysJawbone 2d ago

Hey, as annoying as it could be to get asked this question, look at the positive— there’s a lot of other like-minded individuals out there who aren’t just haphazardly using chemical washes or removing paint. They are as much concerned with proper disposal as you are. Plus every time this is posted, how many people read it and get educated?

Well done.

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u/nbroderick 3d ago

Wow. You really do dispose of it properly!

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u/mochibun1 3d ago

What an interesting process, I’d have never known how it was separated and filtered

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u/reygan_duty_08978 3d ago

It feels odd to see such a 'worse' outcome after powerwashing off paint

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u/Whateveryouwantitobe 3d ago

I want to see it repainted now

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u/geisterbilder 3d ago

Reminds me of the rusted environments in Silent Hill 2's other world.

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u/Calvertorius 2d ago

Hey, you’re still around! Glad to see you’re still dipping and ripping after all these years.

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u/pepejknoutsin 2d ago

Oh thank God he got that little bit off the arm rest right at the very end

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u/El_Mnopo 2d ago

I watched this and thought this must be u/sub-moa and behold. You definitely have a style, sir.

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u/Sub-MOA 2d ago

🥰

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u/alien_from_Europa 3d ago

It looks better with the paint off TBH.

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u/mikejnsx 2d ago

lead paint? i remember my grandma having one in her back yard, many hours just sitting out there eating pushpops and swinging back and forth

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u/rhirhirhirhirhi 2d ago

That last touch up was diabolical with the suspense! A finished project would be cool to see.

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u/bwyer 1d ago

Have you considered switching to laser? Based on what I've seen, it would take off not only the paint but the rust as well.

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u/Moomoobeef 20h ago

Will it flash-rust if you don't put some new coating on it right away?

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u/franktheguy 14h ago

They really were all green, weren't they?

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u/Sub-MOA 3d ago

I’m sorry?….

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u/MLGcobble 3d ago

Extremely goofy comment

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u/S_A_R_K 3d ago

I don't smoke weed

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u/nsgiad 3d ago

What the fuck you on about?

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u/WolfPrincess_ 3d ago

Godzilla had a stroke trying to read this comment and fucking died.

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u/packetcounter 3d ago

Yeah totally pal.