Flammable safety cabinet for finishes
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Flammable safety cabinet for finishes.

I've been just storing finishes on my shop floor in milk and wooden crates.  What do you all recommend as a best practice to store them 
safely that won't break the bank?

I see cabinets like the following, but it's a bit more than I want to spend:

https://smile.amazon.com/Sandusky-SC450F...150&sr=8-3

Thanks,

      Dave
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#12
Keeping yourself, your shop, your tools, your home and even your family safe (if your shop is your garage) safe is worth that kind of money.

I store all my flammable in a flam locker. It's a full size locker. Being an ex firefighter I've seen first hand what these chemicals can do and it ain't pretty.. So I highly recommend getting one.

Check CL. Sometimes shops that are going out of business well sell them.
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(01-12-2020, 04:12 PM)Koda64 Wrote: Keeping yourself, your shop, your tools, your home and even your family safe (if your shop is your garage) safe is worth that kind of money.

I store all my flammable in a flam locker. It's a full size locker. Being an ex firefighter I've seen first hand what these chemicals can do and it ain't pretty.. So I highly recommend getting one.

Check CL. Sometimes shops that are going out of business well sell them.

Thanks Koda
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#14
That's certainly what I'm looking for....but I don't need one quite that large.It's only the solvent based finishes (and the solvents themselves)  need to keep safe and one that size would be overkill for the inventory I usually have on hand. I'd like to get a second one for my reloading supplies (smokeless powder). I keep watching CL hoping to snag one or maybe 2.
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(01-12-2020, 03:09 PM)davco Wrote: Flammable safety cabinet for finishes.

I've been just storing finishes on my shop floor in milk and wooden crates.  What do you all recommend as a best practice to store them 
safely that won't break the bank?

I see cabinets like the following, but it's a bit more than I want to spend:

https://smile.amazon.com/Sandusky-SC450F...150&sr=8-3

Thanks,

      Dave

I have one this size but only because it was free.  Surprisingly its full too
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An old refrigerator in a pinch until a flame cab can be procured.
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#17
Watch craigslist and local auctions.

I got one from a local car audio business that closed down. Its one of the ones thats like 50" wide and 36" tall. IIRC it was $150. Retail was like $700 when I bought it.

Ive seen at least 50 over the past two years at least.

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#18
I use a metal Craftsman shop cabinet.  When they were Sears, they were on sale often enough that I got mine on sale.  I doubt I spent more than $200 on it.
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#19
Just curious as to the dangers you all see with just storing these products in shop made cabinets or just having them on a shelf.

Do you smoke in your shop?  Do you have open flame somewhere in the shop?

I have maybe a half dozen quarts of poly and oil along with a few gallon of lacquer thinner, DA, mineral spirits stored in my wood cabinets.

Just wondering what you see the real danger here being.

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#20
A long time ago, I found that standard file cabinet drawers are the perfect height for both rattle cans (large and standard), and gallons of solvents,  I went to the Habitat Restore and got a couple large cabinets to replace my standard skinny one. One I use under the wing of my table saw for blades and stuff, and the other I made into a miter saw station. It came with a desk top I raised up on a frame (the whole thing is on a piece of 1/2' OSB so I can move it easily). I insulated it with foam board and added a gun cabinet heater. Keeps my glues and stuff above freezing (detached garage). I have plenty of room for brushes, painters pyramids, rollers, etc in there too. It's metal... near the garage door... sturdy... I know it't not a true flammables cabinet, but like you I looked and they're expensive. I still keep my eye out for sales, I'd consider adding one and transferring some things to it down the line. But for $25 plus some materials this was tough to beat. 

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