It’s illegal to dispose of it down the drain or into the environment.Your local recycling centre should be able to dispose of it

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On 20/04/2022 14:45, Mike10 wrote:
> It’s illegal to dispose of it down the drain or into the
> environment.Your local recycling centre should be able to dispose of it
>

And anyone with a brain does not dispose of it, he/she pours it into
a suitable large glass container like an 800ml helmans glass jar
and when the solids have settled to the bottom, the supernatant
white spirit can be carefully poured off and re-used to wash out
future paint brushes .

When the solids have become a sticky mess they can be wiped out
with old newspaper and chucked in the normal rubbish bin.

On 20/04/2022 15:50, Andrew wrote:
> On 20/04/2022 14:45, Mike10 wrote:
>> It’s illegal to dispose of it down the drain or into the
>> environment.Your local recycling centre should be able to dispose of it
>>
>
> And anyone with a brain does not dispose of it, he/she pours it into
> a suitable large glass container like an 800ml helmans glass jar
> and when the solids have settled to the bottom, the supernatant
> white spirit can be carefully poured off and re-used to wash out
> future paint brushes .
>
> When the solids have become a sticky mess they can be wiped out
> with old newspaper and chucked in the normal rubbish bin.

Exactly what I do but some paints these days don't seem to settle out
unless left for months. I still use the top bit of of my settling white
spirit bottle as the pre-wash for brushes, and then a very little clean
spirit for the final wash.

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On Wednesday, 20 April 2022 at 18:15:19 UTC+1, alan_m wrote:
> On 20/04/2022 15:50, Andrew wrote:
> > On 20/04/2022 14:45, Mike10 wrote:
> >> It’s illegal to dispose of it down the drain or into the
> >> environment.Your local recycling centre should be able to dispose of it
> >>
> >
> > And anyone with a brain does not dispose of it, he/she pours it into
> > a suitable large glass container like an 800ml helmans glass jar
> > and when the solids have settled to the bottom, the supernatant
> > white spirit can be carefully poured off and re-used to wash out
> > future paint brushes .
> >
> > When the solids have become a sticky mess they can be wiped out
> > with old newspaper and chucked in the normal rubbish bin.
> Exactly what I do but some paints these days don't seem to settle out
> unless left for months. I still use the top bit of of my settling white
> spirit bottle as the pre-wash for brushes, and then a very little clean
> spirit for the final wash.

the other option is use bottles to solar distill it.

On 21/04/2022 00:38, Animal wrote:
> On Wednesday, 20 April 2022 at 18:15:19 UTC+1, alan_m wrote:
>> On 20/04/2022 15:50, Andrew wrote:
>>> On 20/04/2022 14:45, Mike10 wrote:
>>>> It’s illegal to dispose of it down the drain or into the
>>>> environment.Your local recycling centre should be able to dispose of it
>>>>
>>>
>>> And anyone with a brain does not dispose of it, he/she pours it into
>>> a suitable large glass container like an 800ml helmans glass jar
>>> and when the solids have settled to the bottom, the supernatant
>>> white spirit can be carefully poured off and re-used to wash out
>>> future paint brushes .
>>>
>>> When the solids have become a sticky mess they can be wiped out
>>> with old newspaper and chucked in the normal rubbish bin.
>> Exactly what I do but some paints these days don't seem to settle out
>> unless left for months. I still use the top bit of of my settling white
>> spirit bottle as the pre-wash for brushes, and then a very little clean
>> spirit for the final wash.
>
> the other option is use bottles to solar distill it.

If you are not "recycling", just leave it in something like an old
washing up bowl in the garden and it magically disappears.

On 20/04/2022 15:50, Andrew wrote:
> On 20/04/2022 14:45, Mike10 wrote:
>> It’s illegal to dispose of it down the drain or into the
>> environment.Your local recycling centre should be able to dispose of it
>>
>
> And anyone with a brain does not dispose of it, he/she pours it into
> a suitable large glass container like an 800ml helmans glass jar
> and when the solids have settled to the bottom, the supernatant
> white spirit can be carefully poured off and re-used to wash out
> future paint brushes .
>
> When the solids have become a sticky mess they can be wiped out
> with old newspaper and chucked in the normal rubbish bin.

Thats what I do

On Mon, 02 May 2022 19:45:34 +0100, rick wrote:

> On 20/04/2022 15:50, Andrew wrote:
>> On 20/04/2022 14:45, Mike10 wrote:
>>> It’s illegal to dispose of it down the drain or into the
>>> environment.Your local recycling centre should be able to dispose of
>>> it
>>>
>>>
>> And anyone with a brain does not dispose of it, he/she pours it into a
>> suitable large glass container like an 800ml helmans glass jar and when
>> the solids have settled to the bottom, the supernatant white spirit can
>> be carefully poured off and re-used to wash out future paint brushes .
>>
>> When the solids have become a sticky mess they can be wiped out with
>> old newspaper and chucked in the normal rubbish bin.
>
>
>
> Thats what I do

It will burn quite nicely.