I Tried To Burn Down My Shop || This Video Will Save Your Shop

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1. Thomas Johnson mentions this a lot in his furniture restoration videos but this visual demonstration adds evidence to what some might dismiss as a minor risk. Thanks for sharing.
   Just one addition thought: you had to put the bin down to open the door – emergency exit doors should open outwards to make escape quicker.

2. Also remember that when the rags have dried out there is still a fire risk. As something else could set them off. The explosive called Guncotton (Nitrocellulose) was discovered when spilled acid was cleaned up with cotton rags which then dried out and nitrated into Guncotton.
   Perhaps the safest way of disposal would be to just burn them all in a purpose made incinerator.

3. ok… Now you made me think of all the rags I left unattended in my shop soaked in linseed oil. One more question; any idea what was the humidity level in your shop?

4. 1 in 6 chance, holy shit. I put Rubio rags in my bin last week, that’ll be the last time I do it!

5. Thank you for posting this. Does anyone have any views on keeping oily rags in sealed containers to avoid this kind of scenario? Like glass jars, tins etc?

6. A really interesting and scary video. Thanks for showing commitment to our safety.

7. this was a great learning tool, watching this and thinking about all the times I put boiled linseed oil rags just in the trash. I'm ordering a proper trash can for my shop!

8. Great and important video mr. This is an added reason why I have a woodstove in my shop. All rags and such go in there after use, (in winter i fire them up)
   Using a powder based extinguisher inside your shop, is not the best of ideas. It is a problem for Electrics down the line. If i am not to mistaken, if a small fire happens and a powder chemical is used here in my country inside a home, appliances is written of and changed as a part of the insurance claim.
   I keep a foam based extinguisher in my shop, and a CO2 where I have my Laser cutter.
   Having a fireblanket is also very convinient.
   But thanks for the video and fingers crossed you will not get problems with the electronics in you tools 🙂 you did't empty to much of the can.
   Have a nice day and soon happy easter.

   Best regards
   Norway.

9. This is eye-opening!! Dude, I was using just one sort of oil (Osmo Hartwax Oil) and them rags never ignited! But I guess I was just extreme lucky!!
   This video will or has already change my view onto this! Thank you very very much!! ????

10. Thanks Jason for bringing this issue up, and showing how easy fires can start even when we think its safe. The fact that you've shown from the experiment that it's at least a 1 in 6 chance this can happen at any time in variable circumstances says alot,
    We are complacent at times or in a rush to get away, and by doing this can lead to catastrophic results not only risking our lively hoods or hobbies but all the risk to life especially if a shop is attached to a dwelling and ignition starts in the early hours without anyone being aware,
    Time to put a fire alarm in my shop I think, just in case.
    Again thank you for doing this experiment and showing how hazardous oily rags can be.
    I will be sharing this in a few groups to spread the word on this as I feel it's an extremely important thing to be aware of ????????

11. This man is a true Rubio Monocoat fan, he even polishes his fires with it! Great video, I always thought that it could happen but that it was unlikely, but 3 starting really shows that it's not as much of a fluke as I thought. A couple extra surprises were the reignition, and realizing how quickly one of those plastic trash cans turns to putty. That could have spread a fire even more in a shop scenario, where cans are frequently against a wall, next to a scrap bin, or under a bench to be out of the way.

12. Seems like a random / not random scenario. Remember it only needs a small area of the materials to have a temp spike and something in there will flame up overtaking the observed temperatures very rapidly after the initial reaction. Once the chemicals do their thing, straight-up fuel will do the rest.

13. fir triangle smother, cool, starve. I guess the reason the higher temp one didn't go up 1st is because lack of oxygen

14. My shop teacher in highschool 45 years ago told us the best then to do is put them in water. You have a slop sink fill it with water and put your used rages in it.
    Replace your spent Kiddels they are one use and toss in the trash you cant refill them.

15. If you only watch one video this year… it should be this one.

16. Thank You for this incredible Video!

17. Thanks for this.
    I'm a qualified fire investigator and I have been to several fires relating to oily rags. Restaurant owners should also take note – oily rags that are washed, and then left damp in a pile can also spontaneously combust (they still have lots of oil in them).

18. I keep an old rusty woodstove outside my shop specifically for rags and useless scraps… At the end of the day all rags with any kind of finish or solvent on them are put in the stove and burnt regardless of how dry they are i never put them in a trashcan or bag or lay them on the floor

19. Wow, about 22:50. I was thinking, what the hell would you have done if they all caught fire simultaneously.

20. Slowly converting the channel into Bourbon Science!
    I'm way scared of this happening, especially since my workshop is in the cellar of our house, so if a fire starts we are literary toast. I soak my oily rags in water or throw them in the fire, just to be safe.

21. WOW, thank for doing such a video.

22. I've heard about that, but never seen it. And Rubio? Woow. Thanks

23. Yep… did a woodworking course many years ago and this was lesson no.1

24. If I had to nominate one of your videos as being the most impactful, this one would be it. GREAT, GREAT VIDEO to be shared by all.????????????????????

25. Doesn't that broccoli taste a little smoky after that Laphroaig? Love that whiskey, had it at my wedding ❤

26. Thanks for this video, Jason. A fire needs 3 things; food (oily rags, etc), an ignition source (in this case, spontaneous from a chemical reaction) and oxygen. Take away any one and the fire won't start, or will go out. The bins with lids and the powder extinguisher cut off the oxygen. The fires outside restarted because oxygen was able to seep back in (from a breeze possibly?) Thank you again, I know I won't be so complacent in the future!

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