Re: The horrors of bleach!!!

On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:38:57 GMT, Woodie <woodie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>I've neglected my tools for two months now. I haven't been in the shop 
>in that long, I admit.
>But I wasn't prepared for what I saw on my tablesaw today.
>A two inch thick layer of sawdust on the cast iron top, with a leaking 
>bottle of bleach sitting on the sawdust.
>
>Apparently my ex wife (as if I needed another reason to be angry at her) 
>allowed a neighbor to use the saw some time ago while I was out of town.
>He didn't clean off the sawdust. Why the leaky bleach bottle was placed 
>on top I'll never know.
>
>Bleach is a powerful oxidizer, and it took 15 minutes with a nylon scrub 
>pad on the ROS just to get the caked, rusty sawdust off.
>
>But now I've got these huge black stains on the top that will probably 
>never come off.
>
>Grumble, grumble...


Sad story.  A leaking bottle of bleach can do a lot of unexpected
damage.  I let everyone in the house know my shop is off-limits to
everyone.