which type of antifreeze for storage

[tommays]

Re: which type of antifreeze for storage

well i dont no how it works in other parts of the USA but in NY when i spill a chemical in my yard it enters the ground and enters the water table were it then flows to who ever happens to drink that water <br /><br />and the corrosion inhibitors are the most toxic part of the blend<br /><br />since you can use FWC or salt away if you have RW cooling to protect your motor from rust why use something that says it will harm your pets and children and that it should not be flushed<br /><br />salt away is safe to flush and has EPA approval for this use<br /><br /><br />30 years ago it was ok to use oil at the race track for dust control i dont think anybody would even conisder doing that today they use a sprinkler system and get the same result<br />tommays

 

[waterone1@aol.com]

Re: which type of antifreeze for storage

It is amazing to me how many sudden "enviromentalist" people come out of the woodwork as soon as you say the words anti-freeze.<br />While I would not advocate dumping antifreeze on the ground, or worse yet, taking an engine full of anti-freeze to the lake in the spring to "pump it out" there, I still contend that using antifreeze in our boats once a year is no worse than what we do to the enviroment all summer long.<br />Anyone that is a pleasure boater cannot possible claim to truly care about the enviroment. Unless you are running a sailboat, or perhaps an electric trolling motor, aren't we all contibuting to pollution just by boating, just for the fun of it ? Last weekend I took my cabin cruiser on a small trip, I think my twin mercruisers gobbled up about 150 gallons of gas. How many people could get back and forth to work for a week on 150 gallons of gas ? How many boats on the water today still have carburators, and no type of smog reducing equipment ? How many are still burning a mixture of gas and oil ? How many marina's across the country are full of boats sucking up electricity conected to shore power so the air conditioning and refridgerators can run.<br />Lets all be as responsible as we can, but please lets not talk about keeping the water and air clean for our children. Most of us, just by being pleasure boaters are not setting the best example.

 

[tommays]

Re: which type of antifreeze for storage

i dont agree all the no-tox and low-tox antifreezes are clearly mislabeled if you read the front of a prestone bottel it seams as safe as drinking water<br /><br />if you read the fine print on the back lable it tells you that a child or pet drinking even a small amount should be taken to a hospital <br /><br />i feel were this is were the fight starts people only read the front lable and want to believe it is safe and harmless<br /><br />i left the marine trade in 1975 during one of the early gas crunches and went into industral repiar i have spent the last 29 years at work complying with what ever new laws were made about how things were dissposed of <br /><br />the public seams to expect industry to respect the laws and it useless for me to follow the law at work if people are not going to follow the same law at home or to decide which ones they will follow<br /><br />tommays