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Posted:
ok... what does anyone do with dead poi??
i have a pair of monkey fists which passed away about three months ago now because... well, largely because they were shitely made.... but how does one go about disposing of burnt kevlar, which may still contain a small amount of fuel, in a relatively environmentally friendly way? I have already salvaged the useful bits but the kevlar itself, is really no good to anybody...
do i just bin it? or does it need to be disposed of in a similar way to paint tins and whatever....
while i'm on this subject what does anyone do with empty fuel containers?
am i worrying about this too much, because really i've already done the environment inextricable harm by burning the darn things...??!?!?!?
*panics* oh my god, environmental meltdown!! help!
ok... what does anyone do with dead poi??
i have a pair of monkey fists which passed away about three months ago now because... well, largely because they were shitely made.... but how does one go about disposing of burnt kevlar, which may still contain a small amount of fuel, in a relatively environmentally friendly way? I have already salvaged the useful bits but the kevlar itself, is really no good to anybody...
do i just bin it? or does it need to be disposed of in a similar way to paint tins and whatever....
while i'm on this subject what does anyone do with empty fuel containers?
am i worrying about this too much, because really i've already done the environment inextricable harm by burning the darn things...??!?!?!?
*panics* oh my god, environmental meltdown!! help!Aurinko freedom agreement reached 10th Sept 2006
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Location: United Kingdom
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Location: United Kingdom
Posted:
i used to get my ful containers refilled.
you could always give them back to the hardware store or where ever yuo buy your fuel from.
As for the wick!... no idea.i've never had any die.
i used to get my ful containers refilled.
you could always give them back to the hardware store or where ever yuo buy your fuel from.
As for the wick!... no idea.i've never had any die.
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Used wicks, just bin the suckers and get on with it. You've already acknowledged the environmental damage you've done just by lighting them up in the first place, and tossing your used kevlar in the trash is small potatoes compared to what's already taken place.
Failing that, they might just make cool looking decorations hanging from your rear view mirror. Sort of a " firespinner drives this car" statement.
You're in the U.K,,,so I'm assuming kerosene/paraffin in plastic containers. These have to be trashed too as the plastic is considered contaminated and therefore unsuitable for recycling. At least here it is.
Used wicks, just bin the suckers and get on with it. You've already acknowledged the environmental damage you've done just by lighting them up in the first place, and tossing your used kevlar in the trash is small potatoes compared to what's already taken place.
Failing that, they might just make cool looking decorations hanging from your rear view mirror. Sort of a " firespinner drives this car" statement.
You're in the U.K,,,so I'm assuming kerosene/paraffin in plastic containers. These have to be trashed too as the plastic is considered contaminated and therefore unsuitable for recycling. At least here it is.
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Location: knoxville, tennessee, usa
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Posted:
i tend to save my used wicks. ill use them for new contruction experiments or make general use torches from them. i find that my old wicks may not be suitable for spinning anymore, but using the wick on a stationary torch is fine. after that i just pitch them. make sure they are dry. leave out in the sun for a few days. if your really paranoid, soak them in water first. if its ground water contamination your concerned about, your pretty much out of luck. unless you can find an air tight container that wont degrade over time, water will find its way into the wicks and then into the ground. honestly though, fuel spins of your poi onto the ground all the time, i wouldnt worry about it.
i tend to save my used wicks. ill use them for new contruction experiments or make general use torches from them. i find that my old wicks may not be suitable for spinning anymore, but using the wick on a stationary torch is fine. after that i just pitch them. make sure they are dry. leave out in the sun for a few days. if your really paranoid, soak them in water first. if its ground water contamination your concerned about, your pretty much out of luck. unless you can find an air tight container that wont degrade over time, water will find its way into the wicks and then into the ground. honestly though, fuel spins of your poi onto the ground all the time, i wouldnt worry about it.
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Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Posted:
I would go for the universal problem solver: BURN IT!
I would go for the universal problem solver: BURN IT!
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Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Posted:
isn't that what you've been doing the whole time?
isn't that what you've been doing the whole time?
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Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Posted:
technically it is...
but what I meant was more something like a ritual burning.
like the difference between sunbathing and being crimated
technically it is...
but what I meant was more something like a ritual burning.
like the difference between sunbathing and being crimated
so you think Im not a newbie? Ok I'll be the King of the newbies. Nucleon the king of all noobs
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Location: australia
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Location: australia
Posted:
all my old bits go into a bag and the bag is periodically searched to find a bit that will suit the idea I am working on...
old kevlar never dies, it just....
all my old bits go into a bag and the bag is periodically searched to find a bit that will suit the idea I am working on...
old kevlar never dies, it just....
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Location: Adelaide, Australia
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Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
Still haven't thrown out old poi...
not that there was much actually left of them... could probably soak enough fuel to get around 30 seconds
Still haven't thrown out old poi...
not that there was much actually left of them... could probably soak enough fuel to get around 30 seconds
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Location: ffidrac
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Posted:
hmmm.. i'm not really sure what i was actually concerned about more so than any other rubbish it's just one of those things that i wonder whether i should be putting into the rubbish, i always hesitate over where to put dead lightbulbs, razors and the like... anything that could possibly be termed 'hazardous waste'... i mean what do they do with all the syringes etc that they collect at hospitals? surely they have to be destroyed... hmmm... and now i'm swerving wildly off topic....
on the other hand i had to put the poi out with water when they broke, and now they have an interesting form of mould growing on them, so who knows, i may be in posession of either a miracle cure or superbug that will either save or destroy the entire human race!
..... i'll shut up now...... and go chuck them in the bin....
hmmm.. i'm not really sure what i was actually concerned about more so than any other rubbish
it's just one of those things that i wonder whether i should be putting into the rubbish, i always hesitate over where to put dead lightbulbs, razors and the like... anything that could possibly be termed 'hazardous waste'... i mean what do they do with all the syringes etc that they collect at hospitals? surely they have to be destroyed... hmmm... and now i'm swerving wildly off topic....on the other hand i had to put the poi out with water when they broke, and now they have an interesting form of mould growing on them, so who knows, i may be in posession of either a miracle cure or superbug that will either save or destroy the entire human race!
..... i'll shut up now...... and go chuck them in the bin....
Aurinko freedom agreement reached 10th Sept 2006
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Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Posted:
in hospitals they have security bins...
in hospitals they have security bins...
so you think Im not a newbie? Ok I'll be the King of the newbies. Nucleon the king of all noobs
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Posted:
the great poi graveyard in the.
I lost a set last night
not lost, but they died. For some reason 1 poi would hold more fuel than the other, and it unbalanced them, and they started to spin all wonky
It makes me fe3l weird thinking about all the people who have used them and i wonder how/ where they are now...
the great poi graveyard in the
I lost a set last night
not lost, but they died. For some reason 1 poi would hold more fuel than the other, and it unbalanced them, and they started to spin all wonky It makes me fe3l weird thinking about all the people who have used them and i wonder how/ where they are now...
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Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
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Posted:
You could anyways set out a plot in the garden and bury them in a shoe box?
mike.c
You could anyways set out a plot in the garden and bury them in a shoe box?
mike.c
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monkey fist you say? Fire Contact Juggling ball! (look in Vanize' Gallery for instructional video)
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