I saw that a redo of the closet is proposed - I’m worried this will be done bull-in-the-closet style. I just want to make sure that I state that some of that paint needs to be purged but not all of it - please check/double check the colors before they are discarded. I know Creative Arts has a few gallons (and a 5 gallon) of paint that we need for touchups/hallway maintenance and I would hate to loose them and need to match colors.
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We should not be keeping more than a few gallons of paint (total) on-site as it’s against our lease.
Just keep the color code and order some when you need it…
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Buzz kill. Haha well I request we are smart about the gallons we choose and look at what the majority of the space is painted and keep them on hand.
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Even latex paint? What is the harm?
I’m not trying to start an argument on this or anything… I’m just saying the lease says something like “Tenant must not store more hazardous/flammable materials (paint, gasoline, the list goes on, etc.) than necessary for reasonable normal office building use”
It could absolutely be argued that the 20+ gallons of paint in the janitor’s closet ALONE is excessive. Let’s not even get into the fire cabinet.
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I don’t believe that latex paint is considered hazardous.
Not trying to be a PITA either, just saying.
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Latex paint is considered a hazardous household chemical. In Dallas County you can’t just throw it in the trash you have to take it to the disposal center on Plano Road (or use the hardener packets and hope the trash man doesn’t pull it out and leave it anyway).
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Don’t forget the related request: REQUEST: installing a larger sink in the utility closet: Need someone with experience to volunteer
Chandra measured and a new larger wash-out sink didn’t seem to work with the space we have as I had hoped. It’s all good by me.
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They say you can’t just throw it away as a liquid but you can pour it out (on plastic sheet) or open it to harden then throw it in the convention trash. I can not find anything regarding commercial though.
This is from TCEQ.
Paint (empty or mostly empty):
If your can is less than 1/4 full, remove the lid and place the can in a well-ventilated area. The paint will dry in a few days. Once dry, the can may be thrown in your trash.
California considers it a hazardous material though.
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Fully agree with Brooks let’s find a place for the color codes on the wiki and then just store the paint codes. It seems to me the paint would likely go bad by the time it is actually needed vs we could just go get a sample or even a quart of the color code for cheap for touch up work.
California considers water and oxygen to be hazardous materials…
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Water kills far more people than paint, so there’s that…
Disneyland has hazardous materiel warnings,
Someone bought a brass hammer and it had
a Cal hazardous material warning
let me point out that acrylic tube paint is the same thing as
latex wall paint,
the city doesn t want you dumping down a drain because it
will stop it up, just like plaster would,