Looking for a "fireproof" trash can for the workshop - is Justrite the answer?

[six-point socket]

Hi!

I'm looking for a "fireproof" trash can and spent the better part of today googling. So my better half complained to me, and rightfully so, that to this day I place oily or solvent drenched rags in our BBQ where the coal goes. After a couple of days, once they are dry, I put them with the regular trash. She doesn't like it. I'm a little pragmatic - it's a very safe place if the rags should go up in flames - because the BBQ is made from solid stones and has a chimney - and the possibility of the rags coming out of it, even with heavy winds is close to zero.

Anyway, I remembered that years ago, when smoking in public buildings was still allowed, a kind of safety trash can was purchased for the parish hall of our church. It seems that with the ban on smoking in public buildings and restaurants the need for this kind of trash cans vanished. I didn't find a German manufacturer. Then using some magic-google-fu I finally found "Justrite". They offer exactly what I want and I can even get them locally (Once I knew what I was really looking for the whole time...)

I was thinking of getting a bench top model to put rags in while working, and then emptying it into a larger one that I place with the other trash cans in the backyard.

Picture (c) Justrite
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Now before I order one, is there anything else, maybe better, out there that I simply haven't found yet? Please educate me

Kind regards,
Oliver

 

[Klemm]

your picture shows the right type of product for temporarily keeping combustible material solvent soaked rags etc safe in the shop. We've had ours for years. Good investment. Infinitely (!) cheaper than the consequences of not having such protection!

Amazing how many woodshops have nothing like this

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

I have about 10 of the red ones. 

I use a couple just for regular trash cans in my shop bathroom an office.

Bought them all at auctions.

 

[semenza]

I have a  general related question on this ........ what does everyone do with the oil soaked rags and such  after they have been stored in the fireproof trash can or left in a bucket of water?

Seth

 

[Michael Kellough]

I have a  general related question on this ........ what does everyone do with the oil soaked rags and such  after they have been stored in the fireproof trash can or left in a bucket of water?

Seth

Right...notice the label on the Justrite can says "empty every night"? Into what?

Polymeizing oils like tung and linseed do harden so when that happens they can be disposed of with ordinary trash.

In my experience combustion happens when the rag is crumpled and air flow is restricted. I've never had a rag smolder when it was hung flat outside on a clothes line where it dried quickly.

 

[leakyroof]

I have an older one in Red. It was well used when I got it.... [smile]