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A shopvac (or any vacuum not designed for mercury) would be a really bad idea: they vaporize the mercury and seriously distribute it around the house.
by cbr 11y ago
A shopvac (or any vacuum not designed for mercury) would be a really bad idea: they vaporize the mercury and seriously distribute it around the house.
- thaumaturgy 11y agoI agree with you both, but that doesn't change that I suspect this would be the default approach for a lot of people that have neither the money nor the ideology to justify a professional cleanup. An easy example of this kind of thinking is that people used to (and many still do) bury used motor oil in their yard. (See e.g. http://www.experienceproject.com/question-answer/How-Can-I-Dump-Used-Motor-Oil-In-My-Yard-Without-It-Killing-My-Grass/2144279 http://www.experienceproject.com/question-answer/How-Can-I-D...)
- 001sky 11y agoThere are alot of dangerous polutants out there, and around the home, but run-of-the-mill motor oil is not really one of them. http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/stories/1991-04-28/old-motor-oil-is-dirty-but-is-it-toxic http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/stories/1991-04-28/old-motor-oil...