Paint remover problem

[Muse]

I'm guessing about 4 years ago I bought a gallon can of Jasco Premium Paint & Epoxy Remover at Home Depot. I don't know that I had a particular project in mind at the time, figured I'd have uses for it by and by and placed it on the floor of a downstairs bedroom that I have converted into a workroom. I'm pretty sure I never removed the can's top.

The floor is a rather typical hardwood you find in older homes (this house was built in 1910). I now see that the can has somehow, for some undetermined reason, begun to leak somehow. I see what I assume is paint remover on the floor next to the can, maybe about 2-3 tablespoons of it.

The room remains cool all year. Well, with the warming trend, I'd say it almost never gets over 75F, likely stays under 68 for 350 days/year. It's been under 60F all winter.

I'm wondering how I should proceed with this. I have a now empty gallon can of Jasco Termin-8 Wood Preservative. I could clean out any residue in that can with, I suppose, paint thinner, even an acetone rinse. Can I pour what's in the paint remover can into that empty can, say, using a big plastic funnel? Would a similar problem develop? Or can I pour the paint remover into glass bottles? Are there reasons that wouldn't work? Is the stuff light sensitive? I could keep the bottles in a low light environment.

The other problem is what to do about the paint remover that's on the hardwood floor. Just mop it up with water and let it dry for the time being?

Thanks for help!

 

[WilliamM2]

You "assume" it's paint thinner next to the can? Well is it?
If the can is leaking pour into another container (not plastic).

Wipe up whatever it is with a paper towel. You may be overthinking this a bit...

 

[VirtualLarry]

Make sure to clean it up, and check out whether or not the stuff can spontaneously-combust in certain circumstances.

 

[Muse]

You "assume" it's paint thinner next to the can? Well is it?
If the can is leaking pour into another container (not plastic).

Wipe up whatever it is with a paper towel. You may be overthinking this a bit...

No, I assume it's paint remover next to the can, it can be nothing else. I think I should wipe it up with something, paper towels or rags, toss them in the trash and wash the hardwood fairly well.

What I'm more concerned with is what to do with the leaking can. Can I pour its contents into that other empty (but somewhat contaminated) gallon can and expect THAT won't leak eventually? Why did this leak in the first place. I didn't mistreat the can. Maybe it was damaged when I bought it, I suppose that's possible. And can I store it in glass. Glass obviously won't spring a leak, it's going to be impervious to harsh caustic substances, but will there be pressure build up? Glass will explode under pressure! Also, is the paint remover going to deteriorate if it's kept in a clear glass container from light exposure?

 

[WilliamM2]

Don't throw the rags in your trash. Highly combustable. I usually throw them in my neighbors fire pit, where they air/dry out.

You can buy empty steel cans. I think glass would be fine as well. Shouldn't be stored in the sun or anywhere with high heat. It's all just common sense.

 

[Muse]

Don't throw the rags in your trash. Highly combustable. I usually throw them in my neighbors fire pit, where they air/dry out.

You can buy empty steel cans. I think glass would be fine as well. Shouldn't be stored in the sun or anywhere with high heat. It's all just common sense.

I found a discussion here:

Storing paint stripper | Model Engineering Clearing House

Can anyone tell me (or hazard a guess) why paint stripper is always supplied in steel cans. The can goes into all sorts of queer shapes with changes in temperature and atmospheric pressure, due

modeleng.proboards.com

Edit: A bunch of posts in suggesting finding MSDS, don't know what that stands for for JASCO MSDS search brought me to this, which is probably useful, in fact spot on in terms of the manufacturer's recommendations for this product:

https://images.thdstatic.com/catalog/pdfImages/41/41102d59-2b5a-488b-84f3-e9876aaf0570.pdf

 

[Greenman]

I found a discussion here:

Storing paint stripper | Model Engineering Clearing House

Can anyone tell me (or hazard a guess) why paint stripper is always supplied in steel cans. The can goes into all sorts of queer shapes with changes in temperature and atmospheric pressure, due

modeleng.proboards.com

Edit: A bunch of posts in suggesting finding MSDS, don't know what that stands for for JASCO MSDS search brought me to this, which is probably useful, in fact spot on in terms of the manufacturer's recommendations for this product:

https://images.thdstatic.com/catalog/pdfImages/41/41102d59-2b5a-488b-84f3-e9876aaf0570.pdf

MSDS = Material Safety Data Sheet.

 

[Muse]

Make sure to clean it up, and check out whether or not the stuff can spontaneously-combust in certain circumstances.

Probably not spontaneously but apparently extremely flammable.

 

[Sukhoi]

Just buy an empty paint can for $9 or haz waste what you have and buy it when you need it.

 

[Muse]

Just buy an empty paint can for $9 or haz waste what you have and buy it when you need it.

If I look around I probably have an empty paint THINNER can I can use, or an empty ACETONE can. Presumably they can handle paint & epoxy remover. I can do the transfer outdoors so I don't have to breathe the fumes.