Warning: Graphic Photos - BP (Berrymans Product) Spill

[Guest]

No my wife did not shoot me for working too long in the garage. I spilled an entire can of Berrymans. Misery loves company so I thought I'd post.

I was sanding my float bowls with an orbital sander on the workbench and it vibrated off. DERRR!!!

Fortunately this was the last carb. It was clean and I didn't loose any parts. Although I'm sure this isn't how you are supposed to dispose of Berrymans.

[chuck hahn]

Use rubber gloves and get as much air moving in there as you can...thats some nasty caustic crap on your skin, the sinuses and the lungs...youve been warned!!!!

[chuck hahn]

If you start getting a headache and/or nausiated, then get some help. Not fooling around here. That stuff soaks into the skin and is BAD NEWS..read the entire precautions on the can bro!!!

[Good Times]

No problems Chuck. I read up on it before I started using it. The garage door was open and I have a ceiling fan running at full speed right above the spill.

Got it diluted and mopped up quickly using rubber gloves. Still made me a little light headed, but we're good to go now. I was worried about it causing fumes in the house, but it went away pretty quickly.

[chuck hahn]

I always post the cautions...it made me sick so bad once i thought i was gonna hurl my stomach clean out and the headache was the worst ever. I dont touch anything with a bare hand after that episode.

[Good Times]

Once bitten - twice shy.

Glad that you post that stuff up. It's why I read up on it before using.

[cableguy]

Maybe you strain it back into the can through a cloth to remove the big dirt, and reuse it, if it didn't all soak into what youre using to clean it up. Whatever you do, watch how you store the rags, due to the flammability of that stuff.

[subid]

Sounds like something I would do Good to know I'm not alone.

[Allie]

Don't pay the Berryman! Don't even fix a price! Seriously I use Gunk. I've heard people say it's not as 'good' as Berryman's but I've always gotten great results with it. I don't think it's quite as narsty as Berryman's, and you leave the stuff in it overnight, or at least for a few hours but the results are squeaky clean. I've never had any problem with residue either, just spray everything with gumout and blow it all out.

[Good Times]

Maybe you strain it back into the can through a cloth to remove the big dirt, and reuse it, if it didn't all soak into what youre using to clean it up. Whatever you do, watch how you store the rags, due to the flammability of that stuff.

Everything that got wet went straight in the trash can outside. Kept the fan on it all night with the garage door cracked and we're golden.

[Texasgs]

I have a horror story for you About Safety cleans carb dip just like the Berrymans chem dip. In fact the Safety Clean carb cleaner is the only cleaner that smells, and works just like the Chem Dip. It has been over 20 years ago, I was good buddies with the local safety clean guy. He would sell me the "dirty" carb cleaner he picked up. Actually most of it only had a few carbs dipped in it. I had about 40 gallons of it in a 55 gallon drum, and dipped a lot of carbs, and other parts. I had the mother load shawn dawn dip tank. One of my shop employees was jacking a car up right in front of the tank, and some how the jack stand popped out, with tremendous force. It punched a hole in the 55 gallon drum when the drum was hit by the jack stand. It was a summer day in Texas, and it was hot, the fumes were off the scale. A nightmare followed, I was able to save all but about 10 gallons of it, I got the rest into a 55 gallon drum, one hell of a day. I moved it out of the open shop area and into my engine building area. It gave me a new healthy respect for this awesome smelly cleaner.

[Katarat]

Even the spray carb cleaner gives me terrible headaches that night after using it. The canned stuff is off the chart, I never bring it inside the garage. I use both outside & store them in the shed

[Good Times]

I have a horror story for you About Safety cleans carb dip just like the Berrymans chem dip. In fact the Safety Clean carb cleaner is the only cleaner that smells, and works just like the Chem Dip. It has been over 20 years ago, I was good buddies with the local safety clean guy. He would sell me the "dirty" carb cleaner he picked up. Actually most of it only had a few carbs dipped in it. I had about 40 gallons of it in a 55 gallon drum, and dipped a lot of carbs, and other parts. I had the mother load shawn dawn dip tank. One of my shop employees was jacking a car up right in front of the tank, and some how the jack stand popped out, with tremendous force. It punched a hole in the 55 gallon drum when the drum was hit by the jack stand. It was a summer day in Texas, and it was hot, the fumes were off the scale. A nightmare followed, I was able to save all but about 10 gallons of it, I got the rest into a 55 gallon drum, one hell of a day. I moved it out of the open shop area and into my engine building area. It gave me a new healthy respect for this awesome smelly cleaner.

Dang! That would really be a mess to clean up!

Even the spray carb cleaner gives me terrible headaches that night after using it. The canned stuff is off the chart, I never bring it inside the garage. I use both outside & store them in the shed

Live and learn!

[1_v8_merc]

We wash our hands with diesel at the junkyard.
They have a parts sink, rigged to a recycling pump.

It works well, but c'mon...you can't afford a couple bucks to spend on soap? lol

[gearhead13]

Wheres the GORY pics??