garage question (off topic, strictly speaking)

[Kneale Brownson]

You might check with the kinds of places in your area that sell such safety 
equipment as fire extinguishers and alarm systems.  They may have or be 
able to locate for you a product called a fire blanket.  It's a woven 
fabric similar to a heavy wool (anybody remember Old Army) blanket that is 
made of something hopefully nonasbestic that won't catch fire.  I have one 
from some source I ran across years ago that I set up down-spark-stream 
from where I generally run grinders.  Keeps the sparks from starting fires 
or blemishing other goodies.  I hang it over a stick suspended from a 
couple of stands.  Two or three of these would make a great booth for 
sparky work.



At 09:46 AM 03/19/2001 -0500, Douglas Frank wrote:

>Hello Audi and Triumph lovers (I'm both)
>
>I've got a rather serious restoration project in mind and have
>decided to fit out my basement as a proper workshop.  The trouble
>is, it's a finished basement-- tile floor, wallboard, paint, drop
>ceiling, you know the drill.
>
>I'll be welding, grinding and eventually painting down there.
>So, my top concerns are ventilation and the fire hazard from all
>those sparks I intend to drop.
>
>My question to the lists is, what can I cover the (tile) floor
>and (drywall) walls with, to protect from sparks and dripping
>fluids?
>
>Criteria: the floor's gotta be cheap, non-slip, cheap, fireproof,
>cheap, oilproof, cheap, and cheap.  The walls just have to be
>inexpensive.
>
>(I've already got the ventilation thing worked out.  Being single
>made that a lot easier, I bet.)
>
>thanks!
>--
>Douglas Frank Compaq Computer Corp.   Mammon, n.
>ZKO           110 Spit Brook Rd.       The god of the world's
>603-884-0501  Nashua, NH USA 03062     leading religion.
>