Storing combustibles

[SteveL]

How do you store your combustibles like gas cans, spray paints and other chemicals? I have mine in a metal cabinet in the garage but I'm sure theres better options. If and when I move where theres more space I'm thinking outbuilding or shed away from the important stuff.

 

[Broncobowsher]

Not right, but since you ask...
Gas cans by the garage door. Front of the boat, by the pressure washer.
The spray cans are in a partical board storage cabinet by the work bench, spaced away from the gas water heater by the water softener. On paper, a complete death trap. Welder is mid-garage (tandem deep).
I also have a booster pump to pump pure oxygen to about 3300 PSI. Do that on the workbench between the chemical collection and the welder/compressor.

If it goes up, it's gone. putting stuff in a tin cabinet isn't going to do much for me. I have doubts about a proper flammable cabinet actually doing much good.

 

[englewoodcowboy]

I have a metal cabinet in the shop for all that stuff. If it went up I doubt t would contain it with all of the chemicals in it but it meets the OSHA mans requirements and keeps somewhat order to the mess...

 

[knack]

I repurposed an old workbench with a back, sides, and doors on the front. It sits outside the shop. A piece of steel roofing fastened to the top keeps it all dry. In it I keep fuel, various chemicals, used and new oil.
In the shop I have a steel cabinet I store paints, spray cans, glues, caulks, other stuff I don't want to freeze. If I was in a warmer climate I'd keep that cabinet outside too.