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Quote: Originally Posted by homemechanixcny For those that have a heated area to store thier equipment during the cold winter months.... Beware. I would still protect the equipment from freezing. Here in the great white north it get's cold. I thought I was safe by keeping my stuff in a friends heated garage so I didn't winterize anything. Well lo and behold we got a bad ice storm that killed the power for 3 days before it was...

Well Marko, not to burst your bubble, but RV antifreeze costs about $2.00 - $3.00 a gallon, where as Green costs $6.00 - $8.00 per gallon. Plus, Mr Pink protects to lower temps than Mr Green. Win / win. Mr. Green will damage automotive systems if undiluted to 50/50. Once you dilute it, its good to -20. Mr pink can be used undiluted and protect to -50. An important factor if you live north of the Mason/Dixon.

Quote: Originally Posted by big mike Well Marko, not to burst your bubble, but RV antifreeze costs about $2.00 - $3.00 a gallon, where as Green costs $6.00 - $8.00 per gallon. Plus, Mr Pink protects to lower temps than Mr Green. Win / win. Mr. Green will damage automotive systems if undiluted to 50/50. Once you dilute it, its good to -20. Mr pink can be used undiluted and protect to -50. An important factor if you live north of the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Douglas Hicks do a search, every year this topic is discussed. Does your maintanence guy actually have a PW? When I used air, it took less than 5 minutes. I spent about an hour searching before I posted this topic. I didn't find much about how to do it with an air compressor. I should be more clear though. One of my machines is in the process of being fixed so it doesn't have a gas tank attached to it. I...

I like the anifreeze better also because there are times here we get to around ZERO degree and sometimes even lower so its nice to know I have all my plumbing protected by a strong mixed of the Green Stuff. Today I did just that..antifreezed everything that needed it and blew out the hoses and surface machines etc with the compressor. Talk about waiting to the last minute but tonight is the first night where supposed to hit the freezing level...

Quote: Originally Posted by Douglas Hicks I have heard of antifreeze killing animals because they like the taste. I have drained antifreeze into open containers, left the container out until it froze and never knew of any animal being killed because they drank antifreeze. I call that story BS. I used ethylene antifreeze for years w/o any problem with the coil, seals or pump. Now, I just blow out the lines w/air. Shall we next discuss nitrogen...

I unhook my water tank,hooked up my float tank filled with antifreeze,and run my hose reel jumper back to my float tank, cranked my machine until i saw green coming out. I was just wondering if this would protect everything.

we had a family friend try to kill his self using antifreeze earlier this year. Not sure how he is doing at this point of even if he made it out alive but he did drink a gallon of it and was in the hospital for at least a month the last I herd about it.

For those that have a heated area to store thier equipment during the cold winter months.... Beware. I would still protect the equipment from freezing. Here in the great white north it get's cold. I thought I was safe by keeping my stuff in a friends heated garage so I didn't winterize anything. Well lo and behold we got a bad ice storm that killed the power for 3 days before it was restored. At the time I didn't even think that...

Winterizing with an air compressor works just fine. I don't know how he did it but Roger's number is 336-516-6139 - he can walk you through multiple ways to winterize. We've had to drain and blow (no antifreeze) because we were still working during the days.