Supreme Tips About How To Clean Broken Cfl

Do not use a broom or vacuum to clean up a cfl bulb.

How to clean broken cfl. Since compact fluorescent bulbs contain small amounts of mercury there. In this episode of spec. Get everyone out of the room pronto.

Most of the resources i found on how to clean up and dispose of a broken cfl bulb repeat these guidelines from the epa: Vacuum the area where the bulb was broken using the vacuum hose, if available; If you break a compact fluorescent light bulb over carpet, carefully pick up glass fragments and place them in a glass jar with metal lid (such as a.

Use a stiff piece of paper or cardboard to carefully scoop up all of the broken pieces. Canning jar) or in a sealed. Place in the disposable container.

Wearing gloves, carefully scoop up glass pieces and powder using stiff paper or cardboard and a paper towel; Sense, vance shows how to safely clean up a broken cfl bulb. When a cfl breaks, some of this mercury is released as mercury vapor, while some remains with the broken remnants of the bulb.

After all items have been removed and the area it visibly clean, hepa vacuum the area. Use sticky tape, (duct tape) to collect any remaining small fragments and any powder. I had to close the door so kids and dogs.

Mercury vapor can continue to be released from these.