69TAPoser
04-09-2007, 04:56 PM
Ever had a bad day in the garage?
I am working on getting the dash wiring harness installed and the dash components replaced and connected in my car. My cigarette lighter retainer and element were completely frozen together and I wanted to get them apart to replace the element. Hmmm. Liquid wrench! I proceeded to throw the element/retainer in a coffee can spraying it with liquid wrench. Hmmm. It's really frozen together, why not fill up the coffee can enough to soak it in the liquid wrench?
Once I get enough liquid in the can I set down the can of Liquid Wrench on my metal bench and all of the sudden, poof! :seizure: Just by setting the metal spray can down on the metal work bench, it must have created enough of a spark to ignite the fumes...and then the coffee can. Now I have a flaming coffee can with about 2" of liquid wrench in it. The flames are about a 16" to 2' above the can. Uh oh, need to put this out. Hmmm. I''ll blow it out! After trying that not 1x, not 2x, but 3x I realize I am actually fanning the flames. I have now singed my hair, eyebrows, eyelashes and gotee.
Hmmm. It's at about this time that I realize I didn't hang a fire extinguisher in my garage when we moved in 3 years ago. Time to run for a big container of water. I pour the water in the can. Hmmm, not good. The flames are still very high and the water just agitated the flames. Time to get the coffee can out of the garage.
I dump the can on the concrete sidewalk and the liquid spills onto my grass. Now my grass in on fire in mutiple areas. Time to get more water. I finally get all of the flames out and am left with burnt grass, burnt sneakers, and singed hair. I call me wife at work (my finale of a series of major mistakes) and she is laughing so hard she is crying. So much for sympathy. :slap:
Lessons learned:
Liquid Wrench is VERY flammable. Use it in a well vented area.
Don't use it as a "bath" for parts
Keep a fire extinguisher in the garage
Don't blow on a chemical fire
Don't pour water on a chemical fire
Don't call your wife at work when you do something really stupidIf there is a dumba$$ of the day award, I am ready to accept it. :1st:
Hope you had a better day in your garage today.
Oh yeah, and the cigarette lighter retainer and element are still frozen together. :pat:
Phil
I am working on getting the dash wiring harness installed and the dash components replaced and connected in my car. My cigarette lighter retainer and element were completely frozen together and I wanted to get them apart to replace the element. Hmmm. Liquid wrench! I proceeded to throw the element/retainer in a coffee can spraying it with liquid wrench. Hmmm. It's really frozen together, why not fill up the coffee can enough to soak it in the liquid wrench?
Once I get enough liquid in the can I set down the can of Liquid Wrench on my metal bench and all of the sudden, poof! :seizure: Just by setting the metal spray can down on the metal work bench, it must have created enough of a spark to ignite the fumes...and then the coffee can. Now I have a flaming coffee can with about 2" of liquid wrench in it. The flames are about a 16" to 2' above the can. Uh oh, need to put this out. Hmmm. I''ll blow it out! After trying that not 1x, not 2x, but 3x I realize I am actually fanning the flames. I have now singed my hair, eyebrows, eyelashes and gotee.
Hmmm. It's at about this time that I realize I didn't hang a fire extinguisher in my garage when we moved in 3 years ago. Time to run for a big container of water. I pour the water in the can. Hmmm, not good. The flames are still very high and the water just agitated the flames. Time to get the coffee can out of the garage.
I dump the can on the concrete sidewalk and the liquid spills onto my grass. Now my grass in on fire in mutiple areas. Time to get more water. I finally get all of the flames out and am left with burnt grass, burnt sneakers, and singed hair. I call me wife at work (my finale of a series of major mistakes) and she is laughing so hard she is crying. So much for sympathy. :slap:
Lessons learned:
Liquid Wrench is VERY flammable. Use it in a well vented area.
Don't use it as a "bath" for parts
Keep a fire extinguisher in the garage
Don't blow on a chemical fire
Don't pour water on a chemical fire
Don't call your wife at work when you do something really stupidIf there is a dumba$$ of the day award, I am ready to accept it. :1st:
Hope you had a better day in your garage today.
Oh yeah, and the cigarette lighter retainer and element are still frozen together. :pat:
Phil