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Beairsto Racing
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Re: Serious Shop Safety Warning
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Reply #15 on:
January 26, 2010, 02:22:35 AM »
Rchop,
Thanks for posting the warning. Yeah I'm guilty of spraying whatever is handy to clean the metal before I fire up the mig welder, most often brake cleaner. I'll keep some acetone in a spray bottle and dry the piece off with an air gun.
-Scott
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Peter Jack
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Re: Serious Shop Safety Warning
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Reply #16 on:
January 26, 2010, 02:30:49 PM »
Acetone will probably kill the pump in a spray bottle. Just pour a little on a rag and use that for cleaning. That way there's little chance of creating an explosive atmosphere either.
Pete
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thundersalt
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Re: Serious Shop Safety Warning
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January 29, 2010, 01:37:02 PM »
Since we're sharing shop accidents, here's 2 from my early years (20ish) in a body shop:
1) cleaning a quarter panel with a thinner rag to spot weld and left the rag on the ground. Began welding 10 minutes later and didn't realize I was squatting over the rag and POOF roasted nuts!
2) while chopping and sectioning a 54 chevy truck the cab was sitting on 4 empty thinner cans. Was inside cab welding and KABANG one can blew up and the whole cab falls sideways with me in it.
As I said I was 20 and dumb.
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Re: Serious Shop Safety Warning
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January 29, 2010, 02:04:15 PM »
If we`re admitting to dumb mistakes......I once put my finger over the vent on a tea kettle to see how much pressure was in it..................Don`t miss drinking at all
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