Just FYI: Don't open a drum of paint thinner with a blow torch

[vi edit]

Bad things happen

Wow.

 

[N8Magic]

Peoples stupidity never ceases to amaze me. 😀

 

[StageLeft]

Damn!

 

[Viper GTS]

Sounds to me like he was just cutting what he thought was an empty drum. It still had enough in it to be full of fumes, & that exploded.

I think this happens fairly often.

Viper GTS

 

[Kenazo]

you're never supposed to use a torch, or weld on a closed barrell of any type.

 

[AAman]

omg- I disbelieve, I disbelieve, I disbelieve

let's go home Toto

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Bad things happen
Wow.

someone's been farking 😉

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Kenazo
you're never supposed to use a torch, or weld on a closed barrell of any type.

Exactly what I was talking about.

Example

Viper GTS

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Spooner

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Bad things happen
Wow.

someone's been farking 😉

Fark you. At least I took the initiative to use an original title 😉

😛

 

[Mutilator]

Authorities said the worker suffered critical injuries when he was blown to the University of Maryland shock-trauma center in Baltimore.

That's what would have happened if the barrel was full. 😉

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: Mutilator

Authorities said the worker suffered critical injuries when he was blown to the University of Maryland shock-trauma center in Baltimore.

That's what would have happened if the barrel was full. 😉

If the barrell was full it wouldn't have blown up.... Though it would have made a big fire if it was full of paint thinner. 🙂

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Kenazo

Originally posted by: Mutilator

Authorities said the worker suffered critical injuries when he was blown to the University of Maryland shock-trauma center in Baltimore.

That's what would have happened if the barrel was full. 😉

If the barrell was full it wouldn't have blown up.... Though it would have made a big fire if it was full of paint thinner. 🙂

Would it have though? Presuming it was completely full I imagine it would absorb quite a bit of heat, much like you can boil water in a paper cup.

Viper GTS

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: Spooner

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Bad things happen
Wow.

someone's been farking 😉

Fark you. At least I took the initiative to use an original title 😉
😛

hahahahhah... touche, my friend... touche :beer:


oh, and by the way.... real original

😉

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Kenazo

Originally posted by: Mutilator

Authorities said the worker suffered critical injuries when he was blown to the University of Maryland shock-trauma center in Baltimore.

That's what would have happened if the barrel was full. 😉

If the barrell was full it wouldn't have blown up.... Though it would have made a big fire if it was full of paint thinner. 🙂

Would it have though? Presuming it was completely full I imagine it would absorb quite a bit of heat, much like you can boil water in a paper cup.

Viper GTS

I dunno.. What's the specific heat capacity of paint thinner? And, is the barrell 100% full, as in no air at all?
Since the temp of a cutting torch is incredibly high, I don't think even water would be able to disipate that much heat quickly enough to prevent the torch from cutting through.

 

[Bulk Beef]

Waldorf. That figures.

 

[maziwanka]

i was under the impression that this was the standard method of opening a drum of paint thinner?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Remember, once that barrel is opened. It'll allow fumes to escape. Then boom. Darwinism happens.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Kenazo

Originally posted by: Mutilator

Authorities said the worker suffered critical injuries when he was blown to the University of Maryland shock-trauma center in Baltimore.

That's what would have happened if the barrel was full. 😉

If the barrell was full it wouldn't have blown up.... Though it would have made a big fire if it was full of paint thinner. 🙂

Would it have though? Presuming it was completely full I imagine it would absorb quite a bit of heat, much like you can boil water in a paper cup.

Viper GTS

I would have thought that it would explode away from the person. Paint thinner is exposed to flame, the only available oxygen being the hole cut by the torch.

 

[Danman]

Originally posted by: sward666
Waldorf. That figures.

😕

 

Originally posted by: sward666
Waldorf. That figures.

I was just gonna say that.....