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Jeff Wisnia

wrote:
I have an aerosol can of an expensive "dry lubricant".

Can is almost full, but the plastic button on top, that you push to
release the contents........that valve has failed.

I've messed around with it a lot, cuz I want that lube. Could _NOT_
get the button to function. Clogged, internally broken........I don't
know!

Now the flimsy plastic push button has disappeared. So now I just
basically have a sealed, pressurized can, full of an expensive dry
lube.

How can I release the pressure in the can so that I can safely empty
the contents into a non-pressurized container?

Lee in Denver

I have successfully done what you've asked about by standing the can
upside down across the opened jaws of a bench vise so the top rim of the
can was supported by the jaws, balling a rag on the now topside botttom
of the can and carefully piercing a small hole in the can bottom by
tapping an awl through the rag and can bottom with a hammer.

That will release the propellant, after which you can use a "church key"
can opener (or whatever) to make a larger hole in the bottom of the can
to empty the contents through.

Use common sense to protect yourself and make sure there's plenty of
ventilation and no sources of combustion around, in case the propellant
is flammable.

HTH,

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Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.98*1014 fathoms per fortnight.