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On Nov 6, 3:59*pm, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 06:46:52 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03









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On Nov 5, 11:39*pm, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 21:15:55 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03


wrote:


How exactly would one *force* the product from the can if one wanted
to? You pull the trigger and it either flows or it doesn't. It's not
like you can get behind the product and push it through the
applicator.


Squeeze the can in a vice for starters.


Right...and then carry the foam to the window and pack it in by hand.


Oh wait, did you mean to carry the vise and can to the window, hold it
up and turn the handle, all while moving the nozzle along the gap you
are trying to fill?


Let me know how that works out for you.


If you compress the can, the pressure increases. *Is that difficult to
understand? *Of course, it has to compress, not just re-shaped the
same volume.


I understood exactly what you were proposing, both the process and the
expected results.

It appears that perhaps it was you that misunderstood my point.

Let's follow the logic...

The normal use of the product is to insert the straw into a gap,
depress the trigger and fill the gap to ~50%. The foam will then
expand and fill the gap.

Removing the product from the can, either forcibly or not, without the
straw in the gap that you are trying to fill is pretty much a waste of
time - and product.

So, do you really think that when the manufacture said "do not force
the product from the can" that they were picturing consumers putting
the can in a vice and carrying the vice and can to the gap and
attempting to "force" the product from the can and into the gap?

If that's not what you are suggesting, then kindly explain the point
of squeezing the can in a vice. Why would anyone "force" the product
from the can if it wasn't to get the product into the gap?

If you really were planning on using the vice to force the product
from the can and into the gap, then I'll say it again:

Let me know how that works out for you.