Tdacon wrote:
Any of you old-timers in the same fix I'm in? I was trying to wrench
the glass-slick cap off a spray can of Minwax urethane finish last
night, and these old hands have lost so much grip strength since I
was young that I couldn't get the dang thing off no matter how I
tried. I was eventually reduced to jamming a long screwdriver right
through the cap and levering the wreckage off of the can. When I was
done I looked down at the mess I'd made of it and just shook my head.

Your basic old Krylon cap is a bit easier, but not much. Often I end
up slipping a flat-bladed screwdriver tip under one edge and levering
it off, trying not to break it in the process.

Anybody have any good ideas for me?


Don't let it get to ya. It's not a sign of old age, it's a sign of
engineers trying to come up with new and novel ways to solve a problem that
does not exist. Why make it so inconvenient to get a cap off? What problem
is that really solving? None! It all started with that stupid screwdriver
slot in the cap. Did absolutely nothing except frustrate the user. At that
time, it was supposed to thwart kids from sniffing stuff. Yeah - right...

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-Mike-