Must be you then Rex, as in culling out the ones stupid enough not to think
and try things...

I'm 54 and have been doing this since I was 6 and NEVER had a problem, and
it was my ole man who showed me the trick...

Maybe you should try things before shooting yer mouth off.

Dave,

I think I'm seeing the genesis of a Darwin Award!

Dave August wrote:
Grant,

Hell years ago (were talking early 60's) as a kid, we'd just use a
'church key' on the bottom to make one *small* hole to let out the
pressure then open it up all the way to dump out the paint. Then 'cuz we
were kids we'd make a few more to get a hole big enough to get the
*marble* out... I got a few really nice "Cat's eyes" that way.. LOL.


Just hold the dam can in yer hand and point the bottom AWAY from ya...

Dave


"Grant Erwin" wrote in message
...

Is there any safe way to open a still-pressurized can of spray paint with
a completely plugged nozzle, to get the paint out so I can brush it on?

How about if I made a tool e.g. drilled a small hole in a Popsicle stick
or tongue depressor, turned the can upside down, removed the nozzle, and
depressed the valve stem with the hole aligned? Maybe the air would all
come out and leave the paint inside, then I could cut it open any way I
wanted reasonably safely.

Ideas? Experience?

GWE