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"GREAT STUFF" (not so great)
On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:03:06 GMT, Red Green
wrote: Squeeze the can in a vice for starters. That's buuuuuuuuullying these days. Don't that just offfeeeennnnddd you? |
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On Nov 6, 3:59*pm, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 06:46:52 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03 wrote: 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. |
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"Ed Pawlowski" wrote 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. Ever squish a long balloon? Steve |
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On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 16:32:09 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
wrote: Let's follow the logic... You miss the point. There is no logic to a ****ed off homeowner that has a dead can of spray. They just want to get the stuff out and are likely to tray anything, dumb, dangerous and impractical. |
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"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message ... On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 16:32:09 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03 wrote: Let's follow the logic... You miss the point. There is no logic to a ****ed off homeowner that has a dead can of spray. They just want to get the stuff out and are likely to tray anything, dumb, dangerous and impractical. I can say that I am a reasonably intelligent person. I am 62 years old. Over my life, I do admit to doing some incredibly stupid things with cans of whatever under pressure trying to get my money's worth out of the contents. Steve |
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Ed Pawlowski wrote in
: On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 16:32:09 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03 wrote: Let's follow the logic... You miss the point. There is no logic to a ****ed off homeowner that has a dead can of spray. They just want to get the stuff out and are likely to tray anything, dumb, dangerous and impractical. You should see some of the things I've done to that "empty" tube of toothpaste. |
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You cross trained as a Japanese Interrogation Specialist,
and have access to bamboo? You've been reading up on North Korean prisoner control techniques? You have been practicing the Lorena Bobbit excercise tape series, and you're onto the installment #13 entitled "Grab, snip, squeeze, and get every drop out?" You're too cheap to buy spring loaded hand exercisers, so you use your tooth paste tube, and try to get to the 50 pound rating? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Red Green" wrote in message ... You miss the point. There is no logic to a ****ed off homeowner that has a dead can of spray. They just want to get the stuff out and are likely to tray anything, dumb, dangerous and impractical. You should see some of the things I've done to that "empty" tube of toothpaste. |
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"Stormin Mormon" wrote in news:j9a081
: You cross trained as a Japanese Interrogation Specialist, and have access to bamboo? You've been reading up on North Korean prisoner control techniques? You have been practicing the Lorena Bobbit excercise tape series, and you're onto the installment #13 entitled "Grab, snip, squeeze, and get every drop out?" You're too cheap to buy spring loaded hand exercisers, so you use your tooth paste tube, and try to get to the 50 pound rating? Ouch! You're brutal. errrrr... guilty sigh |
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"GREAT STUFF" (and now... toothpaste tubes)
My favorite tooth paste technique probably hasn't been
practiced since the Crusades of 194 BC. I lay the tube on the counter next to the bathroom sink, and roll it out flat. I use the handle of a pair of scissors, to rub the tube from closed end toward the opening. Usually provides a bit more tooth paste. And screams for mercy, which I ignore. That was a while ago, I've since converted to using baking soda for my tooth scrub. With excellent results. 7/22/09 For years, I'd had chalky white teeth along the gums. My dentist kept talking about phosphoric acid, and soda pop and candies. I tried using larger ammounts of fluoride tooth paste. And, I tried the expensive high fluoride Prevident prescription tooth paste. Finally, it occured to me that baking soda neutralizes phosphoric acid. I switched to baking soda. Just wet my brush and stick it in the box, a tiny dab on the end of the brush is enough. And then I rinse twice (get enough sodium in my diet already). About three months after the switch, I went in for my dental cleaning. She really raved at how good my teeth looked. "You must be using your Sonicaire tooth brush?". No, just the old fashioned one. In my tooth paste days, it would take essentially the whole 45 minutes of the appointment for scraping tartar, and black stuff off my teeth. This time, nearly no scraping. Toward the end of the visit, I revealed that I was using baking soda, not the high fluorided Prevident. She and the dentist both tried to get me to go back to using fluoride. If even once a day instead of twice. Nothing doing. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Red Green" wrote in message ... "Stormin Mormon" wrote in news:j9a081 : You cross trained as a Japanese Interrogation Specialist, and have access to bamboo? You've been reading up on North Korean prisoner control techniques? You have been practicing the Lorena Bobbit excercise tape series, and you're onto the installment #13 entitled "Grab, snip, squeeze, and get every drop out?" You're too cheap to buy spring loaded hand exercisers, so you use your tooth paste tube, and try to get to the 50 pound rating? Ouch! You're brutal. errrrr... guilty sigh |
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"GREAT STUFF" (and now... toothpaste tubes)
"Stormin Mormon" wrote in
: My favorite tooth paste technique probably hasn't been practiced since the Crusades of 194 BC. I lay the tube on the counter next to the bathroom sink, and roll it out flat. I use the handle of a pair of scissors, to rub the tube from closed end toward the opening. Usually provides a bit more tooth paste. And screams for mercy, which I ignore. ....and the next day you cut the tube open with the scissors and scrape the insides with the toothbrush. Then you're done...providing you've already sucked out the screwtop opening. THAT"S stikkin' it to da man. That was a while ago, I've since converted to using baking soda for my tooth scrub. With excellent results. 7/22/09 For years, I'd had chalky white teeth along the gums. My dentist kept talking about phosphoric acid, and soda pop and candies. I tried using larger ammounts of fluoride tooth paste. And, I tried the expensive high fluoride Prevident prescription tooth paste. Finally, it occured to me that baking soda neutralizes phosphoric acid. I switched to baking soda. Just wet my brush and stick it in the box, a tiny dab on the end of the brush is enough. And then I rinse twice (get enough sodium in my diet already). About three months after the switch, I went in for my dental cleaning. She really raved at how good my teeth looked. "You must be using your Sonicaire tooth brush?". No, just the old fashioned one. In my tooth paste days, it would take essentially the whole 45 minutes of the appointment for scraping tartar, and black stuff off my teeth. This time, nearly no scraping. Toward the end of the visit, I revealed that I was using baking soda, not the high fluorided Prevident. She and the dentist both tried to get me to go back to using fluoride. If even once a day instead of twice. Nothing doing. |
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DerbyDad03 posted for all of us...
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. Center punch. -- Tekkie |
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