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On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:03:06 GMT, Red Green
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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:
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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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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?

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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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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.

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On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 16:32:09 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
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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?

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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?


Ouch! You're brutal.


errrrr... guilty sigh
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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.


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"Stormin Mormon" wrote
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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?


Ouch! You're brutal.


errrrr... guilty sigh


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"Stormin Mormon" wrote in
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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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On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 21:15:55 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03

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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.

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