Whoops!
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:26 am
Needing a broadknife in order to apply fairing compound over a wide area, the other day I reached for a 12" drywall knife that I had kicking around--some cut-rate tool that I have had for years but rarely use.
When I was done with it, without really thinking I threw it in my acetone tank to soak, which I routinely do with my fiberglass tools.
The 12" knife had a handle that looked just like the one on this knife, the 8" little sister of the 12-incher:
The next morning, I reached into the tank to remove the tool, and found what seemed to be a huge blob of...well, something on the floor of the tank. Since I'd thrown in several squeegees and other items that had had some fairing compound on them, I figured the blob was just the excess compound that had collected there. So imagine my surprise when I couldn't seem to find my broadknife. Wait: there's the blade. What the...
Yes, of course. Cheap plastic handle + overnight in acetone = nasty dissolved mess of plastic, and a knife without a handle! hehe
Just a little shop amusement to keep things moving along.
When I was done with it, without really thinking I threw it in my acetone tank to soak, which I routinely do with my fiberglass tools.
The 12" knife had a handle that looked just like the one on this knife, the 8" little sister of the 12-incher:
The next morning, I reached into the tank to remove the tool, and found what seemed to be a huge blob of...well, something on the floor of the tank. Since I'd thrown in several squeegees and other items that had had some fairing compound on them, I figured the blob was just the excess compound that had collected there. So imagine my surprise when I couldn't seem to find my broadknife. Wait: there's the blade. What the...
Yes, of course. Cheap plastic handle + overnight in acetone = nasty dissolved mess of plastic, and a knife without a handle! hehe
Just a little shop amusement to keep things moving along.