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A day in the life - actually just this morning.
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A day in the life - actually just this morning.
rsv1cox Mon Jun 26, 2023 3:54 pm
The "field" in the background. Only place around big enough to fly C/L.
Electric light company trying to clear brush from around the pole and the culvert left me with a mess. I have removed five cart loads full of brush out from there.
It gets nasty out there. A little blood on the pocket is pretty routine.
And before I did that...........Opened the cabinet in the garage and overnight this happened. Castor goo or something on steriods. I have no idea how it happenned or where it came from. Nothing on top of the cabinet and no aerosol can was compromised. I thought soap and water would clean it up. No. Tried Simple Green, then Mineral Spirits, No help. Gasoline, same. Acetone came closest with a lot of work. It helped with the goo on the extension cord. The black spot and the dripped goo above the cord are curious.
Finally I scraped most of it off where I could. Hoping that some of you might have an idea?
I thought the can of "Tuff Stuff" was the problem but it still sprays fine and it's not the solvent for it.
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GallopingGhostler Mon Jun 26, 2023 4:31 pm
Check can and bottle bottoms. Some paints and solvents can etch their way through over time, have tiny pin holes and cracks. I was surprised to see this on a few of my old bottles and cans. One was an autopaint product. They have cheapened on containers versus what we had years ago.
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rsv1cox Mon Jun 26, 2023 5:22 pm
GallopingGhostler wrote:Check can and bottle bottoms. Some paints and solvents can etch their way through over time, have tiny pin holes and cracks. I was surprised to see this on a few of my old bottles and cans. One was an autopaint product. They have cheapened on containers versus what we had years ago.
Thanks George, could be heat related too, warmed up last night.
Acts like Weldwood contact cement poured on a workbench. Looks to be a combo of aerosol and a liquid. Sticky is to kind a word.
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GallopingGhostler Mon Jun 26, 2023 5:30 pm
No probs, Bob. I'm sure you'll find the culprit.
Why I don't buy "green" household paint thinner? It doesn't store well, degrades over time, sometimes less than one year. The petroleum based product that is getting harder to get, lasts years and years. If I am forced to buy "green", I buy a smaller container (less than 1 gallon).
Why I don't buy "green" household paint thinner? It doesn't store well, degrades over time, sometimes less than one year. The petroleum based product that is getting harder to get, lasts years and years. If I am forced to buy "green", I buy a smaller container (less than 1 gallon).
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crankbndr Mon Jun 26, 2023 8:14 pm
Looks like bear piss to me!!!
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rsv1cox Wed Jun 28, 2023 7:51 am
crankbndr wrote:Looks like bear piss to me!!!
30/06 Springfield maybe?
Not letting this mystery die. Arrainged mostly as I found them two mornings ago.
I cannot figure this out! I removed all the items from this shelf this morning and none of the containers are compromised. Yet, one of them must have sprung an aerosol leak that turned into a river of goo falling all the way to the floor (pictures above). Prime culpret is the Tuff Stuff cleaner but I am unsure of this. It still sprays and is not the solvent for this.
Somehow the aerosol spray made it down to the second shelf from the top. Likely impossible.
Left alone it turns into a hard shiney varnish, but that morning it was a sticky mess.
Any way it gave me the chance to organize and clean up the mess putting back all the things that were in there in the first place.
Zombies, out of space invaders, Big foot...............or just physics, math, and chemistry at work?
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Just a couple of days ago, I cleaned out the top drawer of the lower portion of my rolling metal tool cabinet, it had become more of a junk drawer. Everything in that drawer was covered in castor oil, including an airsoft pistol that was in the back of the drawer. Denatured alcohol cleaned much of it up. For awhile, I used that tool cabinet as a rolling engine test stand, so that explains where the oil came from, but it was odd to have everything in the drawer covered with it, especially since I haven't used it as a test stand for over a decade.
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rdw777 Wed Jun 28, 2023 1:29 pm
Bob, I noticed you had yard type chemicals? Some with trigger pumps on the bottles?…. It may be that the heating/cooling cycle in your garage caused one of them to pressure up enough to want to vent?…. You might take any that might be suspect and apply some to a test location and see if you get the same result-mess…. Just a guess…
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rsv1cox Wed Jun 28, 2023 3:56 pm
Zombies Jacob, Zombies.
and Robert, just water in those spray bottles that are not Windex. Raid a possibility venting off, but it has a distinctive stink and it's residue does not harden into varnish. Boxed headlight restorers are not a suspect. Bugs me, but everything is the same, all the same stuff that was on that shelf is back in there...........if it happens again.
If it wasn't just so darned strange. Perfect aerosol circles and a puddle of goo.
And if a bear can raise a leg and get through that door............. Glad it was closed as my Honda and RX-7 are inches away.
and Robert, just water in those spray bottles that are not Windex. Raid a possibility venting off, but it has a distinctive stink and it's residue does not harden into varnish. Boxed headlight restorers are not a suspect. Bugs me, but everything is the same, all the same stuff that was on that shelf is back in there...........if it happens again.
If it wasn't just so darned strange. Perfect aerosol circles and a puddle of goo.
And if a bear can raise a leg and get through that door.............
Glad it was closed as my Honda and RX-7 are inches away.
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GallopingGhostler Wed Jun 28, 2023 4:25 pm
Bob, no victimization of cans involved. I think I found the guilty party. 
All cans are innocent until proven guilty in a court of their peers.
All cans are innocent until proven guilty in a court of their peers.
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rsv1cox Wed Jun 28, 2023 5:18 pm
My thoughts too George and the best option as it alignes with the black spot and drip on the inside of the door. (above). Might have vented through the base until equalized. Could be just the propellent and not the ingredient. But, the can still expels the cleaner and works fine. I remember awhile back they replaced the propellent with a more enviromently friendly CFC, but this a a pretty new can. I have another just like it unused.
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GallopingGhostler Wed Jun 28, 2023 5:24 pm
Bob, if there is a flaw in the bottom crimp may account for the seep. Looks like you may have lost 2 tablespoons max but no or little propellant, which might explain why the can still works. I might move it indoors where temperatures are milder may be the cure. Put a dish or expendable plastic nut can lid top under it to catch if seeps.
Doubt if the propellant, because usually the propellant being a gas floats on top the liquid to be dispersed. In a bottom leak, once you lost all the spray content, then would start losing propellant.
Doubt if the propellant, because usually the propellant being a gas floats on top the liquid to be dispersed. In a bottom leak, once you lost all the spray content, then would start losing propellant.
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rsv1cox Wed Jun 28, 2023 6:28 pm
My solution George, both new and used cans of Tuff Stuff in a plastic bag loosely tied at the top.
Rusty? blown out spot?
Cool yesterday and today but heating up over the weekend. Doubt if either will pop though. May be a once in a life-time occurance. I'm still thinking Zombies......
Tempest in a tea pot? Over done? Blown out of proportion?
Rusty? blown out spot?
Cool yesterday and today but heating up over the weekend. Doubt if either will pop though. May be a once in a life-time occurance. I'm still thinking Zombies......
Tempest in a tea pot? Over done? Blown out of proportion?
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GallopingGhostler Wed Jun 28, 2023 8:15 pm
Doesn't take much for a pressurized can to seep. Bottom is rusty, I suspect a small pin hole. The interior contents may have a corrosive nature with the steel in the can. If can is over a couple years old may explain the rust.
Could sit the can on a paper towel or newspaper. If there's a seep, it should evidence itself right away.
But regarding teapot and tempest, I have ways of approaching things and you have yours. After all, you brought the issue to light, asking. So, I was just trying to help.
Carry on.
Could sit the can on a paper towel or newspaper. If there's a seep, it should evidence itself right away.
But regarding teapot and tempest, I have ways of approaching things and you have yours. After all, you brought the issue to light, asking. So, I was just trying to help.
Carry on.
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rsv1cox Thu Jun 29, 2023 6:25 am
Tempest in a tea pot? Over done? Blown out of proportion?
I was referring to me George, making a big deal out of a little one. My tendency.
Missed out on this yesterday. Over bid by a sniper. Thought it very early with the irregular ser number stamping.
I was referring to me George, making a big deal out of a little one. My tendency.
Missed out on this yesterday. Over bid by a sniper. Thought it very early with the irregular ser number stamping.
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crankbndr Thu Jun 29, 2023 4:25 pm
In the early 80s I carried a can of Fix-a-flat in the trunk of my 63 Impala Super Sport with factory air (very rare car).
It should have been called the devils sticky snot cause it blew in my trunk in S. Fla. summer. It was permanent.
(wish I had that car now, it was a beauty. And the last good Chevy I owned)
It should have been called the devils sticky snot cause it blew in my trunk in S. Fla. summer. It was permanent.
(wish I had that car now, it was a beauty. And the last good Chevy I owned)
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GallopingGhostler Thu Jun 29, 2023 5:09 pm
Bob, understatement, it is BOTH our tendencies.rsv1cox wrote:Tempest in a tea pot? Over done? Blown out of proportion? I was referring to me George, making a big deal out of a little one. My tendency.
We're starting to resemble these two characters: 
From The Muppets Show.
That's a nice one, Bob, a rare find. Who knows, with a sharp eye and another to shoot a link when another comes up, you'll bring one home.rsv1cox wrote:Missed out on this yesterday. Over bid by a sniper. Thought it very early with the irregular ser number stamping.
I had success with slime. One time got tired of all the work to remove the rear tire from my 1987 Suzuki LS650 Savage, to patch a nail puncture. It was a Kenda Challenger high mileage, hard rubber, rain traction-less budget tire. (With that wide ratio 4 speed (later models with 5 speed in 5th only 300 rpm lesscrankbndr wrote:In the early 80s I carried a can of Fix-a-flat in the trunk of my 63 Impala Super Sport with factory air (very rare car). It should have been called the devils sticky snot cause it blew in my trunk in S. Fla. summer. It was permanent. (wish I had that car now, it was a beauty. And the last good Chevy I owned)
), in rain, I could scratch in 3rd gear on limestone paved roads. 
)I shot some snot into the inner tube, inflated, then ran it another couple thousand miles until well worn. Replaced that 140x80-15 with a Pirelli 130x90-15. (Tire was supposedly slightly narrower, but once mounted, seemed about the same, 140x80-15 is an odd size.) The Pirelli was a good rain tire.
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rsv1cox Thu Jun 29, 2023 5:12 pm
crankbndr wrote:In the early 80s I carried a can of Fix-a-flat in the trunk of my 63 Impala Super Sport with factory air (very rare car).
It should have been called the devils sticky snot cause it blew in my trunk in S. Fla. summer. It was permanent.
(wish I had that car now, it was a beauty. And the last good Chevy I owned)
I loved the 63 Chevy, such a nice clean design after the wild '59
'59 was the year of my Corvette and I thought seriously about getting one to restore. But the '63 won my heart and still does and I can't explain it.
My only other Chevrolet was a '52 that I had in Jacksonville Florida. "Stove bolt" six that ran like a clock and the Fisher body was perhaps,,,,,,,,,,,,no, it was the most solid bodied car I ever owned. Sold it to a guy that pleaded with me to sell it to him.
Aha, found a picture, mine looked exactly like this one.
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crankbndr Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:22 am
My 63 looked like this one, minus the dice lol. The SS trim was brushed aluminum outside and dash. Chrome center console with stick and buckets. It was under powered with 283ci and 2 speed auto. Had to put glass packs on the dual exhaust. The factory air had chrome registers in the dash and was actuated by pulling a knob under the dash. The SS wheel covers looked good. It was painted in two tone blue lacquer light blue top and dark body. It was already 22+ years old and body and chrome were perfect. I worked in Key West at the time (got some stories there O boy) and was parked on a pier fishing when a storm blew up and crashing waves soaked my car. When I got back to Homestead I sold it to a guy that drove 500 miles to pick kit up. The one that got away LOL.
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roddie Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:31 am
Where any of the aerosol cans uncapped? I'm thinking that a solvent-based aerosol may have overheated.. and started to spray on the inside and eventually through the hollow cabinet door, "melting" the plastic and causing "it" to drip onto the extension cord-set and back onto the shelf.. and continuing to drip down eventually to the floor. I'll bet that the bottom of your RH cabinet door is melted-through. The solvent would have evaporated.. and what was remaining to clean up may well have been melted plastic from your cabinet.. 
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getback Sat Jul 01, 2023 8:15 am
I had this > 65 Chevy impala SS convertible << 
Mine was auto though changed the worn big block for a 283 that was in my 56 Chevy 1/2 ton 
wish i still had them both.
Mine was auto though changed the worn big block for a 283 that was in my 56 Chevy 1/2 ton wish i still had them both.
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rsv1cox Sat Jul 01, 2023 9:49 am
"A day in the life" has actually become more like a week. Mark showed up yesterday and we really put a hurting on this overgrown area. Went out this morning and pulled out some of the smaller stumps with the ATV and a strap.
I would like to say conclusion, but it isn't. I still have a dead pine tree to remove and grass seed to spread.
Burn pile has overtaken the dirt pile.
Before
After
But the good news is, the Cub Cadet is built with SAE hardware. Attached the trailer hitch this morning.
I would like to say conclusion, but it isn't. I still have a dead pine tree to remove and grass seed to spread.
Burn pile has overtaken the dirt pile.
Before
After
But the good news is, the Cub Cadet is built with SAE hardware. Attached the trailer hitch this morning.
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rsv1cox Sat Jul 08, 2023 4:43 pm
My new best friend.
It's been a long time since I have found a tool this useful or effective. I like it so much I just bought another one. This one. - Walmart.com.
The first one I bought did not have the extra chains, gloves, or eye protection.
Every branch, small tree, or briar loaded on the bucket of my tractor was cut by it. 4" thick branches present no problem. Easy to use on a ladder as it's light nad compact. Love the thing. Get my son on the new one and we will clear the new lots quickly. Yet to use the second battery. Multiply that bucket by four and you have my morning.
It's been a long time since I have found a tool this useful or effective. I like it so much I just bought another one. This one. - Walmart.com.
The first one I bought did not have the extra chains, gloves, or eye protection.
Every branch, small tree, or briar loaded on the bucket of my tractor was cut by it. 4" thick branches present no problem. Easy to use on a ladder as it's light nad compact. Love the thing. Get my son on the new one and we will clear the new lots quickly. Yet to use the second battery. Multiply that bucket by four and you have my morning.
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