Date:         Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:44:40 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: rusty nuts ...
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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Freeze treatment is not uncommon for warts and skin tags. Try dipping a
warm weiner into liquid nitrogen, then drop it. It will shatter like
glass. Should work well for breaking nuts, studs, etc. But you gotta be
very careful. The stuff can boil and spatter at well below minus 150F
and that could spoil your day if it gets on you.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL driver

David Beierl wrote:
> At 11:50 AM 1/22/2009, Angus Gordon wrote:
>> too! This stuff looks great to me, probably also handy for removing
>> warts...
>
> I don't know if it reaches -45, but anyone who can invert a container
> of Dust-Off or similar has Pretty Darn Cold right at his
> fingertips.  I haven't heard of a flood of related injuries over the
> last 20 years or so, or before that when every electronics tech had a
> can of Freeze Spray on his bench (invert it if you just want to blow
> stuff off).
>
> As to the warts, in the Navy we used to use liquid nitrogen which
> comes in around -190C if I recall correctly.  I suspect that's still
> the practice.
>
> David
>
>
> --
> David Beierl - Providence RI USA --
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> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"
>
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