Serious Shop Safety Warning

[Beairsto Racing]

Rchop,
Thanks for posting the warning. Yeah I'm guilty of spraying whatever is handy to clean the metal before I fire up the mig welder, most often brake cleaner. I'll keep some acetone in a spray bottle and dry the piece off with an air gun.
-Scott

[Peter Jack]

Acetone will probably kill the pump in a spray bottle. Just pour a little on a rag and use that for cleaning. That way there's little chance of creating an explosive atmosphere either.

Pete

[thundersalt]

Since we're sharing shop accidents, here's 2 from my early years (20ish) in a body shop:
1) cleaning a quarter panel with a thinner rag to spot weld and left the rag on the ground. Began welding 10 minutes later and didn't realize I was squatting over the rag and POOF roasted nuts!
2) while chopping and sectioning a 54 chevy truck the cab was sitting on 4 empty thinner cans. Was inside cab welding and KABANG one can blew up and the whole cab falls sideways with me in it.
As I said I was 20 and dumb.

[floydjer]

If we`re admitting to dumb mistakes......I once put my finger over the vent on a tea kettle to see how much pressure was in it..................Don`t miss drinking at all