A little stupid, a lot funny......

[lmorris]

Just finished cleaning up my tools before dropping the cab after a set of 05 head gaskets. Learned a very humorous and potentially dangerous lesson. After washing down my Span-On 3/8 drive 7.2V electric impact with brake cleaner, yes I used brake clean... , I used shop air to blow out where the battery goes but forgot about the motor area... .

 

You can imagine what happened next.... ...

 

I don't think I will be using this thing on gas engines or fuel tanks.

 

Just thought I would share that.

[Keith Browning]

There's a guy in my shop who decided to spray a brake rotor with Brakleen WHILE it was being machined with the on the car lathe. A similar reaction occurred.

[DwayneGorniak]

I had a customer complain to me about our Dewalt 12v Max screwdrivers. He wanted me to warranty it for catching fire after cleaning it with Brakeclean and then pulling the trigger. He was actually quite rude about it. He doesn't think it is a safe tool to use. I don't think the tool using the tool is all that safe to be around. I asked him why he didn't bathe in brakeclean to clean himself off before he pulled the trigger. We had a few words and he no longer buys Dewalt. And of coursae everyone else in the shop was laughing their asses off at him. One less headache for me to worry about.

[Bruce Amacker]

It depends on the brakeclean. I always buy the non-flammable version for these reasons....

 

 

[byounger]

Thats funny i did the same exact thing with my impact also. When i hit the trigger big ole fireball came out and i tossed my impact so fast.

[Clark]

A coworker of mine had his whole sleeve light up for an instant in the exact same situation not long ago. Ill wipe mine down with a brake-wash soaked rag if its REALLY bad, but I haven't sprayed it down since.

[Aaron]

That's why I use air tools... LOL

[Jim Warman]

One would consider that the operative part of "brake clean" is "brake"... and from there, wonder why "they" would ever consider making "electrical contact cleaner" if we should consider brake cleaner to be "everything cleaner".

 

We have an apprentice that uses nitrile gloves often when he is working with chemicals ... and then spray his hands off with brake clean rather than washing them properly...

 

Has the world gone fucking nuts?

[Keith Browning]

Come to think of ot Jim I use Brakleen for pretty much anything... except electrical stuff and MAF sensors.

 

And I too have seen an idiot clean his hands with Brakleen. Yes, nuts is the word!

[Brad Clayton]

I gargle with Brake clean. Chuck Norris showed me that technique.

[Jim Warman]

"Back in the day", we would open the bay door and blow the dust out of a drum brake assembly. For something over 40 years I have immersed various parts of my anatomy in all manner of carcinogenic compounds - far be it from me to preach to the choir....

 

For something over 40 years I smoked, on average, two packs a day (that's 50 " 'Arry Rags", folks). Today, after something like 4 smoke free years, I am coughing like a champion.

 

I can't say that there was a whole bunch of common sense wrapped up in some of the things we did way back when... but if we did something to re-affirm our fallibility, we accepted the responsibility for our actions. "I phuqued up".

 

I don't wear nitrile gloves now for the same reason I didn't back then.... I will die when it is my time and not a moment before. That, and they make my hands sweat and then they stink.... even though my old shnozz can't smell anything, anymore.

 

My thoughts on men whimpering... it isn't very manly (unless you watch a lot of HGTV). At least have the decency to stop when you get to a C cup.

[mrbudge]

Brakekleen, I put that shit on everything.

[cbriggs]

^^^Now thats funny!^^^