![]() |
Hotrodders Bulletin Board
Home · Bulletin Board · Project Journals · Tech Article Wiki · Knowledge Base · Photo Gallery · Classifieds · Company Reviews · Calendar · T-Shirts |
|
||||||||
|
|||||
![]() |
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
|
Tip of the day
I was asked to relay this for your info:
After you pour some hardener out of the can, add marbles back to raise the level, displacing the air that normally is sealed inside. It will last longer. ![]() |
|
#2
|
||||
|
||||
|
re: Tip of the day
Now why didn't I think of that
.Vince |
|
#3
|
||||
|
||||
|
re: Tip of the day
Cool tip jc.
I used to cut open spray can's and save them when I was a kid, but, I've LOST all my marbles. Yeah, I know,but someone had to post it. ![]() |
|
#5
|
||||
|
||||
|
re: Tip of the day
That's why I keep coming back to this site, always learning something new. Most of my materials get burned up fast enough that they don't go bad but for the products that do set for awhile this sure is an easy way to help save them. Thanks for the tip.
|
|
#6
|
||||
|
||||
|
re: Tip of the day
Good tip! I will give that a try.
|
|
#7
|
||||
|
||||
|
re: Tip of the day
Quote:
Show off I love this guy!! BK |
|
#8
|
|||
|
|||
|
re: Tip of the day
I want to thank Bondoking for being my guinea pig,
I run my ideas by him first to see if I should post them. ![]() |
|
#9
|
|||
|
|||
|
re: Tip of the day
Have you actually confirmed that this helps storage stability over a long period of time? The reason that I'm a bit surprised by this post is that I was taught many years ago that glass jars were unsuitable for storing isocyanates because some glass would actually accelerate gellation. I'm not sure whether this was because of traces of alkalinity in the glass or the presence of traces of silanol groups on the glass surface. I can't personally confirm or deny this from personal experiments, it's just something I was told. Also, I have no idea whether the glass used in marbles is identical to the type of glass used in the alledged "problem" jars.
If you really want to safely increase storage of opened cans, I'd prefer to use your Mig or Tig inert gas to blanket the top of the container before sealing it. Hey Barry, if you read this, do you have any experience pro or con along these lines? I'm somewhat reluctant to pass along cautions based on heresay, but at the same time I also believe in following the "better safe than sorry" philosophy. |
|
#10
|
||||
|
||||
|
re: Tip of the day
Quote:
D a m m......... And I am impatient when it comes to just hammering the lid down. Now I need to gas up my cans ! <sigh> |
|
#11
|
|||
|
|||
|
re: Tip of the day
I believe I was told that when these containers are sealed at the factory, the oxygen is removed and replaced with nitrogen. If, again, if that is the case even if you fill the opened container with whatever there is still oxygen to cause a reaction albeit possibly slower, maybe.
Where is Barry when you need him? |
|
#12
|
||||
|
||||
|
Ball Bearings Instead?
Quote:
If glass is a suspect material, could you sub metal ball bearings? Just a thought ... the displacement thing sounds like a good theory. |
|
#13
|
|||
|
|||
|
re: Tip of the day
There is a product, (inert gas in a can - nitrogen I think) to spray over the top before sealing a container just for this purpose. If I remember the name, I will post it. Not that spendy by the way.
|
|
#14
|
|||
|
|||
|
re: Tip of the day
Quote:
Hmmm that sounds familiar, it's what I saw recently at some website, it's called bloxygen preservative and goes for about 10 bucks, sounds like an interesting product, albeit marbles are cheaper hehe. http://autobodystore.net/Merchant2/...tegory_Code=PSH Jorge. |
|
#15
|
||||
|
||||
|
re: Tip of the day
After having a partial can of hardener go bad from lack of use, I now keep those activators and hardeners indoors in an air condition environment. That might keep them a little longer than leaving them in an non airconditioned garage in the heat of summer....I hope
.Vince |
![]() |
Back to top |
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
|
Similar Threads for: "Tip of the day"
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Gun tip size | VWFan | Body - Exterior | 9 | 03-22-2005 12:29 PM |
| Gasoline Blackout Day Is Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - From The Desk Of Richard Piet | Super Chevy | Hotrodders' Lounge | 41 | 05-20-2004 05:22 PM |
| The Best Day Of My Life!! | Super Chevy | Hotrodders' Lounge | 4 | 03-18-2004 11:05 PM |
| What a great day! | 32vicky | Hotrodders' Lounge | 10 | 11-16-2003 01:31 AM |
| Tip of the day on oil additives that you need to read | mcgyver-ky | Engine | 10 | 04-19-2003 05:17 AM |