Not sure who you are but you definitely arent me I threw the keys to the consult account into the abyss when I left. This is my OG personal account. I figured the shit show would go on without me when I left but I didn’t think I’d be impersonated years later for seemingly no reason.
Had a tech set a bottle of iso on the stove with it on and start the kitchen on fire. Fire extinguishers close by saved the day. Saved the kitchen lost the microwave and the stove. Sanded the cabinets and its hard to tell it even happened 5 years later.
As killa is pretty official on the site, I figured I could take his word, goibg as far as to ask him how he knew. His reply, its common kniwledge on the forum.
Hahah so this doesn’t exactly fall into closed loop accidents, but I assume there’s not enough open blasters still alive for a full “open blast accidents” thread.
So back in 2008, my uncle came back from CO and showed me how to open blast in the good old 2008 ghetto fashion. As terrible as this sounds now, anyone working back then will remember the good old pvc tube with caps with holes drilled.(Don’t bother scolding me on the negatives of pvc, I know. This was before vac ovens were available/common knowledge as well, so all bad)
So you basically end up with what looks like a pipe bomb one hole drilled on one cap (for the can of butane nozzle), a shower head of holes drilled on opposite cap. Anyone who’s done this, or anything similar should remember the back pressure that releases out the top once you remove the tane can.
I did this as safe as possible, working outside and just getting bowls of hot water from my inside sink and bringing them outside to avoid any source of potential sparks.
My friend (that claimed he watched my process very carefully) attempted to replicate this is his apartment. Blasted a tube on his kitchen counter, while his gas stove was heating up some coffee water. Homie says he saw the actual trail of flame start slowly next to the stove, quickly pushed the pyrex farther away, and chucked the pvc tube towards the living room.
Doesn’t sound terrible so far? My other buddy and his girlfriend were in the living room at the time. From all accounts, the back pressure of butane from the top of the pvc caught on fire and acted as a sort of mini rocket propellant
Somehow no explosion, i think they may have had to put out a small fire on the carpet. Small apartment too, so I’m personally amazed it didn’t go worse. Great lesson on checking how much your buddies/wooks are actually “paying attention” before releasing them into the world though.
But fun and probably a great learning curve
I have lit everything on fire before I start working with it creates respect and a bit of fear keeps you sharp and aware of the danger