The Question Thread
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Got a question for everyone, can't find an answer on the internet.
Can I pour paint solvent in a plastic container, or will the container melt? The label recommends a metal container but I don't have one and I don't want to buy one, so I was going to chop in half an empty water jug and use that as my container for applying solvent to things and doing the needful..
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Can I pour paint solvent in a plastic container, or will the container melt? The label recommends a metal container but I don't have one and I don't want to buy one, so I was going to chop in half an empty water jug and use that as my container for applying solvent to things and doing the needful..
Thanq.
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Go ahead and pour the solvent into the plastic container.JTA wrote:Can I pour paint solvent in a plastic container
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Is it best to do this in a room with poor ventilation?indago wrote:Go ahead and pour the solvent into the plastic container.JTA wrote:Can I pour paint solvent in a plastic container
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Yes, a small closet would work fine...JTA wrote:Is it best to do this in a room with poor ventilation?indago wrote:Go ahead and pour the solvent into the plastic container.JTA wrote:Can I pour paint solvent in a plastic container
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Looks like it may depend on the plastic http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/C ... vents.html
But I would expect anything of the type and strength as, for example, the plastic gasoline containers to be fine. Probably a milk carton, for short term use, not storage. But then, I don't really know. I probably wouldn't have read the instructions where it said "metal container"
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But I would expect anything of the type and strength as, for example, the plastic gasoline containers to be fine. Probably a milk carton, for short term use, not storage. But then, I don't really know. I probably wouldn't have read the instructions where it said "metal container"
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Yes, use the bottom half of a gallon of milk. If you use the stuff ping pong balls are made of, you're in trouble. And it also depends on what type of solvent you're manipulating; gasoline, toluene, ether. All of these are flammable and will not abide stupidity, so make sure Sarah Palin is nowhere around.
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Turns out soda cans are made of metal. I had a bunch of those lying around so I cut one of those bad boys in half and it makes the perfect container.neoplacebo wrote:Yes, use the bottom half of a gallon of milk. If you use the stuff ping pong balls are made of, you're in trouble. And it also depends on what type of solvent you're manipulating; gasoline, toluene, ether. All of these are flammable and will not abide stupidity, so make sure Sarah Palin is nowhere around.
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Now that that's settled why do we eat Turkey and pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving instead of pizza and ice-cream cake?
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If you find thin flakes of transparent material, that's the plastic that lines the cans.JTA wrote:Turns out soda cans are made of metal. I had a bunch of those lying around so I cut one of those bad boys in half and it makes the perfect container.neoplacebo wrote:Yes, use the bottom half of a gallon of milk. If you use the stuff ping pong balls are made of, you're in trouble. And it also depends on what type of solvent you're manipulating; gasoline, toluene, ether. All of these are flammable and will not abide stupidity, so make sure Sarah Palin is nowhere around.
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Can Whites participate in Black Friday?
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Why's it gotta be "black" Friday?indago wrote:Can Whites participate in Black Friday?
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It's "Black Friday" because it's supposedly the day on which retailers turn profitable for the year, i.e. go into "the black." I find it really annoying. If they want to sell me something they need to promote it from my perspective, not theirs.JTA wrote:Why's it gotta be "black" Friday?indago wrote:Can Whites participate in Black Friday?
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Here's a good question: Does anyone think "evolution" had a hand in this?
Scientists Discover An Invisible Shield Surrounding Earth, Baffled At How It Formed
I'm not baffled, anyone else?
"The purpose of the ring was quite clear to the researchers — the ring is used to block killer electrons from entering deeper into the Earth’s atmosphere. These electrons can be extremely devastating at their near-light speed and have been known to threaten astronauts, fry satellites and damage space systems."
Scientists Discover An Invisible Shield Surrounding Earth, Baffled At How It Formed
I'm not baffled, anyone else?
"The purpose of the ring was quite clear to the researchers — the ring is used to block killer electrons from entering deeper into the Earth’s atmosphere. These electrons can be extremely devastating at their near-light speed and have been known to threaten astronauts, fry satellites and damage space systems."
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Interesting....does anyone know why Black Mountain, NC is named as such? (seriously)O Really wrote:"It's "Black Friday" because it's supposedly the day on which retailers turn profitable for the year, i.e. go into "the black." I find it really annoying. If they want to sell me something they need to promote it from my perspective, not theirs."JTA wrote:"Why's it gotta be "black" Friday?"indago wrote:"Can Whites participate in Black Friday?"
I know the answer; heard it 'long time ago.
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When you sing that song in Sunday school as a kid that goes like "He's got the whole world in his hands" this is what they were talking about.Mr.B wrote:Here's a good question: Does anyone think "evolution" had a hand in this?
Scientists Discover An Invisible Shield Surrounding Earth, Baffled At How It Formed
I'm not baffled, anyone else?
"The purpose of the ring was quite clear to the researchers — the ring is used to block killer electrons from entering deeper into the Earth’s atmosphere. These electrons can be extremely devastating at their near-light speed and have been known to threaten astronauts, fry satellites and damage space systems."
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I'm guessing they weren't getting any fun gigs as the Polka Tulk Blues Band, so they took the name of the 1963 Mario Bava horror film Black Sabbath starring Boris Karloff because they were impressed at how many people will line up to see something scary.
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I know this history behind this.Mr.B wrote:Interesting....does anyone know why Black Mountain, NC is named as such? (seriously)O Really wrote:"It's "Black Friday" because it's supposedly the day on which retailers turn profitable for the year, i.e. go into "the black." I find it really annoying. If they want to sell me something they need to promote it from my perspective, not theirs."JTA wrote:"Why's it gotta be "black" Friday?"indago wrote:"Can Whites participate in Black Friday?"
I know the answer; heard it 'long time ago.
The place currently known as "Black Mountain" used to never be a place at all. It had no name, that is until one day the band "Mountain" met up in a trailer in the woods and wrote their hit song "Mississippi Queen". Shortly thereafter, Mountain made it big, and prior to every performance of Mississippi queen would give a shout out to that small nameless North Carolina town. This put the town on the map, and in honor of the band Mountain, the town took adopted the band name as their own.
Years later Black Sabbath, being the big Mountain fans that they were, made a stopover in that little sleepy NC town of Mountain to visit the spot where the rock band Mountain wrote their hit song Mississippi Queen. Being the chill guys that they are, they donated some money to the town of Mountain so that a library could be built, and in honor of Black Sabbath, the town voted on resolution to change their name to "Black Mountain" as a homage to both bands.
Thus was born the town of Black Mountain, NC.
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Unless it's named for the mountain, I have no idea.Mr.B wrote:[
Interesting....does anyone know why Black Mountain, NC is named as such? (seriously)
I know the answer; heard it 'long time ago.
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The range of mountains around the town is named the Black Mountain Range; so named for the abundance of Frasier fir trees that give the mountains an appearance of being black. The town's original name (in Cherokee) was Grey Eagle. When the town organized by whites in 1893, it was renamed Black Mountain.O Really wrote: "Unless it's named for the mountain, I have no idea."
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Whatever happened to the Cherokee in Grey Eagle after the Whites "organized" the town and named it Black Mountain?Mr.B wrote:The range of mountains around the town is named the Black Mountain Range; so named for the abundance of Frasier fir trees that give the mountains an appearance of being black. The town's original name (in Cherokee) was Grey Eagle. When the town organized by whites in 1893, it was renamed Black Mountain.O Really wrote: "Unless it's named for the mountain, I have no idea."