5 Gallon Cans and the American's with Disabilities Act

[dqdave1]

I was told once that if you add dish soap to spilled gasolene; it becomes non flamable; any truth in this?

 

[MossRoad]

Try doing something without a thumb. I don't know, maybe you already know what I'm talking about.

That reminded me of something I hadn't thought about in 30 years... my grandfather cut the muscle to one of his thumbs and lost the use of it. I remember as a kid he would hold a glass at the dinner table with just his fingers cupped around it and his thumb would stick up and he'd have to be careful not to poke himself in the eye when he drank. He was a barber by trade and figured out how to operate scissors without his thumb. He was also an avid fisherman and showed no signs of it getting in his way. Fond memories.

 

[MossRoad]

Working around being lefthanded? I have always thought it was an advantage for me as a lefthanded pitcher, in Basketball I turned the "wrong" way loosing defenders, etc. In my redneck fist fighting days it was a big advantage. Plus I am almost as adept with my right hand due to everything being made for a righty.

What's to work around?

I'm a lefty, too. But I'm right eye dominant. I write left handed, use a fork left handed, drink right handed, scissors right handed, shoot guns right handed, but bow and arrow left. I cut with a knife right handed, but carve with a knife left handed. TV remote is right handed. Telephone left. Computer mouse either hand. Cast a fishing pole left and real it up right. Can't play a guitar either way!

You know the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body, so you, me and LBrown are actually in our right mind.

As for gas cans... I would use a siphon pump like this one. I have used them before and they work great as long as the can is higher than the tank you are filling.

 

[jdmar]

I hate the new cans too. I just bought my first one about two weeks ago. The spout leaked no matter what I did. So I also poured kerosine on my new concrete floor...wonderful. I talked to the store (good people) and they say everyone complains that the new cans do not work well. I am not a conspiracy guy but you just wonder what manufacturer/designer knew who in high places to get "their" design the approved version. hmmmm.....
Peter

 

[Soundguy]

I was told once that if you add dish soap to spilled gasolene; it becomes non flamable; any truth in this?

None whatsoever.

I can tell you for a FACT that if you ( hypothetically speaking here..) take gasolene and put it in a glass coke bottle, and then add liquid dish detergent to it.. a good amount.. and then agitate it till it is a nice gell.. and then if you stuff a rag in the end, and light it and throw said bottle.. it will produce a sticky flamable mess that is hard to put out... hypothetically speaking of course... I in no way endorse making improvised devices like the 'fictitious' example cited in the above theoretical verbage...

soundguy

 

[wedge40]

None whatsoever.

I can tell you for a FACT that if you ( hypothetically speaking here..) take gasolene and put it in a glass coke bottle, and then add liquid dish detergent to it.. a good amount.. and then agitate it till it is a nice gell.. and then if you stuff a rag in the end, and light it and throw said bottle.. it will produce a sticky flamable mess that is hard to put out... hypothetically speaking of course... I in no way endorse making improvised devices like the 'fictitious' example cited in the above theoretical verbage...

soundguy

Cool - Gotta try that today. (hypothetically of course).

Wedge

 

[Wayne County Hose]

None whatsoever.

I can tell you for a FACT that if you ( hypothetically speaking here..) take gasolene and put it in a glass coke bottle, and then add liquid dish detergent to it.. a good amount.. and then agitate it till it is a nice gell.. and then if you stuff a rag in the end, and light it and throw said bottle.. it will produce a sticky flamable mess that is hard to put out... hypothetically speaking of course... I in no way endorse making improvised devices like the 'fictitious' example cited in the above theoretical verbage...

soundguy

I "heard" from some stranger I've never seen again that if you take diesel and powdered laundry detergent and mix it a little thicker than gear oil you will get a much better result. Kind of like poor man's napalm.

 

[Wayne County Hose]

In a pm, I asked how many cans Wayne needs, but no answer. I probably have too many of them for me to ever need, lol.
The subject of non approved containers brought back an old memory, and not a fond one, though it did turn out ok. I had a plastic can of gas (container marked for gas, but not approved, go figure) on the carport, where I kept my '66 Chevy. One day the bottom just gave way in the plastic can, and I had five gallons of gas in the carport, under and arround my car. I jumped in the truck and went to work in record time, loaded up a pallet of oil dry (Foreman thought I was crazy!, but I told him I would return all unused, and pay for the used stuff) I got home, dumped several bags and started shoveling it out of the carport, into metal trash cans. Took forever to get it all up, but I finally did, and without catching the corvette on fire.
David from jax

Sorry David.

I got a few pm's from people offering this and similar and I appreciate every one of them.

Andy

 

[charlz]

I use a siphon hose that I got at Bass Pro store. It works fast and gets almost every drop of fuel out of the can. Not one of those with a bulb that you have to pump. You just stick the end in the can and shake it up and down a few times and it starts flowing. Here is a link.
Super Siphon Hose

Somebody's thinking there! I just might have to order one of those.

 

[TBDonnelly]

I was told once that if you add dish soap to spilled gasolene; it becomes non flamable; any truth in this?

Actually, that's a top secret formula for the 'clean burn' fuel of the future.

Don