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scorpion2458
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Welp, I fucked up pretty badly.
#19197924 - 11/27/13 07:15 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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So I was going to prepare an LC syringe. I had my still air box ready, the LC inside of it, everything just as I had done before. Latex gloves on, I covered them with isopropyl alcohol, 91%, and I go to flame sterilize the syringe, as I have done a ton of times before. But this time, as I light the lighter, my glove bursts into flame, and the other follows immediately afterward. I remain relatively calm, but immediately I throw by gloves onto the ground and stomp them out. One fuck up can teach someone a lesson of a lifetime, and I will be extremely more careful from now on. I hope some of you new cultivators can learn from my mistake, I most certainly have, as I have a second degree burn on the tip of my finger and almost burnt my house down. I fucked up really bad but I will do my best to avoid making this mistake again at all costs. Be careful, my friends, and happy shrooming!
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tripdawg420
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Re: Welp, I fucked up pretty badly. [Re: scorpion2458]
#19197939 - 11/27/13 07:18 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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holy shit ive done that so many times burns holes in the gloves and scary as hell
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anne halonium
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Re: Welp, I fucked up pretty badly. [Re: scorpion2458]
#19197951 - 11/27/13 07:21 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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glad your safe.
dont feel so bad. me and the maid blew out a glove box in a fireball back in the 80's
we now use bleach wipes , and torches, with no flammables in the work area at all.
thank you for your honesty on this. we can all learn from it. safety is paramount. all the luv.
fire extinguishers are cheap these days. we should all have them.
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SamhainJ
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Re: Welp, I fucked up pretty badly. [Re: anne halonium]
#19197965 - 11/27/13 07:25 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I use iso to cleanse my hands at innoc but allow to evap off my hands before lighting a lighter.. its that simple really.. i wipe the needle with an alcohol wipe before flame sterilizing but that shouldnt be enough to set yourself on fire.. and wiping the needle with iso is unneccasary from what i hear..just flame sterilizing will kill any bacteria/spores, and the first drop of spore liquid going thru the needle will cool it enough..
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PussyFart
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Re: Welp, I fucked up pretty badly. [Re: scorpion2458]
#19197972 - 11/27/13 07:28 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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scorpion2458 said: I covered them with isopropyl alcohol, 91%
Use 70%....it's better than 90% at sanitizing things.
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anne halonium
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Re: Welp, I fucked up pretty badly. [Re: anne halonium]
#19198004 - 11/27/13 07:37 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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nota has a point, 70 is better than 90, and is a tiny bit safer.
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nn-IlliniSpiralDMT
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Re: Welp, I fucked up pretty badly. [Re: PussyFart]
#19198500 - 11/27/13 09:59 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Notahacker420 said:
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scorpion2458 said: I covered them with isopropyl alcohol, 91%
Use 70%....it's better than 90% at sanitizing things.
Well isn't 91% more flammable which would mean more heat being transferred to the scalpel? The flame sterilizes not the alcohol
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dr.alkaline



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I bought a fire extinguisher before I bought the stuff I need to make my alc lamp. I always keep it in arms reach when working.
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PussyFart
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Quote:
nn-IlliniSpiralDMT said:
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Notahacker420 said:
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scorpion2458 said: I covered them with isopropyl alcohol, 91%
Use 70%....it's better than 90% at sanitizing things.
Well isn't 91% more flammable which would mean more heat being transferred to the scalpel? The flame sterilizes not the alcohol
We do not flame sterilize our hands...or the latex gloves.......or anything else that is not a needle/scalpel/loop/etc......
70% has a greater water content, which helps penetrate cell walls more efficiently.
This can be googled.
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scorpion2458
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Re: Welp, I fucked up pretty badly. [Re: SamhainJ]
#19198866 - 11/28/13 12:01 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah, that was my mistake, I didn't let it evaporate fully, I was in a rush and anxious to get to work. The moral of the story is to take your time and be slow and patient.
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scorpion2458
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Re: Welp, I fucked up pretty badly. [Re: PussyFart]
#19198868 - 11/28/13 12:03 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Thanks, I will use 70% from now on then. I would like to look into it a bit more though, but I will definitely take this into consideration.
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twistedty
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Re: Welp, I fucked up pretty badly. [Re: dr.alkaline]
#19199019 - 11/28/13 01:01 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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dr.alkaline said: I bought a fire extinguisher before I bought the stuff I need to make my alc lamp. I always keep it in arms reach when working.

i got one
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elasticaltiger
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Re: Welp, I fucked up pretty badly. [Re: twistedty]
#19199073 - 11/28/13 01:32 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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twistedty said:
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dr.alkaline said: I bought a fire extinguisher before I bought the stuff I need to make my alc lamp. I always keep it in arms reach when working.

i got one
The combined capacity of my bladder and prostate is so enormous I don't need one. But the rest of you should ALL get a fire extinguishers. Even me just in case my entire apartment complex is on fire.
FREE PRINT to the first person to correctly guess if I am drunk, eating pasta or completely sober.
EDIT: I forgot contests belong in the marketplace. Sorry.
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Edited by elasticaltiger (11/28/13 01:36 AM)
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SupaThaRipper
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Lmao id say drunk but youre still typing pretty good.
And yeah talk about an adrenaline rush when your sab goes up in flames. Lmao. I think a good majority of us have learned that the hard way
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urthtown
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Re: Welp, I fucked up pretty badly. [Re: PussyFart]
#19199466 - 11/28/13 06:08 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Notahacker420 said:
We do not flame sterilize our hands...or the latex gloves...
On purpose anyway Tell that to the OP
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urthtown
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Re: Welp, I fucked up pretty badly. [Re: urthtown]
#19199470 - 11/28/13 06:08 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Not mushies, but it reminded me of this article.
-------------------- Cluster Headache sufferer? Cluster Busting Veil Tear GIF Flower Pot Grow GIF Mini Mono Tub GIFS "All mushrooms are edible, but some only once." -- Croatian Proverb
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SupaThaRipper
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Re: Welp, I fucked up pretty badly. [Re: urthtown]
#19199496 - 11/28/13 06:21 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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A periodic table of elements shower curtain would be badass!
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Kalypto
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Quote:
nn-IlliniSpiralDMT said:
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Notahacker420 said:
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scorpion2458 said: I covered them with isopropyl alcohol, 91%
Use 70%....it's better than 90% at sanitizing things.
Well isn't 91% more flammable which would mean more heat being transferred to the scalpel? The flame sterilizes not the alcohol
*Facepalm*
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lessismore
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Re: Welp, I fucked up pretty badly. [Re: scorpion2458]
#19199691 - 11/28/13 07:56 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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scorpion2458 said: So I was going to prepare an LC syringe. I had my still air box ready, the LC inside of it, everything just as I had done before. Latex gloves on, I covered them with isopropyl alcohol, 91%, and I go to flame sterilize the syringe, as I have done a ton of times before. But this time, as I light the lighter, my glove bursts into flame, and the other follows immediately afterward. I remain relatively calm, but immediately I throw by gloves onto the ground and stomp them out. One fuck up can teach someone a lesson of a lifetime, and I will be extremely more careful from now on. I hope some of you new cultivators can learn from my mistake, I most certainly have, as I have a second degree burn on the tip of my finger and almost burnt my house down. I fucked up really bad but I will do my best to avoid making this mistake again at all costs. Be careful, my friends, and happy shrooming!
Don't worry... I once vacuumed the gasoline tank of my scooter
my vacuum cleaner blew up, burst to flames and it now has a nice large hole in it never found the missing pieces from it
don't try at home 
btw.. it worked... got all the sand/rust out of the tank almost just not a good way
it sounds really stupid ;-P , but I had attached some hosing to it so as to not suck up any gasoline, and made vacuum etc. unfortunately it is the gasses that are combustible not so much the liquid and a vac cleaner is a spark generator
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Pastywhyte
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Re: Welp, I fucked up pretty badly. [Re: lessismore]
#19199700 - 11/28/13 08:02 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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OP get a torch. Lighters are slow and bring your alcohol soaked gloves too close to the flame. A torch will get your tools red hot in seconds and you don't risk a stay in the burn ward.
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