Paint in glass jars

[cthulhu77]

Lucky to miss the need for stitches, but will be hitting the painkillers...uh, oh...does that mean new whiffery?

[Brian da Basher]

Yeeeooowwwwch Greg! I'm glad to hear no stitches were needed. I did that once and was grateful not to be cut too deeply as I didn't have any insurance at the time.

I hope you heal up quick!

Brian da Basher

[Captain Canada]

I wonder if there's somat you can put on the threads before you close the lid, like never-seize or pipe dope ? I've had that probelm a few times myself.

[retro_seventies]

bit of vaseline seems to  work well - just rub it on the threads and things seem to stay pretty loosey goosey....just glad that you are ok greg!

[John Howling Mouse]

Happened to SuperTom awhile back, too.  He posted on another forum about it and caught some flak for it "being his own fault."

I've busted a Testors bottle or two before as well.  I use the Vaseline barrier trick on the jars now, too.

[retro_seventies]

Happened to SuperTom awhile back, too. He posted on another forum about it and caught some flak for it "being his own fault."

*sigh*

that's just another reason why this is the modelling site on the web that i ever post on these days.   best hangout EVER.    

[Daryl J.]

Was that opened by hand or with some kind of pliers or the like?

Reason being I'm a dentist and a cut from something like that could spell death from AIDS or Hepatitis C.

....and I have a ton of Testors' paint......




And, yes, this is the best hangout of all.   It's very rare to find detail-oriented men with open minds and a relaxed attitude.   Usually it's just the opposite.


Glad the fingers are OK!!


Daryl J.

[Mossie]

Hope the paws not too sore mate!

I'm glad I use Humbrol tinlets, I'm a clumsy bugger.  Luckily the worst I've done with paint pots is knocked a couple over.  I've cut myself once or twice, had a bizzare accident with a piece of broken sprue, oh yeah, & after trying to unsuccesfully heat form a piece of styrene, picked it up before I'd dunked it in water....

Simon.

[anthonyp]

DUDE!!   Greg, glad you don't need stitches.

I've cracked a few Testor's bottles in my time, but I've never had one blow up like that on me.  I usually use a pair of plyers to open tight ones, but when I run into one that just ain't moving, I turn the bottle upside down, and using one of those paint-mixing pipettes, squirt some air-brush thinner into the now upside-down cap.  I let it sit for a few minutes, then grab some paper towels, flip it over, let the excess and non-absorbed thinner get sopped up by the paper towel, then open with the pliers.  Haven't had a bottle break or even crack on my yet doing it that way (knock on wood).  (Shoulda mentioned I don't use Testor's acrylics.)

And yes, this site does indeed rock.

[cthulhu77]

Yeah, it suprised me...I had already opened it once yesterday using the hot water method, so when it crunched in my mitts, I was quite shocked !
  Don't know my own strength.

[upnorth]

Nice to know you didn't need stitches.

I suppose I've been lucky to not have a similar incident.

These days, I'm using Vallejo acrylics in the plastic bottles, I can get Tamiya and model master here in the Czech Republic, but they are ridiculously expensive.

I used Model Master acrylics almost exclusively back in Canada and always cleaned the threads with a bit of Windex on a rag (both bottle and cap threads) every time before closing bottles and seldom had a sticking problem.

[lancer]

After seeing the disasters from before on here, I'm damm glad I use tinlets and plastic bottles of the likd Lifecolor use

Suffice to say that I'm damm glad you didn't sustain any injuries Greg.