dietermoreno
- Dec 30, 2012
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When I held my razor blade with tongs in the blue flame of my kitchen gas range, all it did was the plastic lighted on fire and my kitchen now smells bad.
I didn't know plastic was that flamable! I guess since plastic is made out of petroleum, it burns as good as gasoline!
Is it okay if the razor blade has plastic around it, or this no good?
My razor blade was not intended to be removed from the razor. The razor is disposable and I got it in the mail for my 18th birthday from Gillete for free and that's the only razor that I have been using every day for the past 3 years until 9 months ago the razor stopped working (the blade was dull) so I gave up and now I have a 3 inch long beard from not shaving in 9 months.
To remove the razor blade from the razor, I simply snapped it off with plyers. Unfortunately, the razor blade was still surrounded by plastic.
I think that back in WWII this was not a problem because plastic hadn't been commercially developed yet.
but today in 2013 when plastic is cheaper than metal, there is a problem of plastic disposable razors and reusable razors are more expensive than the plastic disposable razors.
but the whole purpose of the fox hole radio is to build a radio with what ever I can find in my house, just like the GIs did.
Any advice? Maybe I should instead blue several steel nails and then duck tape them together after they have cooled?
Right now the burnt plastic razor blade is on a ceramic plate in my kitchen cooling. I read articles on the internet that said you have to let it air cool and you should not put it in cold water.
I didn't know plastic was that flamable! I guess since plastic is made out of petroleum, it burns as good as gasoline!
Is it okay if the razor blade has plastic around it, or this no good?
My razor blade was not intended to be removed from the razor. The razor is disposable and I got it in the mail for my 18th birthday from Gillete for free and that's the only razor that I have been using every day for the past 3 years until 9 months ago the razor stopped working (the blade was dull) so I gave up and now I have a 3 inch long beard from not shaving in 9 months.
To remove the razor blade from the razor, I simply snapped it off with plyers. Unfortunately, the razor blade was still surrounded by plastic.
I think that back in WWII this was not a problem because plastic hadn't been commercially developed yet.
but today in 2013 when plastic is cheaper than metal, there is a problem of plastic disposable razors and reusable razors are more expensive than the plastic disposable razors.
but the whole purpose of the fox hole radio is to build a radio with what ever I can find in my house, just like the GIs did.
Any advice? Maybe I should instead blue several steel nails and then duck tape them together after they have cooled?
Right now the burnt plastic razor blade is on a ceramic plate in my kitchen cooling. I read articles on the internet that said you have to let it air cool and you should not put it in cold water.
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