Betcha Didn't Know!
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Larry Gude
Strung Out
Good stuff. 
luvmygdaughters
Well-Known Member
Knew about the wooden spoon to prevent boil over. None of the rest though. Thanks.
I can vouch for the fact that using compressed air is not a good idea when it comes to unclogging a sink.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
...but did it clear the clog?
Sorta....let's just say it created an "alternative outlet"...
Larry Gude
Strung Out
...by way of blowing out the elbow?
How'd you see it to the drain in the first place? Adapted it to a plunger, right? 
itsbob
I bowl overhand
Kind of why you have ONE for the SINK.. and one for the TOILET..
Same reason you have an ORAL thermometer and a RECTAL thermometer.. and don't use the same one for both..
But do you know the difference between the two thermometers??
black dog
Free America
Low pressure Cubic feet per minute silly, not Pounds per square inch.
Hopefully it was a 1 1/2" line and not a 3 or 4" line.
..Adapted it to a plunger, right?
Well fer crissakes..I own a machine shop right? And you can bet that drain adapter didn't leak too. Prolly withstand 200 psi..maybe more.
Psssssssss...BLAM! Clog all gone.
Me and compressed air have a checkered past. I tried to use it to dislodge the piston and rod assembly stuck in a Case backhoe loader cylinder. 'bout 5' long or so, it was....probably 80 pounds. Had one of the minimum wage employees holding on the rod to "catch it when it popped out, don't let it hit the ground".
Psssssssss...BLAM!!!! Rod and piston travels about 30' in a great arc and cleanly through the side of the shop wall in to foremen's office. Helper still standing in same place with hands still outstretched as if still holding the cylinder rod...eyes big as saucers and dripping from head to toe with the gallon or so of hydraulic oil that just got blown all over him.
Oops.
Psssssssss...BLAM!!!! Rod and piston travels about 30' in a great arc and cleanly through the side of the shop wall in to foremen's office. Helper still standing in same place with hands still outstretched as if still holding the cylinder rod...eyes big as saucers and dripping from head to toe with the gallon or so of hydraulic oil that just got blown all over him.
Oops.
Wait..there's a difference??
GWguy
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Forgot that hydraulic fluid is non-compressible, did we?
More like....forgot just how compressible air IS.
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Homer J
Power Chord
The taste?