Safety Warning - Sanding Aluminum & Rusty Steel

[Fred Munro]

If you are going to try this, Huw, I can tell you from personal experience
that rolling around on the ground does not extinguish burning clothes, so
forget that little gem of wisdom imparted by your grade school teacher :o)

Fred Munro
'94 S4

----- Original Message -----
From: "Huw Powell" <audi at mediaone.net>
To: "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>
Cc: <SOS-cars at yahoogroups.com>; <s-car-list at yahoogroups.com>;
<quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: Safety Warning - Sanding Aluminum & Rusty Steel


>
> >     First of all, thermite is a mixture of aluminium powder and iron
oxide
> > (rust). When ignited, it burns fiercely
>
> I haven't even managed to ignite the can of gasoline under my vise using
> a cut off wheel... I'm gonna have to try this one!
>
> --
> Huw Powell
>
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>
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