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Re: [oletrucks] Automotive tip

To: "Russell Hubbard" <rjhub@CLEMSON.EDU>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Automotive tip
From: "Squatch56" <Squatch56@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 23:18:17 -0800
Russ,
Thanks for the tip!!!!!!!!!!!  I didn't know that about fix a flat.  I will
use with caution.  For sure, I will not use it in my lungs again!!!!!!!
Have a good one!!
                         Rob
                 The "Toon Man"
          SASQUATCH   ARTWORKS
          Custom Automotive Cartoons
      www.chevytrucks.org/squatch-art


----- Original Message -----
  From: Russell Hubbard
  To: Squatch56
  Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 7:09 AM
  Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Automotive tip


  A co-worker told me the other day he had a tire blowout
  after using fix a flat. I think he said it has a warning about
  using at high temp. He put it in a slow leaking tire in the
  morning and when tire heated up during mid-day(while driving)
  it blew out the tire. Suppose to let air back out of tire as soon
  as possible and fill with new clean air to get rid of fumes.
  I've used it a few times without paying any attention to those directions.

  Russ

  At 08:14 PM 10/21/2001 -0700, you wrote:

    "Fix-a-Flat"  It works good,  when you have a flat and do not have the
time or
    energy to change the tire.  However, do not breathe the stuff!!  Last week
I
    had a can of Fix-a-Flat under the seat of my 78 Chevy Pickup, ( It says on
the
    can 'do not store inside of your car'........too bad I didn't read it.)
That
    can blew up when the seat was adjusted and  it was ran over by the seat
track.
    I drove the truck for a couple of days after, but the smell was so strong
I
    could no longer stand it, so I attempted to clean it out.  I removed the
seat,
    and was hit with a rush of the rather toxic fumes.  Right away I became
light
    headed, lost my ballance and fell into the door jamb of the truck, slicing
my
    face open. ( Lots of Blood)  When I got up , I took a quick break, cleaned
up
    my face, then went back to cleaning out the truck.  The remainder of the
day,
    I was dizzy, and my sight was clouded.  That evening, Angie ended up
taking me
    to the Emergency Room, where I spent several hours wired  like a surround
    sound system, and on 100% Oxygen.  Since then, I have been pretty sick
for
    several days.  So in conclusion, I reccomend that if you have this product
in
    your car or truck, DO NOT keep it inside of your vehicle!!!!  I learned
the
    hard way.  Hopefully, my idiocy can help someone else out there.

                            Rob
                  The "Toon Man"
              SASQUATCH   ARTWORKS
              Custom Automotive Cartoons
          www.chevytrucks.org/squatch-art


    PS  I still carry a can of Fix-a-Flat in my truck, but now it is in a
sealed
    container, in a much  safer place!!
    (It took a lot to admit my mistake to you all , but I was hoping some
good
    could come from this.)
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