My wife and I went out in the Hills yesterday to repair a stone for a friend. Without thinking (And having used it for over 5 years) I took my MASTICO along with the little white cup of chemical setting agent. I placed the Mastico in the back and put the white Container on the Dash of my Truck so it wouldn't get lost, 10 minutes after we got there we were getting our pruners and cleaning material out. Suddenly there was a small explosion in my Truck. The smoke was so thick you couldn't see inside. I did not know what had happened. I yanked the door open and got a whiff of the thick smoke and could not breathe. I grabbed the hood release and raised the hood and took Pruners and cut my Ground wire to the battery. (Thinking the worst) The smoke cleared and when I could breathe I looked inside the Truck. The Hardener was up the center of the windshield and up on the sunvisor. The cap was on the seat. Had this happened 20 minutes earlier we no doubt would have wrecked because we would not have been able to breathe or see where I was going. End of story. WARNING, DO NOT PUT THE HARDENER ON THE DASH OF ANYTHING. The temperature caused it to Explode. (I also had to call for a Ground Wire) PLEASE be CAREFUL keep this out of the sun sealed up. Jack Briles
Jack, Glad you two are okay! Boy weren't you lucky?? Thanks for the warning so others will know. Sue CA ----- Original Message ----- From: Jackbriles@aol.com To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 5:52 PM Subject: [INPCRP] A Deadly warning.!! My wife and I went out in the Hills yesterday to repair a stone for a friend. Without thinking (And having used it for over 5 years) I took my MASTICO along with the little white cup of chemical setting agent. I placed the Mastico in the back and put the white Container on the Dash of my Truck so it wouldn't get lost, 10 minutes after we got there we were getting our pruners and cleaning material out. Suddenly there was a small explosion in my Truck. The smoke was so thick you couldn't see inside. I did not know what had happened. I yanked the door open and got a whiff of the thick smoke and could not breathe. I grabbed the hood release and raised the hood and took Pruners and cut my Ground wire to the battery. (Thinking the worst) The smoke cleared and when I could breathe I looked inside the Truck. The Hardener was up the center of the windshield and up on the sunvisor. The cap was on the seat. Had this happened 20 minutes earlier we no doubt would have wrecked because we would not have been able to breathe or see where I was going. End of story. WARNING, DO NOT PUT THE HARDENER ON THE DASH OF ANYTHING. The temperature caused it to Explode. (I also had to call for a Ground Wire) PLEASE be CAREFUL keep this out of the sun sealed up. Jack Briles ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== To UNSUBSCRIBE, send message consisting only of "UNSUBSCRIBE" to INPCRP-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com or to INPCRP-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com (for DIGEST version)