Made a dumb mistake, looking for advice (metal shavings)
Hi Reddit! I was getting the backyard ready for some fun this year, doing the usual maintenance type stuff. I needed to put the pressure washer on the hose to spray down the shed, windows, etc. However, the head of the hose was super tight and not budging. I used vice grips on the pieces (end of hose and the head itself), turned to get it off, and nothing. I heat up the metal where the hose and sprayer connect, no movement. Worked at this thing for over an hour with zero success. Even though it’s a brand new (last fall) hose, I decided to just cut it off and start over. Sadly, I still came up short. Herein comes the problem. I out on my safety glasses, put on some gloves and got to cutting. Unfortunately my only outlet back there was just off the side of the deck (on the grass) but it worked fine. Then I realized….. shit there are some really small pieces of metal getting into my grass right now. Right where the dog pees and the kids play (no, they don’t play in dog pee, it’s just where the steps come down from the deck). The filings are super small and almost like powder. The metal is super soft (not sure what it is, but almost looks like magnesium). Any good solutions here to protect the kids and dog (short of not using the backyard, which I’m open to if there’s no a surefire way to ensure safety)? I’m thinking two things - super powerful magnet - dry the area out over time and then get the shop vac Or maybe it’s a combination of both? Or throw down a yard of dirt? Sand? Burn the backyard? I don’t know. Kind of ticked off at myself for not thinking about this. submitted by /u/TiredRightNowALot [link] [comments]
Hi Reddit!
I was getting the backyard ready for some fun this year, doing the usual maintenance type stuff. I needed to put the pressure washer on the hose to spray down the shed, windows, etc. However, the head of the hose was super tight and not budging. I used vice grips on the pieces (end of hose and the head itself), turned to get it off, and nothing.
I heat up the metal where the hose and sprayer connect, no movement. Worked at this thing for over an hour with zero success.
Even though it’s a brand new (last fall) hose, I decided to just cut it off and start over. Sadly, I still came up short.
Herein comes the problem. I out on my safety glasses, put on some gloves and got to cutting. Unfortunately my only outlet back there was just off the side of the deck (on the grass) but it worked fine.
Then I realized….. shit there are some really small pieces of metal getting into my grass right now. Right where the dog pees and the kids play (no, they don’t play in dog pee, it’s just where the steps come down from the deck). The filings are super small and almost like powder. The metal is super soft (not sure what it is, but almost looks like magnesium).
Any good solutions here to protect the kids and dog (short of not using the backyard, which I’m open to if there’s no a surefire way to ensure safety)?
I’m thinking two things - super powerful magnet - dry the area out over time and then get the shop vac
Or maybe it’s a combination of both? Or throw down a yard of dirt? Sand? Burn the backyard? I don’t know. Kind of ticked off at myself for not thinking about this.
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