[FWDLK] reminder

["Deane Allinson" <deane.allinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sunday afternoon I began cleaning 40 years worth of dirt, tar, and basic road crude from my rear fender wells.

I was using a concentrated cleaner from AutoZone called Power-Clean (if I remember correctly). I was thinking

at the time "I'll need to let the rest of the list know about this stuff, it works pretty good".

It cuts dirt, grease, and everything off quickly, a little paint too so it's only for prep work.

Anyway, I was on my back with the spray bottle and a hose and a putty knife getting the big chunks off.

At some unknown point I must have gotten some in my eyes. I was wearing safety glasses (most of the time). It

was about 101 degrees out and I was wet and sweating like a pig so I could have just wiped my eyes with my

hand.

I ended up in the local Emergency Room. It seemed as if I was in a smoke filled bar or looking through an extremely dirty

windshield. My eyes were as red as beets and burning. I couldn't recognize faces from 20 ft. away.

 

They stuck these 2 small suction cups on my eyes. They each had a small hose attached to a liter of saline. It took

1/2 an hour of flushing this way. Great fun and spooky too ala Clockwork Orange. I'm back to normal vision today but that is some nasty stuff. I guess that I'll do the other fender this weekend with a plastic bag over my head.

 

REMEMBER: watch out for all those nasty chemicals.

Deane