Seanpcola
Moderator
Pulled a stupid one last night. Could have been much worse but caught it in time. Posting this to remind everyone to think things through, slow down and be safe.
I absolutely know better than to do what i did but I was tired and doing too many things at once.
Yesterday I pressure washed the front porch on my house. The floor is some type of Asian hardwood, made into one foot squares. It requires oiling about once a year with boiled linseed oil.
So, I wash it, let it dry all day and yesterday evening got some rags, a can of BLO, dropped down on my knees and started applying. Do a section, let it soak, come back and mop up the excess. I worked back to the front door, finished up and carried everything into the kitchen and started cleaning up the mess. I threw the oil soaked rags on top of the garbage can planning to carry them out back when I finished washing my hands and spread them out to dry before chunking them.
Totally got sidetracked and forgot all about them. Went on to bed about 10:00 and crashed hard.
Momma comes homefrom work about 11:30, rushes upstairs, shakes me awake and says something is burning downstairs. As soon as I hit the top of the stairs I smelled it and knew what happened. Flew downstairs, grabbed the garbage can and chunked it into the yard.
One slightly smoked up house smelling of linseed oil, burned plastic,.styrofoam and kitchen garbage. Oh, and one mildly irritated wife.:rant:
Stupid, stupid, stupid. Did I mention stupid?
I absolutely know better than to do what i did but I was tired and doing too many things at once.
Yesterday I pressure washed the front porch on my house. The floor is some type of Asian hardwood, made into one foot squares. It requires oiling about once a year with boiled linseed oil.
So, I wash it, let it dry all day and yesterday evening got some rags, a can of BLO, dropped down on my knees and started applying. Do a section, let it soak, come back and mop up the excess. I worked back to the front door, finished up and carried everything into the kitchen and started cleaning up the mess. I threw the oil soaked rags on top of the garbage can planning to carry them out back when I finished washing my hands and spread them out to dry before chunking them.
Totally got sidetracked and forgot all about them. Went on to bed about 10:00 and crashed hard.
Momma comes homefrom work about 11:30, rushes upstairs, shakes me awake and says something is burning downstairs. As soon as I hit the top of the stairs I smelled it and knew what happened. Flew downstairs, grabbed the garbage can and chunked it into the yard.
One slightly smoked up house smelling of linseed oil, burned plastic,.styrofoam and kitchen garbage. Oh, and one mildly irritated wife.:rant:
Stupid, stupid, stupid. Did I mention stupid?