Comments on: What Happens When You Smash a Can of WD-40? http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/06/26/what-happens-when-you-smash-a-can-of-wd-40/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:22:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Charles Follymacher http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/06/26/what-happens-when-you-smash-a-can-of-wd-40/#comment-14366 Charles Follymacher Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:20:38 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/?p=6881#comment-14366 Speechless. Speechless.

]]> By: dbs http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/06/26/what-happens-when-you-smash-a-can-of-wd-40/#comment-14284 dbs Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:42:27 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/?p=6881#comment-14284 Yah, it's obvious the can is on fire before it's hit. He knew it would make a big kaboom, but maybe he didn't realize it would get on his face and body. ALso the cameraman is a good distance away. Ther'es more to this video than we're seeing... I'd be curious what the backstory is. Yah, it’s obvious the can is on fire before it’s hit. He knew it would make a big kaboom, but maybe he didn’t realize it would get on his face and body.

ALso the cameraman is a good distance away.

Ther’es more to this video than we’re seeing… I’d be curious what the backstory is.

]]> By: David Janes http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/06/26/what-happens-when-you-smash-a-can-of-wd-40/#comment-14265 David Janes Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:36:28 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/?p=6881#comment-14265 What's really admirable is the guy with the camera: he has the true soul of a journalist. Even with his buddy in a ball a flame he makes sure keep that camera running. What’s really admirable is the guy with the camera: he has the true soul of a journalist. Even with his buddy in a ball a flame he makes sure keep that camera running.

]]> By: Luke Francl http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/06/26/what-happens-when-you-smash-a-can-of-wd-40/#comment-14242 Luke Francl Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:05:12 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/?p=6881#comment-14242 As additional evidence for the gasoline theory, you can see a red gas can in the foreground when he falls over. As additional evidence for the gasoline theory, you can see a red gas can in the foreground when he falls over.

]]> By: Luke Francl http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/06/26/what-happens-when-you-smash-a-can-of-wd-40/#comment-14237 Luke Francl Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:04:24 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/?p=6881#comment-14237 It's clearly on fire already, which is what causes the explosion, whatever it is in the can. Some...friends...of mine once dropped can aerosol can of bug spray in a fire. It made a most satisfying explosion. It’s clearly on fire already, which is what causes the explosion, whatever it is in the can.

Some…friends…of mine once dropped can aerosol can of bug spray in a fire. It made a most satisfying explosion.

]]> By: Joey deVilla http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/06/26/what-happens-when-you-smash-a-can-of-wd-40/#comment-14235 Joey deVilla Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:34:43 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/?p=6881#comment-14235 I don't think a WD-40 can would actually explode if hit, especially in light of <a href="http://mythbusters-wiki.discovery.com/page/Propane+Tank+Peril?t=anon" rel="nofollow">the <cite>Mythbusters</cite> experiment in which they shot a propane tank and failed to blow it up, even with tracer rounds</a>. It took a gatling gun with incendiary rounds to finally make the tank explode. (Thankfully, shooting a propane tank in <cite>Gramd Theft Auto IV</cite> creates wonderful explosions.) My co-worker Brian Layman points out that you can see that the can was already smoking. He suggests that it was an upside-down beer can filled with gasonline with a lit wad of paper on top. Any other guesses? I don’t think a WD-40 can would actually explode if hit, especially in light of the Mythbusters experiment in which they shot a propane tank and failed to blow it up, even with tracer rounds. It took a gatling gun with incendiary rounds to finally make the tank explode.

(Thankfully, shooting a propane tank in Gramd Theft Auto IV creates wonderful explosions.)

My co-worker Brian Layman points out that you can see that the can was already smoking. He suggests that it was an upside-down beer can filled with gasonline with a lit wad of paper on top. Any other guesses?

]]> By: Anne Onimos http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/06/26/what-happens-when-you-smash-a-can-of-wd-40/#comment-14232 Anne Onimos Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:22:38 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/?p=6881#comment-14232 . . . and of natural selection doing its thing. (Some intelligent design, huh?) . . . and of natural selection doing its thing. (Some intelligent design, huh?)

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]]> By: Jacquilynne http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/06/26/what-happens-when-you-smash-a-can-of-wd-40/#comment-14230 Jacquilynne Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:04:57 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/?p=6881#comment-14230 That's a really great example of the effectiveness of stop, drop and roll. That’s a really great example of the effectiveness of stop, drop and roll.

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