Another thing to never do again

[SPKmes]

Not sure what your blue tape is like but here it is 3-5 day tape.... in anycase...assuming this is paper tape and not pvc  .... try using a rag with some meths.... wet the rag and run it slowly across the tape ....just do a little at a time 500mm or so....Try to only run it over the tape... you will have to experiment with the speed just enough to let it soak through to the glue.... Also take a sharp utility knife and a straight edge and score the tape and caulking join...deep enough to cut to the tapes thickness. This way you will keep your seal even if you peel some of the finished paint work...then leave it to dry for a day...sand back to a feathered edge and touch up (If you happen to pull any paint off)

[eagl]

Not sure what your blue tape is like but here it is 3-5 day tape.... in anycase...assuming this is paper tape and not pvc  .... try using a rag with some meths.... wet the rag and run it slowly across the tape ....just do a little at a time 500mm or so....Try to only run it over the tape... you will have to experiment with the speed just enough to let it soak through to the glue.... Also take a sharp utility knife and a straight edge and score the tape and caulking join...deep enough to cut to the tapes thickness. This way you will keep your seal even if you peel some of the finished paint work...then leave it to dry for a day...sand back to a feathered edge and touch up (If you happen to pull any paint off)

Thanks!  Those tips sound good.  Yes it is paper tape and I've been using just water so far, to keep from eating up the paint/brick/caulk.  3 days in the TX sun would probably be the maximum time before it started baking on.  I waited... not going to say exactly how long since it's embarassing.  But it was a long time.
 

[jimson]

Never work on your roof on a windy day without securing your ladder. No I didn't fall off but while I was up there the ladder blew down.

Luckily I had a cell phone on me and the neighbor was home. I'm way too old to be jumping down from roofs.

[pembquist]

Never, and I mean NEVER, cut a piece of 1/2" cold rolled rod in a vise with a hacksaw at a 45 degree angle with your left hand on the front of the hacksaw frame and your right on the handle.  Frickin bullseye on the tendon between the base of your finger and the second knuckle.  EXPENSIVE.

[SPKmes]

Thanks!  Those tips sound good.  Yes it is paper tape and I've been using just water so far, to keep from eating up the paint/brick/caulk.  3 days in the TX sun would probably be the maximum time before it started baking on.  I waited... not going to say exactly how long since it's embarassing.  But it was a long time.
 

 Hmmm from the sound of things you may find you will have to cut the line and really soak the tape.... (the meths shoudn't affect the caulk).... Hard tape is a nightmare... soak it hard with meths and scrape with a sharp blade... just keep the blade as flat as possible....

[Rolex]

I thought this was going to be another thread about marriage...

[Babalonian]

I thought this was going to be another thread about marriage...

ba-da bum

[titanic3]

Never say never.



   

[SFRT - Frenchy]

Never touch a unmarked dull looking switch on a plane type you are very familiar with out of boredom in a long IFR flight.  Your ' I wonder what this button duuuuh' will disconnect your autopilot, reset your com/nav panel to unknown frequencies and disable your 6 pack for 30 seconds while the computer reboots itself.

'Touch only the shiny switches' is taught about for a reason.

[homersipes]

well this past weekend I did 2 STUPID things. First I was outside finishing a fence got a horrible headache, so I go in the house and get "excedrin migrain"  hmmm these look different but it has an M on backside so I take 2, come to find out it was oxycotton :old:always have wife relabel pills
2nd stupid moment, our ac is a 220 and it started dimming lights so I go to basement and the breaker is buzzing when compressor kicks on.  I pull breaker out and say to myself"hmmm why does this buzz?"  so very very very dumb I stick my finger in and touch the tab the breaker hooks onto.NEVER NEVER do this as it does hurt

[pembquist]

well this past weekend I did 2 STUPID things. First I was outside finishing a fence got a horrible headache, so I go in the house and get "excedrin migrain"  hmmm these look different but it has an M on backside so I take 2, come to find out it was oxycotton :old:always have wife relabel pills
2nd stupid moment, our ac is a 220 and it started dimming lights so I go to basement and the breaker is buzzing when compressor kicks on.  I pull breaker out and say to myself"hmmm why does this buzz?"  so very very very dumb I stick my finger in and touch the tab the breaker hooks onto.NEVER NEVER do this as it does hurt

was the second caused by the first? 

One that happened to somebody else: using a chopsaw to cut string.  He didn't lose anything but had his hand tied pretty tightly to the blade.

[homersipes]

lol no it was different days.  Man he's lucky he didnt lose anything

[JimmyC]

never do valium with your mrs on a long haul flight..
and let her take a glass of water from the air hostess..
then drop it in your lap ..
to be woken from the depths of a chemical knockout to some wet cold sheet happening in your lap..
try to jump up repeatedly..shouting what the shreck what the shreck...repeatedly..
finally realise the seat belt is done up ..shout feeck one last time ( to make sure everyone is awake in cabin and looking at you)and release belt
stand in middle of aisle looking down at the big wet patch in your crotch..thinking what the shreck just happened..
make hasty retreat to WC...

[W7LPNRICK]

Good place for a story  .... When I was back from Korea, I stayed on the folks Dairy for a few weeks R&R,  I was headed out one morning, my mom says, "Hey check you engine before you start it.   The cats sleep on it cause it's warm...you don't want cat guts & fur burning on your exhaust all day". So I lift the hood & there's this calico sitting sleepily behind the air cleaner. I reached in to get him off the engine (I had petted this cat on the door step the previous morning), this cat turns into the Tasmanian Devil doing a scratching, biting twister...as I run around screaming and slinging my arm(I was wearing John Travolta's baggy sleeves  just so the cat had more to hang onto). My mom yells, "Well why did you try to pick up that wild thing?" I said, "He was purring and letting me pet him yesterday". She says, "No that was the twin right here on the porch".(Exact markings) The nice one was curling around Ma's leg...I finally got shy of that devil cat, had to throw away my prized "Saturday Night Fever"   shirt, & mom bandaged me up. Wasn't funny at the time, but we still giggle about it. 

[Sonicblu]

Use rubbing alcohol kinda soak the tape it will loosen the bond. Worked when daughter got duct tape in hair..