Originally published at: Watch: Cleaning stadium seats with a flamethrower | Boing Boing
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Yeah, you can use heat guns to melt the oxidized surface off plastic chairs. People so.etimes use the same technique for restoring the color on plastic car parts.
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New definition of the “hot seat”.
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It’s just a torch… Christ, not everything with a bit of flame is flame thrower. I can get a 3" flame on an adjustable Bic lighter, not a flame thrower.
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I can imagine being a kid and attempting this at home…
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Yeah, it’s not really “cleaning”. It is “flame polishing” with a weed burner.
I’ve done this on edges of plexiglas after sanding, it melts the top layer and any scratches just melt together.
Still impressive and soothing to watch.
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Why’s everybody looking at me?
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I picture Florida Man trying this, with predictable results.
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Common weed torch. Not just for weeds!
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I recently used my weed torch to burn paint off of old metal garden furniture. Many uses!
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Not exactly a specialized tool. $25 at Harbor Freight.
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Nobody’s looking at you, stop being paranoid. You can also ignore those cameras.
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We always called torches like that a “rose bud.” Used it to burn stubborn weeds growing through cracks on concrete and heat tar on roofs and things like that.
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It was his sled…
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You had to make it creepy.
I always thought “weed torch” was just stoner slang for a Zippo.
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Does anyone with more knowledge about polymers than I have care to chime in on how effective this is, and whether it has any long-term negative effects on the seats? Are plasticizers getting vaporized, making the seats more brittle over time? Or is this common practice?
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You’re not creeped out by the cameras you can’t see, why would you be creeped out by the ones you can?
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Are the fumes non-toxic?
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It’s not paranoia if they’re really out to get you.
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