Nothing like a cold splash of 100LL in the face to wake up a pilot

Anyone ever get splashed in the face with 100LL while refueling at a
self-serve pump?

Today, I joined the nitwit club and was rewarded for my refueling
complacency with a cereal bowl-sized volume of 100LL splashed directly
in the face. At least I was wearing sunglasses, which kept most of the
fuel out of my eyes.


--
Peter

"Peter R." wrote in message
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Anyone ever get splashed in the face with 100LL while refueling at a
self-serve pump?

Nope. But I did once manage to get distracted and dump about a quart of
100LL overboard while I was ogling a Silver Eagle P210 turbine conversion
taxi by while I was fueling my plane.

Glad you had some eye protection on...I can't imagine that actually getting
gas in one's eyes is good for them.

Pete

A long time ago as a student I was sumping a 172xp and the drain plug was
not working properly - proceeded to **** 100 LL all over me, my new jacket
and then the tarmac. It took a while for a mechanic to get there with
pliers to fix it.


"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Peter R." wrote in message
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Anyone ever get splashed in the face with 100LL while refueling at a
self-serve pump?

Nope. But I did once manage to get distracted and dump about a quart of
100LL overboard while I was ogling a Silver Eagle P210 turbine conversion
taxi by while I was fueling my plane.

Glad you had some eye protection on...I can't imagine that actually
getting
gas in one's eyes is good for them.

Pete

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Peter R." wrote in message
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Anyone ever get splashed in the face with 100LL while refueling at a
self-serve pump?

Nope. But I did once manage to get distracted and dump about a quart of
100LL overboard while I was ogling a Silver Eagle P210 turbine conversion
taxi by while I was fueling my plane.

Glad you had some eye protection on...I can't imagine that actually
getting
gas in one's eyes is good for them.

It stings.

"C J Campbell" wrote in message news:VsednWCShodKo8ncRVn-
It stings.

It burns like a Glasgow bikini wax.

"Peter R." wrote in message
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Anyone ever get splashed in the face with 100LL while refueling at a
self-serve pump?

Today, I joined the nitwit club and was rewarded for my refueling
complacency with a cereal bowl-sized volume of 100LL splashed directly
in the face. At least I was wearing sunglasses, which kept most of the
fuel out of my eyes.


--
Peter

During college I worked as a ramp rat and spilled my share of Avgas and
Jet-A, spilled it on me, the aircraft, and the ground. Oh yeah, after
handling Avgas wash your hands before visiting the little pilot's room,
don't ask why just do it. ;-)

It stings to get fuel in the eye, it should be flushed with water and it
helps to keep your eyelid closed until you can get plenty of water on the
scene. It's the evaporation that seems to cause the most irritation. Some
A&Ps also use low-lead as a parts cleaner. I've had my hands soaked in it
pretty often and the cuts on your hands notice but it's not then end of the
world to get fuel on you. My doctor says aside from the third arm growing
out of my forehead I'm almost normal.

--
Scott

"tscottme" wrote in message
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Some A&Ps also use low-lead as a parts cleaner. I've had my hands soaked
in it
pretty often and the cuts on your hands notice but it's not then end of
the
world to get fuel on you. ...

That doesn't sound too safe.
Are they (and you) not concerned with the fire hazard, and the lead health
hazard? While children are more susceptible than adults, I still don't
think I would want to put my hands in it every day as part of my job.....

"Icebound" wrote in message
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"tscottme" wrote in message
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Some A&Ps also use low-lead as a parts cleaner. I've had my hands
soaked
in it
pretty often and the cuts on your hands notice but it's not then end of
the
world to get fuel on you. ...

That doesn't sound too safe.
Are they (and you) not concerned with the fire hazard, and the lead health
hazard? While children are more susceptible than adults, I still don't
think I would want to put my hands in it every day as part of my job.....


Can't think of a parts cleaner that isn't flammable, certainly not one as
cheap as just a couple bucks per gallon, and available in each aircraft.
After the part is thoroughly dry, it's no more flammable than fresh out of
the box. Besides, you'd have ready access to 100LL from draining tanks or
from sump samples. We didn't bathe in it, we might splash a bit dropping a
part in a pail and get our hand wet picking the part out of a pail. Shops
bigger than my previous one-man-band operation would have Safety-Kleen
basins.


--
Scott

The teraethyl lead in the avgas will rapidly absorb thru your skin
into your bloodstream. Your eyeballs will absorb it at least an order
of magnitude more quickly than your skin. Getting large quantities of
leaded gasoline on you needs to be washed off with soap and lots of
water asap. Too much repeated exposure to TEL thru skin absorbption
this way, and you might even want to have a blood test done to check
how much lead you've accumulated and if you need to be administered
some calcium EDTA orally or IV, depending on how much lead is in your
soft tissues.

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 23:24:53 -0400, Peter R.
wrote:

Anyone ever get splashed in the face with 100LL while refueling at a
self-serve pump?

Today, I joined the nitwit club and was rewarded for my refueling
complacency with a cereal bowl-sized volume of 100LL splashed directly
in the face. At least I was wearing sunglasses, which kept most of the
fuel out of my eyes.

A true pilot wears 100LL cologne.

How did it happen? I self-fuel frequently, and would like to avoid
the same thing.

-Nathan