Posted: 8/4/2009 10:22:04 AM EDT
| My dad had a huge chest of omaha steak stuff delivered to my house for my birthday today, I wasn't expecting it, which is an awesome gift btw. But I didn't know there was dry ice in the bottom of the chest. I was pulling out the boxes and the dry ice was partially out of the bag and my wrist touched it. It mildly burns like a fire burn at the moment and is a little red. Am I going to be ok? Or is my skin gonna peel off? Another question I have is how long will the dry ice keep the stuff cold for, there is like ten huge boxes and I can't fit it all in my little freezer, so some of it is going to have to go to the girlfriend's house in her freezer. Will it be ok in the chest till about 7pm tonight? I'm not going to try to sue or anything because it's my own damn fault like people burning themselves with coffee at mcdonalds, but they should really put a warning that the chest contains dry ice, I would have handled it a little more carefully had I known. |
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You'll be ok, just rinse it in cool water.
I handle dry ice everyday, it only burns for a little while. If you have pellets, they make GREAT dry ice bombs... And it does not matter if you refridgerate the dry ice, it's CO2 and will dissipate. A 5 Lb box will last about 3 days in my truck with just a cheap styrofoam cooler. |
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Quoted: You'll be ok, just rinse it in cool water. I handle dry ice everyday, it only burns for a little while. If you have pellets, they make GREAT dry ice bombs... And it does not matter if you refridgerate the dry ice, it's CO2 and will dissipate sublimate. A 5 Lb box will last about 3 days in my truck with just a cheap styrofoam cooler.  |
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You'll be ok, just rinse it in cool water. I handle dry ice everyday, it only burns for a little while. If you have pellets, they make GREAT dry ice bombs... And it does not matter if you refridgerate the dry ice, it's CO2 and will dissipate sublimate. A 5 Lb box will last about 3 days in my truck with just a cheap styrofoam cooler.
the phase police is here |
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and take it out of the freezer.... see http://www.dryiceinfo.com/safe.htm
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I used to play with it all the time at work. Used it to freeze bushings/ bearings, ect. Had a huge tank of it out back that was piped in for the welders. When we needed dry ice, we'd go out back, tie a burlap bag around the fill line, and open it up wide. Makes quite a bit of static electricity if the conditions are right, not to mention the neat fog effect. Never got anything but very minor skin burns.
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The package should have had a dry ice warning label - a diamond with black and white stripes.
And a warning about storing it in a freezer - don't keep it in the freezer portion of a refrigerator/freezer. The carbon dioxide gas will get into the fridge and dissolve in any liquid that isn't in a tightly sealed container. Not harmful but the taste will be affected and you'll dump it. Ask me how I know this
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| Dry ice burns have been linked to the first stage of zombification. Post in Zombie Central for more advice, but the folks over there will want you to be quarantined so they can try out their latest anti-zed weaponry. You'll know it's too late if you develop a craving for brainz. |
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Dry ice burns have been linked to the first stage of zombification. Post in Zombie Central for more advice, but the folks over there will want you to be quarantined so they can try out their latest anti-zed weaponry. You'll know it's too late if you develop a craving for brainz. /Thread |