Just found out the old trick with a wet rag on a hot pipe actually works

I was helping a friend in Kansas City replace a section of 4-inch steam line last week, and he told me to wrap a wet rag around the pipe before cutting. I thought it was just an old wives' tale to stop the cut from getting too hot. We did it anyway, and it kept the pipe cool enough to handle right after the cut. It saved us a good 20 minutes of waiting for it to cool down. Has anyone else got a simple trick like that they thought was nonsense but turned out to be a real time saver?

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alex_taylor1010d ago

Sounds like you just got lucky with that one.

rosep8710d ago

Totally, same thing happened to me last week.

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