water bottle melted my boat's carpet

guywhofishes · Aug 23, 2016

that's right - of all the rotten luck.

it was a dead calm sunny day this Saturday and a plastic bottle of water worked like a magnifying glass and melted some streaks in my carpet

after discovery I held the bottle up to some vinyl to see how it focused the sunlight

has anyone else had this happen?

Sub_Elect · Aug 23, 2016

Yikes!

johnr · Aug 23, 2016

The ProV has no carpet, love it this way.
I did have indoor outdoor carpet at my old place on our patio, this same thing happened.

LOV2HNT · Aug 23, 2016

That's what you get for having water in your boat...wouldn't happen with beer.

All seriousness that does suck and can't say I've ever seen or heard of that happening before. It must of been perfect conditions. I've seen on some survival shows them trying to start a fire with a bottle of water, can't remember if it worked.

Wild and Free · Aug 23, 2016

Damn global warming hitting too close to home now.

Mort · Aug 23, 2016

Did that bottle have the flimsy thin plastic or thick? if it was thin, and it got hot like that, I wouldn't drink the water in it...

guywhofishes · Aug 23, 2016

johnr said:
The ProV has no carpet, love it this way.
I did have indoor outdoor carpet at my old place on our patio, this same thing happened.

I am considering converting part of my boat floor to vinyl. Can anybody recommend a vendor/brand for "the best" vinyl they make?

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Mort said:
Did that bottle have the flimsy thin plastic or thick? if it was thin, and it got hot like that, I wouldn't drink the water in it...

it was one of those super thin very clear bottles a guy can crumple into golfball size when it's empty.

Jigaman · Aug 23, 2016

holy shit!

guywhofishes · Aug 23, 2016

Jigaman said:
holy shit!

I had picked up the bottle of water earlier prior to us noticing the burn maybe an hour later

took us a while to figure out what happened - smoking, kids playing with magnifying glasses, fireworks, etc. were bandied about trying to solve the mystery

deleted_account · Aug 23, 2016

you got yelled at for your cigars again didnt you...

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when im old enough im totally gonna sport the cigar in corner of mouth look.

guywhofishes · Aug 23, 2016

Ha ha ha.. I have been sans cigar for a while now

my new hobby has me not craving such things - which kind worries me

DirtyMike · Aug 23, 2016

guywhofishes said:
Ha ha ha.. I have been sans cigar for a while now

my new hobby has me not craving such things - which kind worries me

cocaine?

tikkalover · Aug 23, 2016

Melt this bitch down!;:;rofl.....................................:;:.:;:howdyThat would suck big time. Never wuda thunk that could happen.

Davey Crockett · Aug 23, 2016

History repeating itself, The old timers had this problem when they carried water in canning jars and gallon hilex bottles, According to them lots of fires were started this way/ Someone in our neighborhood supposedly burned up a Model A truck. By the time I came along many years later they had all learned their lesson so when ever I got the notion to put water in a glass jar I got a lecture.

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Usually after that lecture came the one about never a put farmers match in your bib overall pocket if you have change in there .

Fishmission · Aug 23, 2016

Possibly hot ashes from that big ass sherlock pipe?

JayKay · Aug 23, 2016

DirtyMike said:
cocaine?

Yes, lets hear more about this new hobby...

deleted_account · Aug 23, 2016

DirtyMike said:
cocaine?

yes, the craving for cigars has been replaced with feeling mildly suicidal on monday morning, and the taste of batteries.

guywhofishes · Aug 23, 2016

JayKay said:
Yes, lets hear more about this new hobby...

it involves throwing oneself onto hard surfaces, nearly constant pain, and skin grafts - it's super fun

Muzzytipped · Aug 23, 2016

I would contact Lund directly and have them send some to you.

DirtyMike · Aug 23, 2016

unfortunately, he'll have to call alumacraft.

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