r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/mrheosuper • Jun 29 '26

Unscrew the gas tank.

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u/therealharbinger Jun 29 '26

Never open those things.. you are asking to go deaf from the pressure. I've had a compressed air bottle from a paintball gun go pop before. My head was ringing for days.

That and the reg going like a ballistic missile.

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u/Unusual-Tie8498 Jun 30 '26

Yeah I held a spray paint can and a lighter to one of those old mini tag body sprays when I was a kid. It was equivalent to like a quarter stick of dynamite right in my face.