Thomas Powers wrote in another thread:

Picking pieces of steel out of your flesh is not one of my "favorite things"  though it does rank higher than peeling once molten plastic from your burns.

I can attest to that. I shovelled a scoop of charcoal onto the forge a couple of days ago and in it there was a scrap of woven plastic from the charcoal bag. I put the shovel down and then, without thinking, flicked the scrap of plastic off the forge. It had already started to melt and stuck to my finger. That is a real wake-up call. And it still seems to burn under the quench. Hammer hand, too.  Yep, molten plastic - treat with caution!

 

 

Yep, anything that sticks and burns is a real pain. Melted plastic, hot glue, caramelizing sugar (in the kitchen), etc, etc. One reason that napalm is so horrifying.

I originally read all of those as "in the kitchen" and was just making a memo to self to avoid dinner invitations at your place...

My cooking really sticks to your ribs.

 

Check Please!

One of the reasons polyester clothing is banned in our forge. My ex wife had some horrible scaring from when she was a child. She had a polyester nightgown catch fire from a spark out of the fireplace. It dosen't take much to ignite polyester or some plastics.

One of the joys of being married to a Spinster; un-natural fibers are strictly forbidden in our house.  

1 hour ago, ThomasPowers said:

...married to a Spinster;...

Correct term for a woman who spins; spinner is a man who spins; follows the old gender modified nouns: Actor/Actress, Brewer/Brewster, Hammer/Hamster, Painter/Paintress---lots more out there.

Now in colonial America the oldest unmarried daughter was expected to do the spinning for the family and so the name became associated with that role...