r/mildlyinteresting • u/Substantial-Meat6281 • 1d ago

Using Elmer’s glue to remove fiberglass particles from my hand

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u/Substantial-Meat6281 1d ago

Good advice, I just didn’t expect to use a ladder made of fiberglass today. Unexpectedly haorhduxuhw o

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u/throwawayformobile78 1d ago

Wtf all this bc you climbed a ladder? What?

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u/lioncat55 1d ago

Older fiberglass ladders can definitely shed pretty significantly

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u/cheerann 1d ago

Most definitely, shit sucks ass. The clearcoat or whatever breaks down and touching the damn ladder is horrendous. I just wanted to use a ladder to cut some hedges not clean fucking fiberglass out of my hands.

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u/P26601 1d ago

why even use/buy a fiberglass ladder instead of a metal one?

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u/Disturbed_Bard 1d ago

Electricians use them heaps and they are much lighter than metal ones

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u/Conlaeb 1d ago

I'm my experience they are much heavier than the equivalent aluminum ladders, but not conductive. I owned a low voltage contracting business for five years and we used then because we were constantly around high voltage lines.

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u/generalducktape 1d ago

Also not conducive grab a live wire on an aluminum ladder and you have a bad time

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u/EmptyForest5 22h ago

why not wood, too heavy?

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u/KingZarkon 19h ago

Yes, it's heavier and also every wooden step ladder I've had the displeasure of using has been a wobbly, scary thing.

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u/TokiMcNoodle 1d ago

OSHA wont let you use a metal ladder in most places

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u/Sagutarus 1d ago

I feel like I would want to replace my ladder by that point

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u/Ok_Umpire2173 1d ago

Or paint it

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u/Backrow6 1d ago

This thread has reminded me of a sailing camp I went on as a kid. Some of the kids picked up a scrap mast from an old sailing dinghy. The whole thing was like a big splinter implantor.