If you do any plumbing with PVC pipes you know how hard it can be to open those cans of the cement. Especially if they have been already opened as some glue always seems to get on the threads.
A pair of channel locks works pretty well but you have to be careful and not squeeze too hard or you can dent the lid. There are many articles and videos on the Internet showing different ways to get them open. Don’t even think about griping them in a vise.
Ta-da! Introducing the EZ-Twist Can Opener by Weld-On. This really cool. It is very well built - the toothed strap fits tightly and perfectly onto the serrated lid. Nice invention, probably only costs 20 cents in incremental manufacturing costs and makes a huge profit for Weld-On. I’m surprised Oatey didn’t get the rights to manufacture it. Now I just have to keep from losing it. I think I will leave it right on one of the cans. Dennis
I saw that a few weeks ago. I thought about it, but it’s rare for me to be doing something involving plumbing and not having a large enough channel locks nearby to crack them open.
I have this and it opens everything from soda pop bottles to wide mouth jars.
It does have one problem - one edge is toothed, and I had it cut through a particularly thin metal top on a bottle of cheap wine. Which probably tells you more about how cheap the wine was than the lid opener
I got my mother a Black & Decker motorized opener. It worked well for her until she was no longer able to remember how to operate it. It requires literally zero hand strength since the motor does the work. But it’s quite expensive.
It’s been my experience that those cans of PVC glue are basically ‘single-use’. Every damn time I need some, I open the can (one that was previously open) and they are dry as a bone in the Sahara.
Nice tool, but it wouldn’t get used much. Maybe if I was a landscaper.
Now if someone could come up with a tool to open those damnable press-down-and-squeeze-while-turning lids on things like acetone cans. Fucking hell, man! I’ve had to resort to lightly clamping the can in a vise, then applying downward pressure with one hand while using channelocks to grip and turn the lid. Once open, I never completely close it again, or I dump it all into a glass jar.
Press and screw I can handle. It’s turn and pry that give me a hard time. I usually just get in there with a screwdriver pry it off…no turning required.
So,…it’s a less effective and less versatile replacement for a common STRAP WRENCH.
I suppose you can make the argument that this dedicated gizmo is perfectly adapted for a very specific function. A good strap wrench will do this just as well while probably offering more leverage and do a thousand other odd turning jobs.
