.... in this case, child is, uh, me!!!
after one rather nasty cut and several smaller cuts from the stainless steel edges of the firewall, i decided i needed to do something about it. my first idea was to get some of those term paper covers and use the plastic spines, which would have worked, but been fairly expensive. then i discovered that home & aircraft depot sells ~1/4" o.d. plastic tubing -- 25 feet for 1.97, so i bought that, split it, and put it over the edges. a little strapping tape at various intervals to hold it in place, and i was able to handle the firewall all afternoon yesterday without any more cuts.
i know, i know: "real men don't need to put plastic on the edges of their firewalls." but in case you want to, i found that the easiest way to slit the tubing was to make one snip with a pair of scissors, then jam them in like you're going to make another snip, and pull the split end towards you. when i tried to use the utility knife, it kept spiraling (besides the risk of cutting myself, which as you can imagine, is very real for a klutz like me.)
after one rather nasty cut and several smaller cuts from the stainless steel edges of the firewall, i decided i needed to do something about it. my first idea was to get some of those term paper covers and use the plastic spines, which would have worked, but been fairly expensive. then i discovered that home & aircraft depot sells ~1/4" o.d. plastic tubing -- 25 feet for 1.97, so i bought that, split it, and put it over the edges. a little strapping tape at various intervals to hold it in place, and i was able to handle the firewall all afternoon yesterday without any more cuts.
i know, i know: "real men don't need to put plastic on the edges of their firewalls." but in case you want to, i found that the easiest way to slit the tubing was to make one snip with a pair of scissors, then jam them in like you're going to make another snip, and pull the split end towards you. when i tried to use the utility knife, it kept spiraling (besides the risk of cutting myself, which as you can imagine, is very real for a klutz like me.)