• MeatPilot@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    This would make it so much worse. Water would just increase the heat transfer to the wearer.

    Good home example, if you wet an oven mit and try picking up a hot pan with it, it will burn your fucking hand. If it was dry, it wouldn’t transfer the heat as fast.

    • stoy@lemmy.zip
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      20 days ago

      That example is not a good example since a wet oven mit doesn’t get new cold water poured on it while carrying a hot pan.

      Even if it did the cold water would not reach the part of the mit that is incontect with the hot pan.