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If you score it slightly with a knife and then break apart it should crack right down the line.

Every once in a while though I still get the imploding coal where it just shatters into 100 unusable pieces.
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QUOTE (Bigcman0789 @ Jul 21 2008, 12:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I have been having trouble breaking my 3 kings quick lites. I usually have to saw through them with a cerraded knife and it leaves a huge meess. then i tried to just using my hands and the coal basically exploded. Any suggestions?


You know that useless metal poker on the end of metal tongs. Insert that in the middle of a 3K coal, press hard. Voila, it breaks into 2-3 pieces with minimal mess. A lot of times they fly a couple feet away when they break, but not much residue or dust, so thats good...
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QUOTE (greeknate88 @ Jul 21 2008, 01:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You know that useless metal poker on the end of metal tongs. Insert that in the middle of a 3K coal, press hard. Voila, it breaks into 2-3 pieces with minimal mess. A lot of times they fly a couple feet away when they break, but not much residue or dust, so thats good...


+1

And switch of 3Kings to something else. They explode on me after lighting and breaking them... i get less mess when I hammer Golden quicklights. Switch to Coconut or Japanese Coals no cutting needed, sometimes just breaking.
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score the middle with a knife or screwdriver and snap it in half. Due to the composition of QL they are going to explode and leave their load all over the place. Ultimately would suggest switching to other coals for superior functionality and quality.
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what i do is put the coal on top of a napkin then just put a knife on the coal where i want it to be cut and apply pressure
works 90% of the time, well atleast for the 40mm it does dont know about the 33mm
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