I have an idea to make a pen sized steamer. A simple devise that can take water in a tube, heat it, and emit steam.

Is this possible to make at home? What type of heating element would I need to consider? Something battery powered is a must.

Resistance heating of water is very power-hungry, don't expect batteries to last long, no more than a few minutes.

A better solution might be to convert a conventional AC-powered wallpaper steamer to pump steam to a tube and nozzle that can be directed as desired. Most of these direct steam through a hose to a 2' x 2' hood that you place over wallpaper to saturate the glue and more easily remove the paper. You would need to reduce the size of the hose, and fit a nozzle, an old ball point pen casing might work, but metal tubing would probably be better.

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but metal tubing would probably be better.

And such metal tubing would very rapidly reach 212 degrees or so and burn the snot out of your fingers.

Gwyneth Paltrow is interested.

https://www.independent.co.uk/...advice-a7145026.html

Like a vaping device?

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Originally posted by Fredward:
Like a vaping device?

My idea is to invent a razor that is also a steamer. You steam your face as you shave.

This is a billion dollar idea. Don't steal it

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Originally posted by zipriderson:

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Originally posted by Fredward:
Like a vaping device?

My idea is to invent a razor that is also a steamer. You steam your face as you shave.

This is a billion dollar idea. Don't steal it

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Originally posted by zipriderson:

My idea is to invent a razor that is also a steamer. You steam your face as you shave.

So I can cut and burn myself at the same time

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Originally posted by jhe888:
Gwyneth Paltrow is interested.

https://www.independent.co.uk/...advice-a7145026.html

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Originally stuttered by Gwyneth:
However, the actress and entrepreneur insists the practice has “real healing qualities”, telling The Cut on Monday: “The first time I tried v-steaming, I was like, ‘This is insane’. My friend Ben brought me and I was like, ‘You are out of your f**king mind. What is this? But then by the end of it I was like, ‘This is so great.’

Uh well yeah Gwyn, Ben just wanted to see if you'd let him watch you get nekkid and steam your coochie....

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Originally posted by zipriderson:

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Originally posted by Fredward:
Like a vaping device?

My idea is to invent a razor that is also a steamer. You steam your face as you shave.

This is a billion dollar idea. Don't steal it

Bet your ass that Gillette already has a development team on it. They have a razor that vibrates, and a razor that heats up. They've probably got one that gets cold and probably one that plugs into a USB port so you can upload MP3's on it and play Glenn Miller's "In the Mood" while you get smooth. Rumor has it they had a model with an attachment that would vibrate your willy while you shaved, but that resulted in too many cuts to the face to test well with focus groups and they wouldn't allow them to manscape with it for legal and liability reasons.

Hey man, get with the program. We're all going back to DE, SE and straight razors!