wwkirk
Divine
pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
I always look for common cheap household products to use instead of buying harsh chemicals and then dumping them into my septic tank.
70% isopropyl alcohol is my go to general cleaner. its clear coat and paint safe. Takes off old glue, adhesives nicely. 90% is not paint or clear coat safe but it cleans well. Want to make the raised white letters on tires brighten right up? There you go - 90% and a rag.
Lately I've tossed some really greasy nasty old car parts - pulleys and adjusters - into a lasagna pan and gave them a good dose of Dawn dish soap then covered them in white vinegar. I have an old paintbrush that once or twice I'll swirl the stuff around and I leave the pans in my slop sink to be careful. brand new looking in one day. Its a bit stinky but cost all of $3 and I can pour it right down the drain without too much worry.
70% isopropyl alcohol is my go to general cleaner. its clear coat and paint safe. Takes off old glue, adhesives nicely. 90% is not paint or clear coat safe but it cleans well. Want to make the raised white letters on tires brighten right up? There you go - 90% and a rag.
Lately I've tossed some really greasy nasty old car parts - pulleys and adjusters - into a lasagna pan and gave them a good dose of Dawn dish soap then covered them in white vinegar. I have an old paintbrush that once or twice I'll swirl the stuff around and I leave the pans in my slop sink to be careful. brand new looking in one day. Its a bit stinky but cost all of $3 and I can pour it right down the drain without too much worry.
nivek
As Above So Below
pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
Hard to see in the pics because it's shiny
I bought this nifty little metal box at The ReStore for a dollar. No idea why other than it had been filled with those weird little round adhesive hole reinforcers - and then left to bake for who knows how long. Solid sticky mess just glued in there. I think I bought it because it would just be thrown out. Poor thing.
The hack is white vinegar. Had I tried to scrape that stuff out it would've made all sorts of scratches. I just threw it in a bucket of white vinegar for a couple days and the sticky stuff + all the paint just sloughed right off easily.
I'll prime and paint it, maybe stencil something like Mark IX DETONATOR on it or something ................
I bought this nifty little metal box at The ReStore for a dollar. No idea why other than it had been filled with those weird little round adhesive hole reinforcers - and then left to bake for who knows how long. Solid sticky mess just glued in there. I think I bought it because it would just be thrown out. Poor thing.
The hack is white vinegar. Had I tried to scrape that stuff out it would've made all sorts of scratches. I just threw it in a bucket of white vinegar for a couple days and the sticky stuff + all the paint just sloughed right off easily.
I'll prime and paint it, maybe stencil something like Mark IX DETONATOR on it or something ................
pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
Having just dealt with the old lady-constantly dead battery because the cars sits I was surprised that nobody knew this. Seemed obvious to me but here you go.
If you have a key fob and no apparent key there is one - it's inside. Look and you'll see a small release button or tab and it just pulls out so you can at least get the door open and in some cases, even start it.
I may have to contact the Vatican as I believe we witnessed a genuine Miracle. Two years ago we bought a used '21 Forester from the local Subaru dealer. Got a killer deal through no fault of theirs, we checked their inventory. They were swine of the worst sort start to finish and are now under new ownership.
We never got a spare fob for the car, only a steel emergency key. The fob isn't the same style as described above, it has a fixed key. We asked, they said they didn't have one but for only $350 they'll get one. We forgot about it.
That turned out to be utterly untrue. On Friday we got a call from the dealership's new owners - they found the fob and called my wife. We picked it up for free. Not all dealership, or employees at least, are trough feeders.
This is the same place that left about $2500 in cash and checks from customer deposits in my wife's car. She found it two weeks later and returned it. Imagine the load of steaming crap they gave any number of people who had put deposits down on that.
If you have a key fob and no apparent key there is one - it's inside. Look and you'll see a small release button or tab and it just pulls out so you can at least get the door open and in some cases, even start it.
I may have to contact the Vatican as I believe we witnessed a genuine Miracle. Two years ago we bought a used '21 Forester from the local Subaru dealer. Got a killer deal through no fault of theirs, we checked their inventory. They were swine of the worst sort start to finish and are now under new ownership.
We never got a spare fob for the car, only a steel emergency key. The fob isn't the same style as described above, it has a fixed key. We asked, they said they didn't have one but for only $350 they'll get one. We forgot about it.
That turned out to be utterly untrue. On Friday we got a call from the dealership's new owners - they found the fob and called my wife. We picked it up for free. Not all dealership, or employees at least, are trough feeders.
This is the same place that left about $2500 in cash and checks from customer deposits in my wife's car. She found it two weeks later and returned it. Imagine the load of steaming crap they gave any number of people who had put deposits down on that.
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