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3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

Steam cleaner.

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3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

TooMuchAbstraction posted:

Yeah, or do what apparently lots of people in my area think is acceptable and just steal the one bolt you want, leaving a baggy with a hole in it and 3 pieces instead of 4.

When I've needed a single bolt I've just gone to the hardware store and bought a single bolt. Never thought that might not be an option somewhere.

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

FateFree posted:

I assumed that would be even worse for some reason. Is that the correct way I should be storing these? I'm gonna need a ton of space since I have fairly large stacks of these things.

Upright is how they store them at every warehouse I've seen that stores large plastic sheets.

e: Oh I guess they're not even large? Just get a shelf that doesn't sag.

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

The roto-rooting (whatever that is) broke something and now you've got a sea of poo poo under your house.

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

The Slack Lagoon posted:

Do washing machine drain hose extensions work or is that just asking for a leak?

How long do you need it?

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

floWenoL posted:

I installed the very same headboard a month ago! I ended up getting https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/fixa-260-piece-screw-and-plug-set-00169249/ for the drywall anchors, but I made sure that 2 out of the 3 screws of each french cleat was attached to a stud -- I wouldn't feel safe otherwise! See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQx5SVj0biA for why it doesn't matter that much what type of drywall anchor you use -- if there's enough weight on it, the drywall part will fail first.

How is that first plug any different from a normal wall plug? The drywall plugs I've seen sold here are nothing like that (for one, they're metal).

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

floWenoL posted:

By 'first plug' you mean the Ikea one I linked?

The one in the video I mean.

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

An original Abloy design is unbumpable, unzippable, unzippable, unrakable, uncombable, and unpickable with lockpicks. And also decades out of patent!

Of course if you get the weirdest burglar in the country who has the required tool with them, it's not going to do much. (You won't.)

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

Kind of a niche question but I guess it won't hurt to ask:

Is there a way to "refinish" bakelite? I have some old cutlery I'd like to use sometimes but the black handles have gone gray over time, with some being still rather shiny black as originally but with very light gray splotches. (Picture below not mine.) Is there a way to make bakelite a) black and/or b) shiny again?

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

Qwijib0 posted:

Comically was looking at an antique radio forum yesterday and ran across this recommendation for bakelite radios:

http://www.greygate.com/product/paste-polishing-no-5/

Thanks to this post I realized that refinishing bakelite is actually not a niche problem. A quick World Wide Web search brought up a lot of advice - a lot of it, of course, contradicting each other - because yeah there's all sorts of stuff made out of bakelite that people want to restore. Light switches being one example I'd never have thought of despite having lived with bakelite electrical fittings for years.

Is this the time to buy a Dremel or whatever Dremel-like Lidl has on offer?

e: Ah gently caress I also just remembered I have my grandaunt's old radio sitting somewhere??? that I need to restore. Nothing wrong with the exterior last time I saw it, which is good because it's wood veneer, with that fancy fabric in front of the speaker that you'll never find a replacement for.

(Cue someone linking me up with some shop selling the fabric for 1½€/m.)

ee: Had a quick look around the apartment. How the heck have I lost a thing that's literally the size of a CRT television set :psyduck:

3D Megadoodoo fucked around with this message at 12:31 on Jan 7, 2024

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

Wowporn posted:

Why are't all homes made of concrete

Because fucko goobers want to own a lovely house all by themselves instead of a nice comfy apartment in a colossal soulless gray block of flats like normal people.

Seriouspost, of course.

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

Cosmik Debris posted:

those materials loving suck for heat transfer

So... they're exceptional insulation :confused:

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

Cosmik Debris posted:

...no

the r value of concrete is around 0.1 per inch

the r value of soft woods is around 1.4 per inch.

So sounds like they're great for heat transfer!

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

kid sinister posted:

3. Don't buy a Korean machine. They're meant to look nice and not last.

They're completely fine. My Samsung came with a ten-year warranty, by the by.

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

Dr. Lunchables posted:

I’d love to see it, not because I don’t believe you, but because that would be good information to have and share.

See my washing machine?

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

Dr. Lunchables posted:

See the warranty

That would've been on the receipt. Dunno if I still have it, considering it's been well over ten years. I guess I can check.

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

Squirrels probably wouldn't bother.

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

It's rats, OP.

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010


"What're you gonna do, shoot me?" - rat

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

H110Hawk posted:

There's a loving dead rat in my pool.

Besides fishing the thing out what do I need to do? Shock it?

Personally I think you should just let it stay dead. Of course if you have a defibrillator handy, go for it why not.

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

I poo poo in a big bathroom with my washing machine.

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

We just use real doors.

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3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

Danhenge posted:

Possums rule, they eat ticks and are immune to rabies.

:gary::wrong: and :wrong::yarg:

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