BrutulTM
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I removed some wallpaper over the weekend. In a few spots, the wallpaper took some drywall with it. You can barely tell wrt to depth, more visual than anything. Should I just plan on applying an extra coat of primer and/or paint in these spots, or do I need to patch it?
This is like the "paper" kind of drywall? IDK, I'm an idiot wrt this stuff. It wasn't the sheetrock I was expecting. When I try to lightly sand it, it's just pills up(like an old sock) more.
This is like the "paper" kind of drywall? IDK, I'm an idiot wrt this stuff. It wasn't the sheetrock I was expecting. When I try to lightly sand it, it's just pills up(like an old sock) more.
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First seal it with primer (Zinsser Gardz), then skim the top to level it out.
Drywall is paper coated, most likely they saved money by not skimming the wall and just applying paper on top I guess?
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Siliconemelons
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If you are not doing the expensive projection led cool mist flame ones, all the standard style ones look about equivalent.
Amazon has a ton, just get the size and inset you need. The heater is a generic coil space heater with a fan.
Only real difference is how many color options you have and the type of “rocks” or “wood” on the bottom.
We did the whole build in fake fireplace shelves and tv thing… wife wanted it… i built it but it got me an excuses to get my OLED tv, so i am happy
Edit: mine is an amazon random one. I only wish i got the one with the realistic looking wood on the bottom that had some semi transparent parts that looked like embers, mine is the crystals - and they are glued in non removable - some are removable etc, they are like aquarium stones. Mine dont really refract the light so they are kinda ehh.
The flame is passable if you’re not focused on it. Even after a year or so with it, i have to try and find its pattern. I love real fire, this is not it- but i still can watch it and stare off into it and daydream.
I thought i posted a pic here when i made it? Ill see.
If you find reviews on amazon with movies of the flame that’s the best way to see.
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Thanks. I'll give it a try when this heat wave passes. Painting indoors with a 100+ heat index seems like a bad idea.
BrutulTM
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Cheater method is just to coat it with wood glue or something similar and then smooth it out and sand it a bit after it dries so you don't have to mess with any mud.
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After getting sufficiently tired of manually filling my pool (old galvanized fill valve was rusted shut), I finally bit the bullet and dug up the valve and plumbing. Once I discovered that the galvanized valve was connected to PVC pipe, rather than performing a replacement in kind I put in a spare sprinkler valve and wired it to an unused zone on my irrigation controller. Now I just have the pool fill automatically for 2-3 minutes a day (or whatever it takes to maintain given the weather) and I don't really have to think about it. If I wanted to overachieve I can probably get the B-Hyve system to fill more based on peak temperature.
Somehow I've never seen anyone do this before. It should really be SOP. Super convenient.
Somehow I've never seen anyone do this before. It should really be SOP. Super convenient.
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Whoever was talking about AC systems and the put aside fan and capacitors..
Today my outside unit fan stopped.. thought it was the motor, had all the signs, but i didnt test the cap- went to the parts house to get a motor 350, talked to the owner about stuff, got into tech support somehow, he said - lets test the cap just in case…
Yup, 35$ capacitor fixed it lol, good thing my fan blade was fused to the motor and the delay with them trying to remove it got us into talking etc
Today my outside unit fan stopped.. thought it was the motor, had all the signs, but i didnt test the cap- went to the parts house to get a motor 350, talked to the owner about stuff, got into tech support somehow, he said - lets test the cap just in case…
Yup, 35$ capacitor fixed it lol, good thing my fan blade was fused to the motor and the delay with them trying to remove it got us into talking etc
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Reminds me - I need to clean my coils on the outside units. Things are just caked with pollen. Now the question is.. how do I clean them without fucking up the fins.
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Top 1cm of my fins are all oxidized and flaked off… kinda creepy.
I am no expert… but i think it would be est to turn all the power off, take he top girl/fan off then wash it from the inside out. There is various methods, cleaners etc… air, water…
But going from the inside out, that should shoot out all the stuff stuck on the outside of the fins.
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OK, since this I think is the closest place to any here to have "tool talk" here we go...
I have a dilemma and conflict between the part of me that wants an efficient workshop/garage, the part of me that hates throwing things away feeling it's a waste, and the part of me that's too lazy to do mind numbing things that often.
Specifically, like many of us I have a slightly disorganized tool cart. But thanks to getting bags of cast aside tools from relatives either passing away, downsizing from homes to retirement apartments, etc, I suddenly find myself with this drawer of 100's of loose sockets. Probably over 300 at this point. My plier drawer, screwdrivers, sanding/finishing drawer, drill bits, driver bits, all that are pretty well organized, but the sockets are a different world apparently....
I have a dilemma and conflict between the part of me that wants an efficient workshop/garage, the part of me that hates throwing things away feeling it's a waste, and the part of me that's too lazy to do mind numbing things that often.
Specifically, like many of us I have a slightly disorganized tool cart. But thanks to getting bags of cast aside tools from relatives either passing away, downsizing from homes to retirement apartments, etc, I suddenly find myself with this drawer of 100's of loose sockets. Probably over 300 at this point. My plier drawer, screwdrivers, sanding/finishing drawer, drill bits, driver bits, all that are pretty well organized, but the sockets are a different world apparently....
- Frugal/thrifty part of my brain says "Get some of those clip strips and organize them, you'll have multiple of about everything on easy to look up strips of sockets", which lazy me the tells that part of my brain to straight fuck off....
- Organized part of my brain says to put them all in a bag and toss them, or see if you can get $10 from a pawn shop for the lot, then just go to the store and get a new full socket set as they really don't cost all that much relative to how long it would take to organize the mess as it is... But frugal brain hates that idea...
- That part of me that still reveres my grandfather (and some of these sockets I saved from being scavenged out of his garage after he passed) won't feel fully right unless I do what Frugal brain is saying and properly organize them.
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If it helps the frugal part of your brain do what it needs to do, you can remind yourself that "they don't make em like they used to" and that your new replacement set would be shit made in china out of styrofoam and corncobs.
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My dad is getting old and can’t wood work like he used to. He wants to give me his stuff but I have no room… but i dont want to toss anything
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Procrastine AND get time with him by saying "While I'm figuring out how to arrange for it all, how about I come over and you run me through how to work with it all".
I'll be sentimentally honest, I have a ton of my grandfathers tools I salvaged/saved from being pawned after he died. (disclosure : grandparents raised me). I'd trade the lot of them for a good weekend of him and me working on cars again.
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put together one good set for the cart
then organize the rest on pins or rails, that way can group all the likes together.
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if it's caked w/ pollen, then you have to take it apart, which is a bitch.
you could probably "get by" just taking the fan off, moving it to the side, i have no idea why they don't have wire disconnects for the fan, seems stupid not to. anyway then take a hose on the not to powerful setting and blow it out from the inside out.
this should be "good enough" unless you haven't cleaned it for over a year or the coils look like junk, then you have to remove the side panels and get coil cleaner
you can get 1 time use foam spray
Frost King ACF19 Foam Coil Cleaner, 1.18 Pound (Pack of 1), 19 Ounce
for 10 bucks or get the concentrate professionals use for 40bucks (you'll need a pump sprayer)
Nu-Calgon 4291-08 Nu-Brite, 1- Gallon (Single Pack)
i have the huge jug for 7years now? yearly cleanings and my new house has 2 units and i was even nice enough to clean the condensor for my neighbor (cuz he was a 72yr old man) and still have a lot left.
if you went this far, you might as well straightening out a few bent pints
Cenipar FCR6 Ring Fin Comb Set Cleaning Brush Coil Condenser Brush Compatible with Air Conditioner
i only did this 1 time, each time i bought a house
then put it all back together and you can just do monthly maintenance, just shoot it w/ some water to knock out loose pollen that hasn't "set it" yet
like if youre watering plants or washing the dog, just spray the condenser for a few minutes
and of course never use a powerwasher.
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BrutulTM
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Old tools > New Tools every time. Of course there was cheap shit back in the day too, but the American made stuff back then is better than anything you can get today. I'm personally partial to Gear wrench brand plastic socket rails. They are lot more secure than the old metal ones.