Not when the wife mixes it with that other favorite cheap cleaner sodium bicarbonate
Manly old fashioned recipes
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Colin_P
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[QUOTE 4945363, member: 76"]Even easier fire lighters.....
empty toilet roll stuffed with the lint from a tumble dryer[/QUOTE]
You can use belly button fluff instead but it may take a while to gather enough.....
empty toilet roll stuffed with the lint from a tumble dryer[/QUOTE]
You can use belly button fluff instead but it may take a while to gather enough.....
Colin_P
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Getting back to the manly....
Swarfega hand cleaner isn't what it used to be, probably has EU directed moisturiser in it or something.
Make your own instead.
White spirit
Fairy liquid
Whisk them together until it turns to and smells like the stuff we used to know and love.
For added hand cleaning power put some sharp sand in it.
But sometimes that isn't enough, especially if you have been cleaning diesel EGR valves, in which case a handful of bio washing powder mixed with sharp sand will get your hands spotless.
And paint striper, modern shop bought stuff cannot strip the skin off a bowl of custard. If you need some that works I highly recommend Starchem Synstrip which is the full fat stuff we used to know and love as it has lashings of dichloromethane in it. I wouldn't want to make it though.
Swarfega hand cleaner isn't what it used to be, probably has EU directed moisturiser in it or something.
Make your own instead.
White spirit
Fairy liquid
Whisk them together until it turns to and smells like the stuff we used to know and love.
For added hand cleaning power put some sharp sand in it.
But sometimes that isn't enough, especially if you have been cleaning diesel EGR valves, in which case a handful of bio washing powder mixed with sharp sand will get your hands spotless.
And paint striper, modern shop bought stuff cannot strip the skin off a bowl of custard. If you need some that works I highly recommend Starchem Synstrip which is the full fat stuff we used to know and love as it has lashings of dichloromethane in it. I wouldn't want to make it though.
Cheddar George
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I have used acetone and vegetable oil as a penetrating oil to free up stubborn bolts on a lawn mower...... works really well.
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Drago
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For real ghetto Swarfega take a teaspoon of sugar and a good glob of washing up liquid.
White spirit mixed 50/50 with ATF is supposed to make an excellent penetrant. If one believes the interweb reviews it performs better than any off the shelf ungent.
White spirit mixed 50/50 with ATF is supposed to make an excellent penetrant. If one believes the interweb reviews it performs better than any off the shelf ungent.
Don't do it!
The silica in the sand can become embedded in your skin and can cause dermatological problems.
I used to work for DEB Chemicals (Swarfega) many years ago and this was the reason they brought in Tufanega - basically Swarfega with added poly micro balls - to try to reduce the incidence of skin complaints amongst macho mechanics.
Fnaar
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Miss Goodbody puts my home-made gooey substance on her smalls...
Colin_P
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Filthy beast, you.
Colin_P
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I've been ok so far but noted.
I suppose these days I should wear gloves but being in the construction industry where they would wrap everyone in bubble wrap if they could, at home it is good to rebel sometimes. The only thing I will wear without hesitation is eye protection. Three times I've been to A&E, twice in 1991 and once in 2015 to have small bits of metal dug out of my eyeballs with a needle as a result angle grinding and those incidents were with safety googles on!
@Drago I bet you have done this and I also bet you have a very powerful neodymium magnet to "suck" any metal that finds itself in ones eyeball.
slowmotion
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Wipe-on wood finish
1 part boiled linseed oil
1 part white spirit
1 part satin polyurethane varnish
Just wipe on with a piece of sponge and allow the finish to soak into the wood for half an hour before wiping off any excess. Allow 8 hours or so between coats. Easy.
1 part boiled linseed oil
1 part white spirit
1 part satin polyurethane varnish
Just wipe on with a piece of sponge and allow the finish to soak into the wood for half an hour before wiping off any excess. Allow 8 hours or so between coats. Easy.
Colin_P
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Here is another;
Pot noodle.
Boiling Water.
Fill kettle and switch on to boil.
Peel lid off pot noodle
While kettle is boiling, rip open sauce sachet and eat sauce
When boiled add water to fill line
Stir and smash up noodle block a bit
Eat the dried peas floating on the top striaght way if not already eaten whilst waiting for kettle to boil.
Wait for the most difficult five minutes ever
Eat noodles while making slurping noises
Drink any gravy left at the bottom of the pot once the noodles have gone
And now the important bit, never, ever admit to eating one, ever, even to the point of "pretending" to be discusted by them.
I think they are disgusting
Pot noodle.
Boiling Water.
Fill kettle and switch on to boil.
Peel lid off pot noodle
While kettle is boiling, rip open sauce sachet and eat sauce
When boiled add water to fill line
Stir and smash up noodle block a bit
Eat the dried peas floating on the top striaght way if not already eaten whilst waiting for kettle to boil.
Wait for the most difficult five minutes ever
Eat noodles while making slurping noises
Drink any gravy left at the bottom of the pot once the noodles have gone
And now the important bit, never, ever admit to eating one, ever, even to the point of "pretending" to be discusted by them.
I think they are disgusting
raleighnut
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Dispose of any cloths in a metal bin outside or incinerate them if you have a woodburner available, they could self ignite especially cotton cloth.
classic33
Leg End Member
Gun Cotton!
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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Never tried that. I gave up experimentation with explosives in my teenage years after a brief brush with death. The sound of the shrapnel from a large steel gas bottle unexpectedly fizzing past my head tempered my enthusiasm.
