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Try using a Q-tip to paint bleach straight out of the jug on the cabinet stains.

You need to have a reasonably deep crevice for the grout to hold well. That's why I suggested that the grout be removed to a depth equal to the width of the grout joint. If the grout is just a bit shallow in some areas, and you don't want to cut it out, then I'd apply the grout sealer and...

American-made clothes dryers only have one heating element and 220 Volts is applied across it regardless of what cycle the dryer is in. The difference is that there will be two different thermostats in the dryer. On the delicates cycle, the dryer heating element will cycle on and off on the...

Instead of removing that grout, I'd try cleaning it first. You may be quite surprised at how well you can clean it. The following is the process I use to clean mildew discoloured wall tile grout. If you follow a similar process on your floor tile grout, you may get it a lot cleaner than you...

I don't see a problem draining into your home's drainage piping, since that's how it's normally done. You need to ensure that the elevation of the end of the drain hose is at least at or slightly above the level of the top of the machine. Otherwise, water will drain out of the machine during...

Sure. Do you have a floor drain nearby, and if so, does it drain into your city sewer system?

Eddie: I'm wondering if the problem you had with the high absorbtion of stain into your door couldn't have been prevented by either thinning the stain with white spirits or wiping down the door with white spirits before staining. Interior wood stain is nothing more than a dye...

I'm certainly not very knowledgeable about any of this stuff, but I think what you might be referring to is the Unified Theory and the Grand Unified Theory. There are 4 known forces; 1. electromagnetism, which is the force that sends a boxer's head backwards when his face comes into...

The only "stone" I could see nail polish remover (acetone) harming would be amber, and it's not actually a stone, it's solidified tree sap. I'd go ahead and use it to remove the glue.

Softus: How do you know this is a monoblock mixer tap in a kitchen? I'm reading the text where this question supposedly originated from and it reads as follows: "Introduction Fitting new taps is required either because it is part of the installation of a new...

There's questions on both sides here... 1. Why does Scottish Power need to know the guy's birthdate? What does that have to do with the electric meter reading or his bill payments? 2. If the guy was from Scottish Power, they would have gotten all the information they NEEDED when Toffee...

Yeah, they do. When I get to thinking about what washing machines do, I get so mad that I just start smashing things. And don't get me started on electric dryers or I really go ballistic.

Here in North America when sandblasters work indoors they put up plastic sheeting to keep the dust confined to the work area. They may track dust into an out of the work area on their feet, tho. Anyhow, I'd consider having the paint sandblasted off, and then give it an acid wash to remove...

Apparantly this song was written in 1933, and there's been a number of different translations of the lyrics. The one above was by Sam M. Lewis. Here, apparantly, is a translation of the same Hungarian lyrics by Desmond Carter: (and I can't understand why the lyrics are so different)...

Diydope: Your best plan is just to replace the faucet. Get a rag and wrap it around a hack saw blade to make a handle, and plan to spend a long lonely evening cutting the faucet off from the top side. Tape a piece of sheet metal down on top of the sink to protect the...

Leonard Cohen is an acquired taste. I'm having trouble drawing the connection between this "Hungarian suicide song" and the list of people in the first post. Are all these people of Hungarian descent who have committed suicide? So far as I know, Elvis Costello is still alive, isn't he?

Stu: The O-ring only looks square-ish because the OD is worn down (and probably worn almost flat). The O-ring should be round. The O-ring will only wear down in the direction of it's principle diameter; it's thickness will not change and any place that sells O-rings will measure that...

Dan: One of the more knowledgeable web sites I've found on the internet when it comes to noise transmission through buildings is this one from the UK: http://www.customaudiodesigns.co.uk/help.htm Read the section entitled "Transmission Loss in Detail". If there is nothing more than a...

On a different note, my Uncle Dave, may he rest in peace, and his wife Helen had somewhat of a misunderstanding. Their water heater was on the blink, so they were getting by on water heated on the stove. Uncle Dave was having a bath with water Helen would heat on the stove. And one time...