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Gcol: If you often need to switch colours, you might want to make a contraption like mine. If I need to paint with a different color, I can wash out the roller, spin dry it, and be using it with a different color straight away. After a minute of spin drying, it's dry enough to use...

Chris: Don't even bother trying to determine the manufacturer. He buys the part from an O-ring manufacturer for next to nothing and then fleeces the customer on that O-ring simply because he thinks the customer has no option other than replacing the faucet. Just go to any place...

Well, you can certainly improve on your cleaning, but even when I clean them I can't get them as clean as before being used for the first time. Do this: Salvage the cage from a 3 inch roller frame, and drop a 6 inch long by 1/4 inch diameter bolt through it. Push a piece of 1/4 inch ID...

HappyHero: If either oil based or emulsion paint appears to be fine, then it is fine. It's only when paint doesn't seem to be OK that you need ask, and lots of times it'll still be OK to use even if it smells in the can, or has mildew growing on it in the can, or is lumpy but...

GaryM: Get Google to search for two words which I think you might want to add to your vocabulary; Borocol and Impel. Borocol is a liquid borate based wood preservative that comes in a can. Two versions are available; one is for painting onto new wood that is to be protected and one for...

HappyHero: You're saying you're using an oil based paint. There are several reasons why an oil based paint would be remaining soft for longer than expected, and they are as follows: 1. Obviously, the temperature of the paint. Oil based paints form films through a chemical reaction with...

If by "swivel joint" you mean the place where the spout comes out of the faucet body, then it's a simple fix. Normally there is an O-ring between the spout and the faucet body that prevents water leaking out there. In your case, that O-ring is worn out and needs to be replaced. You simply...

If it were me, I'd: 1. Buy some plastic laminate "handi panels" sufficiently large to cover the MDF working surface. You can often find these at home centers. They're 2 foot by 4 foot panels of plastic laminate salvaged from damaged 4 foot by 8 foot panels. 2. clamp the laminate to your...

For the little bit of extra cost above a standard double glazed unit, does this guy offer a low-e coating and argon fill between the glazing units? I don't know if that's something that's done over there in the UK, but if it were my house, I'd pay a bit more to get at least the low-e coating...

Eggplant: Can you tell us the thickness of that board and the dimensions of the slot you want to cut in it? How best to cut that slot depends on how accurate the slot width has to be and how deep the slot has to be. I'd say you're either looking at using a slot cutting bit or a straight...

Lots of solvents will dissolve emulsion paint. Nail polish remover will take it right off. Most alcohols. Isopropyl alcohol. I don't think whisky would be concentrated enough to do the job. Lacquer thinner and acetone will both dissolve emulsion paint like there's no tomorrow...

My first guess would have been the lid switch. However, if the lid switch has never worked anyhow, then I'd say it's either: 1. Your wash temperature selector switch, or 2. Your water level switch Here's the start-up sequence on a Maytag washer: You push the start knob in (or...

Windygriff: If in future you're looking for a lubricant that dust won't stick to at all, then go to any locksmith and buy some graphite powder. NEVER ever never use any kind of oil inside a lock. The dust sticks to the oil and gums up the internal workings of the lock. Also...

Big-All: I'm a touch typist. I type about 45 to 50 words a minute. I took typing as an elective in high school, and it's been the one thing I learned in high school that I've actually used during my life. My posts would be considerably shorter if I had to use the "hunt and...

Big-All: OK, How's this: The reason why the scratch is so apparant and visible is because it reflects so much light off it's rough surface, which you see as "white light". By filling the crack with clear solid plastic, then the refractive indices on both sides of the scratched surface...

Scrit & Noseall: The trick here is to know and understand that the percentage of light that is reflected at a boundary is dependant on the refractive indices on both sides of the boundary. The more similar the refractive indices are, the lower the percentage of light reflected at the...

I just finished talking to DAP's technical services department at ph. 1-416-321-1522. Apparantly, their silicon caulk remover is not sold in the US, and "Jim" (whom I spoke to) could not explain why not. He did tell me that for consumers in the US, DAP recommends using white spirits (paint...

Here's how you can fix a hole in a bathtub, even if it's on the bottom of the tub: Clean the area of the hole well to remove any loose material. There will likely be water present from the cleaning operation, so then flood that area with isopropyl alcohol and wipe it up with a paper towel...

Gaz2923 I have to respectfully disagree with Big-All. Silicon caulk will stick tenaciously to both glazed ceramic tile and the baked-on enamel finish on a steel bathtub. The problem is that nothing sticks well to old silicon sealant, not even new silicon sealant. Consequently...

Black holes are where God divided by zero.