Recent content by Dan in Pasadena

Yup. My future brother-in-law worked in the Men's department. He used to iron his money on the giant "mangle" press and the money would come out crisp. If he washed it with soap & water, let it dry THEN pressed it, it would come out super crisp like a potato chip. We'd laugh about that. My...

I sold paint for 7+ years way back in the day when Sears was THE place to go for paint. Yeah, for you younger guys that may sound unthinkable but it was absolutely true back then (1970's). Paint is just chemicals. Better chemicals cost more money, hence better paints cost more money. I know we...

By the time I'd move all the furniture off and roll it up enough to get the shower curtains under there it would be easier to just carry it outside.

The re-potting of the lemon tree went pretty well. In the photo it looks like the root ball is the same size as the new pot but it's not. It will have room to grow. The engine hoist had to be adjusted a couple times so that it would lift the tree high enough to get the roots over the edge of...

I’ve already got the rubber pucks. If I drilled holes in the plastic the pot would still be sitting directly on the plastic. I guess the water would still find its way out….eventually and slower.

Oh and PS: (Not that most the GJ guys will care) This huge dolly has a caster mounted exactly in the middle. That puts it directly under the one drain hole. I can't just leave that caster off because the screws that mount it are what hold together the four pieces of plastic that make up the...

The lemon has a single trunk so it should be easy to attach it but I’ll wrap a microfiber towel around it before I put whichever strap I use. As for the settlement after planting & watering? I guess it’s a bit better if the root crown is a little high than too low. Fingers crossed!

Better idea. Less work too. I’ll search around for a saucer. I must have one somewhere. Thanks Kay!

Thanks for your post. I had NOT seen either of these threads and I was wondering how I was going to lift the lemon tree into the pot especially with a shoulder I need to be careful of. It hadn't occurred to me to use my engine hoist! Perfect idea. I'll use a ratchet strap or I have a much...

Ok, the rug is back in the house, furniture replaced - heavy as hell, the sofas have motorized recliners. Other things in this heat wave: A big flower pot for a patio lemon tree cracked years ago, I repaired it with construction adhesive. It worked a couple years. This time on moving it back...

Nope. Hardwood floors that would be damaged by running water or steam over them. We actually have a small steam type cleaner and we began using it once we got the rug outside. It was really slow going and I wasn't all that impressed with how clean it was coming out. Since we'd done this way once...

I've got a giant 36" Harbor Freight fan usually out on the patio but right now in the garage so I can at least do a little bit of work in this heat. In this extreme multi day heat spell it will dry it just take a couple days.

Nope. Impossibly heavy while wet - which is exactly when being elevated or even hung would be best to make drying faster. Just dragging it from under the patio roof to out in the sun could only be done by two people "folding" it on itself. That exposed it to harsher Sun with evaporation...

I have a whole box I only used one of!

A very labor intensive project today that has to be done on the hottest days of the year. Washing our living area rug. It's very big. Gotta move all furniture, roll this monster and wrestle it outdoors. The rug gets wet by the garden hose and Oxi laundry soap sprinkled all over it. Then on my...