Recent content by Hornman

Or, you could go old school by mixing in a goodly amount of fertilizer in that oil soaked dirt to stimulate the naturally occuring oil eating microbes. Where do you think the oil eating microbes the pros spread on oil spills come from? A lab? Nope. In Texas they have been spilling oil on the...

Hydroblasting with ground glass is just about as abrasive as straight sandblasting. Probably not a good fit for cleaning paint off brick. I am a fan of using this process to remove paint from project cars.

Propylene glycol methyl esther acetate and potassium hydroxide. It may be biodegradable, but it is not non-hazardous.

I have owned and used the little plastic Dust Deputy for three or four years now. It works as well as claimed. When I bought the DD, I bought a new HEPA filter for my Shop Vac. I have never cleaned the new filter. A couple of times a year I pop the vac open to check, but there is never anything...

I don't know if you guys have Soy Gel in Oz, but that is what I would use. It's good paint remover, will not burn skin, dries out slowly, and rinses off with water. Will probably take several gallons, but it won't hurt the brick.

West Systems makes excellent epoxies, but they are seldom used as finishes. As Ducksface says, tell us what you want the finish to look like.

Welcome to the AvE Reality Show, all drama, all the time. With more profanity than you can stand. It is important that everybody watch to maximize the view count to maximize his ego.

The farm supply catalogs sell polyethylene sheets (4' x 8') that are all but bullet proof for animal stall washout. They come in several thicknesses depending on how much impact resistance you need. Seal the seam to the floor with urethane caulk. Try Farm Tek.

Rapidair makes their Fastpipe rigid tubing. Available at Northern Tool, Amazon, and others.

Did your neighbor ever say, "Hold my beer!"?

I have about 20 of those in various configurations (straight, 90 degree, plug-on-plug, etc). It amazing how many uses you find for them when you have them in stock. Just yesterday my wife asked for a one foot extension cord so she could use her mixer in the exact spot she wanted on the counter...

I hate to be a wet blanket, but companies do not tear down perfectly good cooling towers just to change materials. If that wooden cooling tower has a number of years of service on it, the water and chemicals will have washed a lot of the lignin out of the wood. There is a good chance that the...

If the compressor outlet is 1/2", the is no good reson to use anything larger than 1/2" downstream.

A standard rubber wheel chock works for me. I also put a 12" square of plywood under jackstands.

You are showing us some real skills.