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It's time to paint the garage exterior and I have some questions... picture for reference. All of these questions are about the robustness of the protective coating, NOT about the color choice 1) The metal drip edge at the roof edge: should this be painted? I know it CAN be painted, but...

I'm looking for a way to transfer fuel from my SUV to my dirt bike. Note the motorcycle fuel tank is well above the truck's fuel tank, so a siphon will NOT work. Typically I need to transfer about 2 gallons. Does someone make a reliable hand crank pump? Or I might consider a cordless battery...

Gotta paint the buildings here. And some of the neighbors have bought Texcote Coolwall". It's one of these super long lasting coatings instead of paint. I hear Rhino Shield being pitched the same way. Supposedly lasts forever and is way more heat reflective. But my googling isn't showing me any...

Our small home (1300 sq ft) has a 200A panel. And I have two separate detached garages that are fed from it. The washer and electric dryer are in the "old garage" and the other garage (called the "Shed") is my workshop and has 220 in case I ever want a welder or charger out there. There are two...

I mean besides having multiple sizes in one bit? Are they ever better than a single bit of the proper size? Why? I don't own one, but have seen them on TV... ;-)

This is on a house down the street from me in San Diego. I've seen a coupe of these. Looks like a normal 120V outlet to me, but why is it mounted so high? I heard there is come code requirement for this, but what's the rational?

My garage attic fan is about 5 years old. It runs lots of days here in San Diego. Recently, it seems that the "hysteresis" has become too large. In non-geek: I mean it goes on at 100°F and goes off at 80°F, a 20° difference. Way too big, it used to be around 5°! Ideally, I'd like an accurate...

I'm looking for a great flag "wall mount". Any recommendations? Amazon like this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VLXIEI/?tag=atomicindus08-20

I have these 6-inch vintage pliers that I inherited from my Dad. They are at least 40 years old, possibly much older. I have never seen another pair quite like this, especially how the tip is shaped. For detail work they are my favorite pliers and I'd love to try and find another pair. They have...

So I just had a battery go bad "too early". With COVID, I only drove the car every couple months last year. I did charge the battery, but infrequently. My car has a very low parasitic drain (0.04 mA), so I figured a charge to top things off every couple months would be adequate. But the two year...

I have this Titanium exhaust, about 1.5" OD and the wall thickness is 0.05". The pipe sticks out way too far past the flange, about 1.5" I need to take about an inch off, leaving only 1/2" to the flange. I've never done anything with Ti. Can I just hacksaw this with a regular 32T blade?

Generally I wear nitrile gloves , but occasionally I get my hands gunked up with grease and stuff. For a long time I've cleaned my hands with simple green sprayed on a paper towel. And for some reason today I thought, someone must make wipes with a good hand cleaner built in?! I see some...

I just bumped into yet another thread started by someone who has a concrete job that was done badly. I'm no expert, but I've had a couple garage foundations done and a few driveways. It's a big problem for a person new to the process, they just do not understand how unforgiving concrete...

So I bought this exhaust pipe for my motorcycle from (ahem) aliexpress (cough). The bulge in the pipe was not explicitly defined as a cat nor muffler, so I wasn't sure what I would get. But for the really cheap price I thought I'd give it a try. And when I received it about a teaspoon of...

I found this in the street yesterday... What is this thing? It's a fun little piece, I think I'll use it as a paperweight. It was encrusted with rust, but a soak in evaporust solved that. But still... I'm curious, what was it's origin?

I have a grid of recessed can lights in the ceiling of my 21' x 25' garage. There are 20 lights in a 5 x 4 grid. The actual lamps are between 5 and 6 feet apart. The walls and ceiling are painted in a pale blue green semigloss called "lunar landing" by Dunn-Edwards. The ceiling is at 8 ft. I...

I saw this on Reddit posted by a guy named calcasieu It looks like a pretty cool idea for heat in places that might lose power. He's in Texas and it sounds like it saved his bacon. calcasieu says: It is a Clow Gasteam Radiator (Marked model No. N-27). I don't know exactly how old it is...

So I found a couple of these nests in the garage attic. A couple with exit holes like this and a couple still with the larva inside. I had seen a couple wasps flying around this past summer but hadn't noticed the nests before... So, I'm thinking I need to put some hardware cloth or something...

I have a level garage floor (by choice) and the driveway doesn't slope down until about 1" away from my roll up door. In certain conditions, like when the wind blows hard rain against the garage door, I do get some water seepage under the door into the garage. It looks like I have some tiny...

I have wanted a set of T-handle socket wrenches forever. Well, since I first saw the pro motorcycle racing teams using them in the 1980s. If you aren't familiar with these, they are just great for removing long threaded bolts, like motorcycle engine case bolts and screws. After you break the...