Smart Shop tips!

[the old grind]

We tend to use too much hand soap vs enough water & scrubbing before rinsing. That's when hands don't get clean. Soap isn't the agent, its a catalyst between dirt/oil and water.

OT, but same goes for laundry soap and shampoo. More suds doesn't mean you'll get cleaner. If there's any suds or slipperiness left the soap hasn't been used up. Being harder to rinse is a sign of using too much, esp shampoo. btw, same with toothpaste. Fill the bristles, spit out the excess foam and bite, and cut it short. The brush does the work. When washing up, the hands do the work .. until someone invents a quick dip that'll clean greasy brake dust. Our hands get clean when doing dishes because of time spent letting the detergent do its thing, not by the amount of Dawn we pour in.

 

[jaxs]

It's kind of like serving spoons at a buffet table.
One's all we need but it is nice to have single use serving spoons in all the entree's :thumbsup:

Is that because people fail to lick the spoon clean when going from one entree to another?

 

[BravoXray]

Is that because people fail to lick the spoon clean when going from one entree to another?

That's one way of making sure there's seconds left for you!

 

[Doofy]

That's one way of making sure there's seconds left for you!

Don't tell. The Wife has yet to catch on.

 

[Tinhack]

Speaking of sewing-----
We have 2 machines, (his and hers)!

Mine is a Consew industrial style.
Paid $25. for it at a gov't auction.
I don't use it all that often but sure nice for upholstery and tarp repairs, only wish it were a walking foot for the real tough jobs.
LOL, I can now add sewing machine mechanic to my CV as I had to learn how to adjust and tune it up.
Good thing is it uses the same bobbins as my wife's.

If you were closer, I would have doubled your money for it.

I use an old Singer 31-15 for my auto upholstery, canvas and leather. I put a 3/4 hp servo motor on it so it'll sew just about anything you can get under the foot. I was so involved in upholstery for a while, I have a walking foot attachment and all sorts of feet for it. I was going to update to a Consew Industrial right before my open heart surgery but that pretty much retired me to hobby work now. That old Singer will even sew auto carpet. The only thing it can't do is backup. But I work around that.

 

[jaxs]

Me, I'm not worried wearing disposable nitrile gloves, and I work on a lathe and mill. Anything that would pull my hand in with the glove I'm sure would pull my hand in while not wearing a rubber glove.

After working for years with wd40 (I mostly machine aluminum), the skin on my right hand is permanently damaged, so I now wear gloves when machining.

That could be my smart shop tip for this thread: don't allow wd40 prolonged exposure to your skin.

Also discovered WD40 sprayed on my dirty greasy tractor dirty hands wipes off 95% (flushes?) hands to acceptable presentable condition.
Seems to 'float' off the crap to the point that simple soap/water makes them lunch time ready.
I discovered this once when I needed to grab my phone and was so greasy that I probably would have dropped it.

Who's advice I should use?

 

[stuckmotor]

I know how to reply to a message with one quote, only. How do you guys reply with two, three, etc?

 

[Citydude]

Who's advice I should use?

Error on the side of keeping your skin?

 

[jaxs]

I know how to reply to a message with one quote, only. How do you guys reply with two, three, etc?

That information doesn't fall under smart tips. You must apply to Big Barn for membership in the secret socity to intrusted with stuff that delicate.
Decide which post you want to quote first,secound,third and in that order click qoutation marks in black ballon in lower right corner of each post UNTIL final qouted post,click reply with quote like you ususlly do.

 

[jaxs]

Error on the side of keeping your skin?

Thanks. That sound's like advice I will follow.