Anybody I used to know still post around here??????
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UPDATED: Thursday, May 23, 2024 14:59
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Originally posted by Wishimay:
Why is it idiots always use 30 lbs of great stuff? And you know they don't read the instructions fer anything so they gotta be walking around with hands encased in the crap...It has uses...but not for EVERYTHING. That's what duct tape is fer.
Yep, I warned ya about that a while ago, didn't I?
Sometimes the 30 seconds ta put the gloves on really really IS worth it.Um, warm oil (olive or baby or mineral) might help? Mebbe...
We got the other side of the basement wired up with can lights, Yay! Jes' don't try wiring up a light switch/power outlet combo unless you've watched the videos...Not as simple as one would think. Those vids are super helpful!
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Hehe....
Nobody ever told me it would look like my hand was a prop from Night of the Living Dead if i touched it!!!!!!!!!
Seriously......
It's nearly 2 days after the fact and the blackness on my thumb and forefinger from putting out a cigarette (because I'm one of those curtious smokers that dont' litter) is still encased in my hand as if in a plastic covering that comic book geeks would be envious of.
Seriously....
Don't F-ing use Great Stuff if you're not using gloves and you are naturally impulsive. It should say that shit on the can lol..
It's almost gone though now, 2 days later. I sanded most of it off, along with my skin.
My bigger wound is when I was cutting off a tip to a Dap caulk and I sliced about a quarter of my left index finger knuckle off.
Holy Shit!
It seriously didn't start bleeding for about 5 minutes, but once it started it wouldn't quit.
Good thing I'm not "THAT cheap" or after a half hour of working on a spot and seeing blood all over my tiles I would have just cauterized the wound.
It wasn't until I went to prepare the 2nd tube of caulk that I saw the flesh-wound on my utility knife.
Seriously....
I'll bet there are objects sitting in the Smithsonian that are less worthy than the 1/3 of my knuckle that I'm saving :)
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Originally posted by Wishimay:Quote:
Originally posted by Wishimay:
Why is it idiots always use 30 lbs of great stuff? And you know they don't read the instructions fer anything so they gotta be walking around with hands encased in the crap...It has uses...but not for EVERYTHING. That's what duct tape is fer.
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd BookNOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
If it makes ya feel any better, I hada couple fingers-full of that a couple months ago. Even if you don't PLAN on touchin' it get gloves!
One thing about home improvin'- yer body doesn't... I've got a littany of scars ta prove it, heh. 
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Hope the new forum works better than this! I forgot to copy befor posting, so now I get to retype the whole thing, goramit!!!!!
I learned the hard way to wear glovez wile using Great stuff about 25 yirz ago. But occasionally, I get the notion that I can be careful enuf and end up with a semi temporary rorsach tat. Like super glue, Great Stuff haz a demon in it that will take any opportunity to do evil.
My roof deck iz at the top uv the house, 25 feet up. The master bedroom haz access with a fold out ladder thru a hatch. Its 10 x 15 ft with plastic lumber decking.
My projects are mostly mechanical devicez, so remodeling wuz a change uv pace for me.
Last week i did an experiment for a non-trust vehicle drive concept. Negative rezult, but it wuz fun making the device. Now I'm nearly dun with 2 copiez uv an angle trisector visual demo device a guy in Australia thought up. Its to help us find a way to figure out an actual given angle trisection method, wich haz been declared impossible.
Did you know that doing the impossible makes you mighty?
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Hey Wishimay,
I got gloves I used for the mold remediation, but they're super heavy and my hands sweat so bad in them that they're all pruned up when I'm done using them. I'll have to get some of those thin latex gloves for Great Stuff next time.
Hehe...
No kidding about the scarring. I had a vision of Lethal Weapon 3 and how they were comparing battle scars. 
Hey JO753,
That's happened to me a few times too, but I've noticed if I just hit the "BACK" button that the post is still there. I'm using Firefox, so I don't know if that makes a difference.
Hehe... Great Stuff really is evil stuff if you don't respect it. I'd used 7 or 8 cans of it previously without any gloves. It also says to wear eye protection. I still think that eyewear is overkill, but I could only imagine what it would do to your eyes. I'm betting complete blind spots for life wherever it touched.
Do you have pics of your roof deck? I'm having a hard time imagining it, but it sounds killer. I'd love to see it.
When you start talking mechanical stuff I'm all dumb... I managed to figure out my furnace with a few days research, and I know how to pump gas, change a tire and change the oil on my car, but that's about the extent of my mechanical understanding.
Good lucking getting mighty though. Don't let anyone tell you anything is impossible.
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book
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I hardly, if ever, spam people with "joke" emails.......
But you've got to watch this!
I've been a Legend of Zelda dork since I was 10 and I got the first one on NES.
I probably haven't even played the last 4 or 5 versions, but this is the SHITE!
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book
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Iz there a way to just post a link insted uv it putting the whole thing here?
Lets try this. paste this into the adress box,
zolkorp.kom/HoWS_B_a_LITL.jpg
change the k to a c and add the http:/www befor it.
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Damn, that's sweet man!
Really inventive and unique. I think your skilz are a bit beyond mine there. That looks like it took a ton of work to do, changing the shape of the house and all. I like the new colors you added to the house after the fact too.
I was thinking about maybe putting a porch out my master bedroom and adding sliding patio doors after we were talking about it last night, but then I looked at the whole situation this morning and remembered how I can't wait until I can afford a huge privacy fence to block out the view of my neighbors' yards behind me. As cool as it would be during the summer to sit out there at night and have a beer, until I get new neighbors, there's really no view I'd want to see from up high. 
Maybe the village will allow me to put up a 12' privacy fence in the back yard...... no...... probably not.... 
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Oh yeah.... found more hidden mold in the basement today.... bummer. The drywall behind the stairway going downstairs that's behind the large molding is just teeming with it. I don't know what made me look back there, but I'm glad I did. I was hoping that it wouldn't have any room to breathe or grow back there, but sure enough...... I think I'll have to take the drywall out all the way up to the top of the molding and then brace it all with some strategically cut 2x4's before I repaint anything. That's a lot of work I didn't want to have to do, but I'm glad I found it now and not after I refinished anything.
Oh, and wouldn't cha know it? As I was finally taking the parts to the fiberglass shower out of the basement this morning so I didn't have to keep moving them around while I was working and risk breaking them, I broke one of the sliding doors into about 3000 pieces. I hope I can replace a single door and that I don't have to replace the entire shower unit.
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book
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Thanks! It wuz a bunch uv work, but well worth the effort.
Sorry about your mold problem and the shower door.
I do that wuns in a wile myself - make an effort to protect something and break it in the process! It makes me wonder if therez a destiny thing involved.
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It looks great. I hope your neighbors keep up their yards and garages a bit more than a few of mine do. It's not exactly lakefront property with a view beyond my property line.
Uggg... the shower door. I've been hemorrhaging money since I bought the house 3 1/2 months ago, but I expected as much. Not cool when I go and sabotage myself like that though. I've managed to track down the manufacturer/vendor and they're based in Canada. I don't have a firm price yet, but I think I'm looking at about 200 bucks with shipping to get the replacement door.
At that price for such a small part of the shower, I have a decision to make. Maybe I should just add some square footage to the bathroom and install a large tub with jets and put some nice tiles everywhere instead. In the end, that would cost me a lot more than 200 bucks, but the shower itself doesn't look brand new as it is. Since it was "free" before, I was just going to put it back, but I may consider my options a bit more heavily now. Maybe fate did me a favor here?
I truly believe the mold is gone now. I had to gut another 2 bags worth of it today and do another bleach treatment. I should have known better. That's what you get for cutting corners. It was really bad there behind the scenes. I'm just glad I broke down and just tore it all out instead of trying to seal it in. It's all part of the stairs though, so replacing all of that is going to be a monster project compared to the rest of the stuff I've already remediated.
I've removed all of the polysheeting, so it shouldn't be but a week before the bleach smell is gone and I'm hoping there is zero foul odor when that happens.
Fingers crossed......
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book
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