RE: [BlindHandyMan] removing tar idea

2007-07-14 Thread Edward Przybylek
Hi Lenny, Call a carpet store and ask where you can get the spray for removing gum from carpeting. It's designed to freeze gum when it is applied. This makes the gum brittle and easy to remove from carpeting. It will probably do the same thing for the tar. Take care, Ed _ From:

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Manual for Talking Volt Meter

2007-07-14 Thread Ralph Supernaw
If your voltometer is like mine there are caps on the probes and the plugs. You take them off by pulling. The online manual would be nice. Ralph _ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Gallik Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 4:44 PM To: Blind

[BlindHandyMan] removing tar

2007-07-14 Thread Brice Mijares
Just wet it down with water from your water hose, then take a square shovel and scrape it off. Then in the coolness of early morning, wire brush the area until tar is gone. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or

Re: [BlindHandyMan] removing tar idea

2007-07-14 Thread Mike Rusk
A few years ago my first wife and I were walking and we crossed a newly surfaced road. Her guide dog got a lot of tar and gravel stuck to its paws. We tried everything we could think of to remove it including spray and wash. We asked our vet what we could use and he told us cooking oil. He

[BlindHandyMan] tar

2007-07-14 Thread tunecollector
Back in my college, I worked for one summer as a roofer. If hot tar landed on us, we had to wait for it to cool off before we could remove it from our flesh. Tar on our clothing stayed on our clothing even after repeated washing. We did wash in cold water and did not use the dryer. If tar

[BlindHandyMan] For you inventors

2007-07-14 Thread Lee A. Stone
I have a spolndid idea for those of you with thoughts of inventing. I'd like to see someone invent a replacement disc for a weed eater or weed wacker that would hold, lets say 50 to 100 feet of string or wire.. thanks.Lee -- File cabinet: A four drawer, manually activated trash

RE: [BlindHandyMan] For you inventors

2007-07-14 Thread robert moore
Get a goat!! -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lee A. Stone Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 7:21 PM To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] For you inventors I have a spolndid idea for those of you with thoughts of inventing.