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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on July 06, 2011, 06:04:36 PM
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Oh my.
yardwork (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-05-11 10:08 PM
Original message
Help. I've got WD40 all over the inside of my window.
I have an old double-hung kitchen window with storm windows. It's been dirty since I bought this place several years ago. Somebody put glass shelves in front of it (now I know why) that hold knick-knacks. Yesterday I got motivated and took it apart to clean all the surfaces - eight glass surfaces on all the windows, and the three glass shelves. I let the removable storm window and all the metal runners dry overnight and put it back together this evening.
As I was putting the glass storm window in place one of the metal tabs jammed with the storm window open several inches, and then one side of the window sash itself kind of fell apart - what appears to be an old pulley system fell out. This window is over the kitchen sink.
So I'm sitting in the kitchen sink to get leverage, trying to unjam the little metal tab so that I can close the storm window, and I can't close the sash either because it's got some kind of metal and rope thing hanging out one side. I'm sweating. It's a hot summer night and the kitchen window is wide open and june bugs are flying at me.
So I get the WD40 and squirt some at the little metal tap and it works. I unjam the storm window and get it in place and then I take a hammer to the mess on the side of the window sash and get it smashed back together and the window is closed and locked! Yay! I'm never going to open that sucker again.
I put the glass shelves back up and all the little knick-knacks and stand back to admire my work......and see a spray of what can only be WD40 all over the inside glass of the upper window sash, the surface that's inside the upper storm window, now hermetically sealed.
So, will that WD40 droplets inside the window stay there forever or will it eventually be pulled down by gravity and pool invisibly at the base of the upper window sash?
The way I figure I have two choices. Learn to love it or replace the entire window.
juajen (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-06-11 07:50 AM
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1. Paint a miniature landscape with oil paint or a green English ivy vine. I believe it should be oil, as I don't think acrylic would hold up. This should just cover up where the oil is.
juajen (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-06-11 07:53 AM
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2. Paint a small landscape scene or an ivy vine with oil paint.
Be sure and wipe the window clean with vinegar before painting and use care when cleaning the window.
yardwork (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-06-11 08:48 AM
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3. Very interesting and creative suggestion! Thank you!
The oil doesn't look that bad this morning, especially behind the glass shelves and knickknacks. If it starts to attract dirt and mildew, though, I will consider your suggestion.
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-06-11 08:48 AM
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3. Very interesting and creative suggestion! Thank you!
The oil doesn't look that bad this morning, especially behind the glass shelves and knickknacks. If it starts to attract dirt and mildew, though, I will consider your suggestion.
It WILL attract dirt.
What the hell is it talking about "mildew"? WTF! :thatsright:
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Convair, an aerospace contractor, first used WD-40 to protect the outer skin of the Atlas Missile from rust and corrosion.
http://www.wd40.com/about-us/history/
Thanks for supporting the baby-killing, native-oppressing, planet-raping Military Industrial Complex.
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I would suggest shooting out the window with a 12 gauge. Any june bugs that are in the way will suffer an untimely death, too.
I shudder to think of what some of the other uses that WD-40 gets subjected to by the primitives.
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I would suggest shooting out the window with a 12 gauge. Any june bugs that are in the way will suffer an untimely death, too.
I shudder to think of what some of the other uses that WD-40 gets subjected to by the primitives.
I'd suggest the DUmmy look down the barrel of the shotgun first, however, while simultaneously checking the trigger mechanism. Have to be sure the machinery works.
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I'm sweating. It's a hot summer night and the kitchen window is wide open and june bugs are flying at me.
Andrew Zimmern of Bizarre Foods went to a festival in Maine where June Bugs were used for snacks, they even dipped the June Bugs in Chocolate, that couple won the competition using June Bugs.
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The OP could try this:
http://shopwindowcleaningresource.com/titan-oil-flo.html
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I'd suggest the DUmmy look down the barrel of the shotgun first, however, while simultaneously checking the trigger mechanism. Have to be sure the machinery works.
If they find the trigger mechanism is a bit stiff, they can spray some WD-40 onto it.
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It's a hot summer night and the kitchen window is wide open and june bugs are flying at me.
I cannot express how disappointed I am. When I read the mention of "knick-knacks", I was shocked, really, actually agog. To think we'd found a DUmmy who would use all the "k" letters required. Granted, it's still a DUmmy, so the word was disfigured by the use of one of those improper dashes that DUmmies like to use, but still... Then the DUmbass goes and proves he has no idea what a junebug is, and puts in a stupid space like air port. Only a DUmmy would think junebugs fly at night. I thought he was an exceptional DUmmy, but he's not.
For city people, they're big, old, shiny, green bugs that you find in the summer. You can take eight or ten feet of your mother's sewing thread, and tie one end to one of their fat hind legs, and hold the other end. The junebug will fly circles around you, until you release the thread and watch it disappear into the distance. I always loved to fly junebugs. Junebugs never ever fly after dark.
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Oh for pete's sake. Open the window back up, wash it with water and dish soap, rinse, hit it again with a 50/50 mix of white viniger and water. Wipe off with a lint free rag from the top down. Don't leave any on the edges. If you can open it once you can open it again. Unless you are a complete....
Oh yeah, DUmmies. :whatever:
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Just a heads up- WD40 works great for removing Bachman 2012 bumper stickers! Nothing worse than a a half removed sticker from a loser!
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Just a heads up- WD40 works great for removing Bachman 2012 bumper stickers! Nothing worse than a a half removed sticker from a loser!
Oh my.
Have we met before, sir?
If not, I'm franksolich, a nice guy, one of the nicest guys one can hope to meet.
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Well now, where did the new guy go?
I was hoping to start a dialogue with a primitive here.
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WD 40 stands for water dispersant 40th mix.
It is a crappy penetrate,almost no lubrication and as has been mentioned water and dish detergent will clean it up.
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Just a heads up- WD40 works great for removing Bachman 2012 bumper stickers! Nothing worse than a a half removed sticker from a loser!
Marone! and Oy Vey!
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Marone! and Oy Vey!
You know, madam, I'd never seen the guy before, until he popped like a ripe pimple here.
I did notice the high number of "bitch-slaps," though, and thought perhaps if I gave him the Dale Carnegie treatment, he might actually turn into pleasant company.
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Well now, where did the new guy go?
I was hoping to start a dialogue with a primitive here.
Why does he have to sully the name of Reagan? why couldn't he choose the name Obamanomica? or the more appropriate Obamacomical?
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You know, madam, I'd never seen the guy before, until he popped like a ripe pimple here.
I did notice the high number of "bitch-slaps," though, and thought perhaps if I gave him the Dale Carnegie treatment, he might actually turn into pleasant company.
Maybe he just found the DUmpster?
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Maybe he just found the DUmpster?
You got me.
But the minute I extended my hand in friendship, he took off like a rabbit.
It couldn't have been me; the body odor's "Preferred Stock" cologne, the breath is as pure as driven snow, and it's not like I'm physically repulsive, so I wonder why he ran away.
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You know, madam, I'd never seen the guy before, until he popped like a ripe pimple here.
I did notice the high number of "bitch-slaps," though, and thought perhaps if I gave him the Dale Carnegie treatment, he might actually turn into pleasant company.
What's really pleasant is that no one here uses that stupid "sarcasm" thing that's
mandatory at the DUmp whenever they deviate from Stalinist solemnity.
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Just a heads up- WD40 works great for removing Bachman 2012 bumper stickers! Nothing worse than a a half removed sticker from a loser!
Just a heads up... works great for removing Obama bumper stickers too... which most people are now doing... on their own cars.
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WD 40 stands for water dispersant 40th mix.
It is a crappy penetrate,almost no lubrication and as has been mentioned water and dish detergent will clean it up.
In all seriousness, I keep a big can of WD-40 laying around so that I can clean off my bicycles. It works great for taking off years of dirt, grease, oil, and anything else that you might come across on a bicycle. A good wipe down with a paper towel dampened with WD-40 makes for a quick shiny finish for your bicycle, too.
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I would replace the POS window. You will have to replace it when you sell the house anyway once the inspector gets a load of the window. You might as well enjoy the new window now...and get rid of the stupid shelves and tacky nicknacks. I especially hate it in the kitchen, God that has to be absolutely filthy.
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In all seriousness, I keep a big can of WD-40 laying around so that I can clean off my bicycles. It works great for taking off years of dirt, grease, oil, and anything else that you might come across on a bicycle. A good wipe down with a paper towel dampened with WD-40 makes for a quick shiny finish for your bicycle, too.
This would absolutely horrify DUmmies but I used it in my granite composite sink in our last house. It was black and would look dull after awhile, even though I wiped it out every evening before going to bed. So I search for a way to make it look brand new. I found out that using WD-40 on the sink would work. My husband had some in the garage so I decided to try it, it worked! I rubbed it in then would use either paper towels or another rag to buff it. I used it when ever it would start looking dull. I probably poisoned my family but my kitchen sink always looked brand new.
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A bit of diesel and hot soapy water works mighty fine.
No need to spend bucks on WD.
BTW, DUmmie, wipe it off with old newspaper.
Not kidding.
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I would suggest shooting out the window with a 12 gauge. Any june bugs that are in the way will suffer an untimely death, too.
I kinda like this one. 00 Buck or #9s?
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WD-40 on the window? I suggest a combination of duct tape, superglue, and varnish. My Dad, as did many good father's across our great nation, used one or all of these on everything.
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I'm with BEG. Replace the POS window. Dealing with it is a full days project and it sounds like a PITA. Chuck it and be done with it. Just making a post about it at the DUmp was a full days project. It exhausted me.
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I kinda like this one. 00 Buck or #9s?
00 seems to work fine for me.
If the DUmmy wisely takes BannedfromDU's advice, and busies himself checking the end of the barrel when he pulls the trigger (to make sure that everything is coming out OK), then I would still recommend 00 shot.