Recently, I refinished the hardwood floors for a friend of mine. The refinish included three bedrooms, dining room, living room, and hall. It was a big job. It would have been easier if the hardwood floors hadn’t been previously carpeted and the previous renters’ dogs had been house broken… Every room that had been carpeted had enormous ‘pet’ stains in them. It was bad. Then there were the 12,324 staples I had to remove (which in some cases were rusted). After the staples, I had to deal with the stains and warping. [click to continue…]
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Women, this holiday season, vengeance is ours! (You know, because Christmas was ushered in with gifts of gold, mir and retribution. I like to keep things traditional.)
I doubt I’m the only lady out there who has opened a gift on Christmas morning that was household chore-focused. One year, the guy I was dating gave me oven mitts. And the next gift I unwrapped from him? I kid you not – vacuum filters. VACUUM FILTERS. You know what I had given him? Tickets to an NBA game. Yeah.
If your current spouse has ever gifted you with such a useful, practical, hateful present – it’s time to return the favor with the SKIL 18-Volt 4-Tool Ni-Cd Combo Kit. Guess who’s getting to those little projects around the house in 2010? Mwahuahahrry Christmas! [click to continue…]
When it’s time to do some serious sanding, look no further than the Porter Cable 7346 6″ Random Orbit Sander. The PC 7346 feels like a solidly built machine. A grande sized on/off button is easy to find on the top of the unit, yet it’s designed so you’re not likely to accidentally turn it off. The “accidental turn-off” is something I’ve run into a lot on other sanders (and during my early dating career). In relation to power tools, the accidental turn-off usually results in several seconds of confusion while I mentally go through a checklist like this:
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