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Oh, I knew it was flammable, my intention was to just to coat it with a very light film of oil to stop it rusting and a give it a good wipe over with a cloth to remove any excess. What I hadn't realised is inverting the can had caused a lot more than normal to squirt out, and didn't see as my...

It makes for a fairly impressive flame thrower if you use it on a cylinder vac! When I was younger, my dad asked me to clean and vacuum his old Ford Cortina while he was at work as, having just bought a new car, he wanted to sell it. When I tried to use our old 1960's Electrolux cylinder vacuum...

I'm pretty ropy at soldering, mainly because I don't get a lot of practice and I've got a brother whose job was repairing expensive electronic modules, who I can ask to do the more tricky stuff. I would still solder the cracked solder joints on some of those pins for two cable connectors for...

The usual reason is the router is configured to use dual band (2.4ghz + 5ghz) wifi with a shared SSID and band steering, but the device you want to connect to it only supports 2.4ghz. (If the LG washing machine supports 5ghz, then it is not the issue, so ignore this) Usually, temporarily...

Possibly a non-foaming urethane adhesive might be useful for repairing the door seal? If you can find one suitable for hot water and detergent. I've only used a tube of a one part sealant/ adhesive for repairing waders and sticking the rubber soles back on my shoes, but as it sets to a film, I...

The only stuff I use is anhydrous citric acid at 90°C once a year, although that's primarily to descale the machine, due to our hard tapwater. Costs about £3 - 4 a kg, if I buy a reasonable amount. The powder detergent I use has sodium percarbonate in it and in a 40°C wash, helps keeps the...

A few years ago, I did think about replacing a cabinet with a second dishwasher, so I could be emptying one, while filling up the other and have much less stuff to put away.

$18 here, although as its a hazardous material delivery would be expensive if it can't be collected. https://www.appliancerepair.homedepot.com/PartDetail/High-Temperature-Adhesive/WPY055980/1243096 Perhaps a high temp silicone like this stuff for flues and oven gaskets might work...

I have a separate fridge and freezer, the fridge must be over 20 years old and the freezer is quite a bit older. The only features they have is the light that comes on when you open the door. Given electricity prices here, it is very likely that I'll replace them in the not too distant future...

Those are pretty gross, here's my washing machine after 10 years, almost exclusively used powder. The dirty marks around the bearing seal are where I wiped the grease off my hands, other than that it is as it was opened up. Mostly used Surf (unilever), sometimes bought Daz (Proctor and Gamble)...

The stuff I mostly buy here is Surf powder, Unilever's budget brand. The larger 6.5kg and 4kg boxes from places like Farmfoods worked out about £2 per kg, however the box sizes have just just been hit with shrinkflation, so it is slightly more expensive now.

I've seen an "industry expert" state pretty much the reverse of that video, in a 1990's edition of "That's Life", a BBC consumer /light entertainment show of the period. They were reporting on a dramatic rise in complaints about smelly washing machines (front loaders) and mould, after getting...

Some Hisense TVs have reportedly started showing advertisements with the volume automatically turned up, every time they come out of standby, after a recent firmware update.

Models Affected: DHSS102BB, DHSS102BB/PL, DHSS102BW, DHSS102BW /PL, DHSS102BW /UA, DHSS902BW The compressor wiring harness may be damaged due to contact with the support drum wheel. This can lead to overheating and potential hazards.

Do you descale it? I've got very hard water and the first two elements in my 2009 Zanussi Jetsystem (made by Electrolux, same as AEG is now) only lasted about 3 years each. I started descaling the machine once a year after I fitted the current one, which is still going after about 10 years...