This week I have used Vaseline (for fitting the fuel filler hose), KY Jelly (for fitting a water hose) and toothpaste (on a drill-press drive belt) .. and - watching an advertisement just now set me thinking... There must be a use for Polygrip Ultra, and probably for half a dozen other 'domestic' products...
So enlighten me - what have you used for what..?

TwoSheds

p.s. Just remembered - in Egypt 25 years ago I used a Durex for petrol... But everyone knows that one

Washing powder is fantastic for cleaning your hands. The dishwasher is great for cleaning components (not aly ones though). Only when the boss is out of course.

I hava an old flat belt lathe and I found sodasiphon[?] drink concentrates are really good on the belt, went from a facing cut 25 thou deep was slipping to taking ~125 thou off per cut with coca cola dressed belt..

Swarfega for cleaning ya engine.
newspaper for cleaning ya windoze
fairy as screenwash
The mrs sez that the hoover works on the cab, but i don't believe her

Washing up liquid for fitting tyres

Not too sure about washing up liquard in those two proposed uses.....I've been told that it can rot rubber so not good for tyres and washer jets.

Anyhow......Mr Muscle Oven cleaner for cleaning engines. Read instuctions and sustitute engine for oven and jet washer for sponge

Dishwasher or washing poweder is good for windscreens when they get a film on them. In powder form it is slightly abrasive but not enough to scratch and degreases at same time.

Agree that dishwasher is great for all bit's of the rover... I don't think she reads this forum!

Granulated sugar & a squirt of washing up liquid makes a good swarfega substitute.

Empty tin cans for seating oil seals squarely. Piece of wood over the open end and tap gently...

and for stopping other peoples engines....

washing up liquid is a no-no, as it contains salt, and we all know what effect that has on steel.........

wasn't there a use for "HI I'M BARRY SCOTT's" favourite product too that i read about?

A mate of mine used to swear by nappies for mopping up spills, and cheap cat's litter for soaking up big oil patches (I can't remember the ingredient that does it).

Does "the dining room" count as a household object - because that's where all my tools & welder currently live in the absence of a shed!

I cant remember who it was that recommended cilit bang but i got some on a whim when i was in asda and tried it yesterday when i was doing the seals on my brake cylinders and it worked really well, it works as effectively as white spirit but is much kinder to your hands, it is more expensive than white spirit though....
vaseline is good for battery terminals and electrics
not strictly domestic but haemostats used for clamping arteries are very good for clamping any hoses
Mike

How about domestic uses for workshop products then?

I've used an angle grinder to open a tin, a mixture of methanol and biodiesel combined with a leafblower for lighting a BBQ, caustic soda for cleaning drains, and a wooden spoon in a drill as a food mixer...

Bar of soap for knowing when aluminium is annealed

Found a new one today when changing my wheel bearings, breeze blocks for supporting the brake calipers.

kieselguhr or fuller's earth, I believe..

That's the jobby.

Mind you, kittens are fairly good at soaking up oil of their own accord.

Do not think so,, No1 it will block the pipes and jets up,, and 2, it will ruin your paintwork,
Have invoiced out hours, over the years with cheapskates using washing up liquid as screen wash !!

Kieselguhr or it's other popular name diatematious(sp) earth. Used in the production of drinking water at work when we are out and about .

Fullers earth is used to soak up chemical spillages in warfare by the other side

Dishwashers cleans cylinder heads well

Wives/partners can be used to sweep out your garage while you're fixing their car!

steady on every so far has been plausible

Sorry, it was from the realms of fantasy I know.

Actually I'd be terrified to let my missus in the garage. She'd start asking how much I'd spent on my toys!

... and Waxoyl

kin'ell ........way too much information there


But yes, I always use vaseline on hoses and fuel pipes ..................... nail varnish for marking mating surfaces and also for thread lock on smaller bolts...........cereal boxes for making templates.............cling film for sealing hydraulic parts from crud...............

i'm always eyeing up those metal muffin tins, aluminium flower pots, and even the stainless steel chutney bowls in the local curry house thinking, those would make great centrecaps for wheels.

I know someone who has used a seive as an air filter, a stainless sugar bowl as a steering wheel boss shroud, and brick cleaner for removing rust from body panels.

I personally have used four glass lemon squeezers , painted with glass paint, as a set of tail lights.

This gets my vote...

And the winner of Best Workshop Use of a Domestic Product is:





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Lemon Sqeezer Tail Lights!!!

Yeahhh

But were they E marked?

my vote too

thought i recognised that car. pictures i have of it have standard 120y lights and some different rims.

might you then be 'will lightburn, alias datman' as featured in retro cars june 2005. this maybe explains the nissan thing.

looks quite mean now.