Bull Bar Cowboy Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 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 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............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willfromsussex Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeSheds Posted March 27, 2008 Author Share Posted March 27, 2008 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: dum dum dum dum \/ dum dum dum dum \/ dum dum dum dum \/ dum dum dum dum \/ dum dum dum dum \/ dum dum dum dum \/ dum dum dum dum \/ (bored yet?) dum dum dum dum \/ dum dum dum dum \/ dum dum dum dum Lemon Sqeezer Tail Lights!!! Yeahhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 But were they E marked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david1701 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 my vote too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 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. 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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