Yeah, mine was a tad upset to discover the Norton motorcycle jugs (cylinders)
baking in the oven to cure the paint. The dishwasher, as fine a parts cleaner
as it is, is not available for automotive components either.
Jack B.
ps - Scott, I may have married your wife's 110 pound sister.
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> Oven...to dry a wheel I had just sanded down and washed, preparing it for
>paint.
> I was feeling a little impatient with the drying process and thought I'd just
> pop it in the oven on 150 deg. Went back out to the garage to start on the
>next
> wheel. Spouse came home a few minutes later (lovely woman, but like certain
> mountain lions of recent discussion, basically 80 pounds of muscle, claws and
> fury if you mess with her kitchen...yes, I try to do these things while she's
> elsewhere). Polite inquiry ensued concerning the source of the smoke pouring
> from the stove.
>
> Scott B.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Jack W. Drews
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:41 AM
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: borrowed "tools"
>
>
> A previous email from VanVlack about using cleaning fluids in the wife's
> wash tub got me thinking about how long-suffering my sweetie is. Over the
> past couple of years, I have 'borrowed" from her --
>
> deep freeze to cool lifter sleeves and tupperware of ice cubes during
> installation
> kitchen stove to heat hubs for bearing press-in
> turkey baster to fill graduated cylinder for cc-ing heads
> kitchen thermometer for checking various things
> favorite pan for heating water with a temp gauge bulb in it
>
> Of course I clean things scrupulously but I must sheepishly admit that I
> try to do these things when she's not at home
>
> uncle jack
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