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salemgold

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Salem what is your procedure for cleaning T3 heads? I've been throwing them out but decided now to try cleaning them.

Sorry Fran, I just saw this. I take the dirty ones and put them in a pot of boiling water for about 3-5 minutes. Turn the burner off and let them sit for about 45 minutes. Do a final rinse in PGA and let dry. I am still using the originals that I bought last October :D
 

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We got hammered! No power loss for us, but I've been buried too deep to surface until now LOL

Central Ct got the heaviest bands of snow, but our winds weren't as bad as they were on the coast. Official count in my yard is 34" Did a ton of shoveling before we could even get the dinky snow thrower out, and then we had to run it in layers...dig a little, plow a little, rinse, repeat. The city plows have not made it to our street yet, so at the end of our cleaned driveway is a 34" wall of snow!.

Fist person to come and dig my car out gets a free Buzz Pro!!!

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So glad that you never lost power Bov! That picture looks real pretty from where I am sitting lol
Oh and sorry, I already have two Buzz Pros. HA!
 

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One of my friends has a friend in CT who woke up to this ......

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She posted this on her Facebook page, I copied here for you all to see! If this is what poor Bov has, we ALL better go help dig her out!!!

Well, there is a free BP in the deal for you, Tracy.
 

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Good morning Fran!

You were asking salem what she does with the T3 base ... and I think she does something in the microwave and a PG soak afterward. I'll let her tell you about that.

On mine, I soak them in vodka overnight and then boil them in a small pan or water. In experimenting, I found that boiling them for 20 minutes brings them out real clean. I let them dry real good and then use them.

Good gosh, don't toss them, they are reusable!

TT

No microwave, TT. That does not get them clean. If you do the vodka as the final step instead of first, they dry very quickly.
 

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Bo I'm happy to see you made it. Better get a sump pump for that basement. Ours used to get up to 2 ft. of water when it rained until I started patching holes. A lot of them too. They used wood as spreaders when the poured this basement and everywhere there was a spreader (that rotted out) there was a hole. It's quite a process to fill them with hydraulic cement. Gotta bore it out first and clean it. Not fun but it's nice n dry now.
 

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5, we have a sump pump but MIL is so OCD that she won't let us use it. She's afraid to let it run because she's convinced that it could start a fire :( We go down, open the sewer drain (which she also won't let us leave open) and push the water to the drain with a shop broom. You'd just have to know her to understand.

We have a nick in the concrete right where the sewer cap screws into the pipe that is like a spring when the rain is heavy. I patched it once, and it held for about a year, but it's a pain in the ... spot to patch. It's right where the concrete meets the threads on the pipe so have to be real careful not to get any on the threads. There is also a crack in the basement floor where the water seeps up thru. I hate to admit it, but some repairs are just beyond my talent ;)
 

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I had one like that and didn't want to use cement because I couldn't get in there to clean it out. I used that Flex Seal Liquid Rubber Sealant Coating and it worked great. Smells bad for a couple hrs. until the thinner evaporates but it sure worked good. Had to dry it out first.
Them pumps are made to immerse in water but I understand how she would be afraid. Water and electricity are scary together.
 
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We got hammered! No power loss for us, but I've been buried too deep to surface until now LOL

Central Ct got the heaviest bands of snow, but our winds weren't as bad as they were on the coast. Official count in my yard is 34" Did a ton of shoveling before we could even get the dinky snow thrower out, and then we had to run it in layers...dig a little, plow a little, rinse, repeat. The city plows have not made it to our street yet, so at the end of our cleaned driveway is a 34" wall of snow!.

Fist person to come and dig my car out gets a free Buzz Pro!!!

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Glad you are okay and have power, Bov.
 

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I had one like that and didn't want to use cement because I couldn't get in there to clean it out. I used that Flex Seal Liquid Rubber Sealant Coating and it worked great. Smells bad for a couple hrs. until the thinner evaporates but it sure worked good. Had to dry it out first.

There's your repair man, Bov :D
 
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