Home renovation

rSin · Post by **rSin** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 4:02 pm

while your at the hardware store pick up some liquid 'break free'
you drip a few drops on the threads and it helps loosen stuck nuts.
like a very thin penetrating oil

but damn,
i find even with the nut off i cant get those cartridges to pull half the time.

dill786 · Post by **dill786** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 4:42 pm

wd-40 won't work then??

i didn't have it but gonna get a can tomorrow

rSin · Post by **rSin** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 5:29 pm

wont work as well,
theres a far better product
here in the states its called 'liquid wrench' or 'break free'
comes in a couple ounces with an eyedropper end

any time ive a job where i need old steel pips to unscrew i drop by the job a couple times and hit those fittings with this product.

makes a huge difference and ive found it useful in sink fittings

rSin · Post by **rSin** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 5:36 pm

never googled this before,
the above was just my own observations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNhItP85Tkc

quite the homemade product.

dill786 · Post by **dill786** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:55 pm

liquid wrench won hands down

dill786 · Post by **dill786** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:40 am

well i tried it with the grip pliers and it wasn't moving one bit, I think it seized up and I can't get enough purchase on the rounded nut to make some leverage, got my brother to give me a hand and he couldn't do it either, so fuck it ll just buy brand new taps on the weekend,

rSin · Post by **rSin** » Sun Nov 05, 2023 4:52 pm

there are a couple other tricks,
both via hand grinders

ones you chew that rounded off nut into having square parts enough for your wrench to grab

another is you cut a groove down its center enough you can get a flathead screw driver purchase

dill786 · Post by **dill786** » Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:05 pm

i tried everything but couldn't get it out. cheap Chinese junk

gonna have to get a new set of taps...

on the weekend....

ben ttech · Post by **ben ttech** » Tue Mar 05, 2024 11:12 pm

you know,
the make a type of wrench that instead of flat surfaces that mimic the nut or bolt
its got a series of have circles protruding into the inside,
box wrench. cant remember the exact type name,
but the ways its sized each of these curves grabs a nut halfway toward the center of the flat surface
not the corners

ive seen nice ones from craftsman

https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/t ... ench-sets/

ben ttech · Post by **ben ttech** » Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:21 pm

The one I’ve got is a husky…