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Our library's pressure washer nozzle broke mid-cleanup, and the fix was in a coffee can.
We were cleaning the patio at the community center last Saturday, and the wand just snapped at the quick-connect (it was a Karcher model). I found an old brass nozzle in a coffee can of random parts in the shed, and it actually threaded right on. Anyone else have a good system for organizing spare parts like that, or do you just wing it?
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stellablack5mo ago
That "coffee can of random parts" is a classic system! I read a blog post once that called it a "parts graveyard" and argued it's actually pretty smart for one-off fixes. You just have to be okay with some digging when you need something.
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umamurphy5mo ago
Calling it smart feels generous. My partner's garage has three of those cans, and it's a total time trap. You spend twenty minutes looking for a specific screw, only to find five that are almost right but not quite. Labeled bins might take a minute to set up, but they save so much frustration later when you're actually trying to fix something. The graveyard just makes every small job take longer.
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