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5d ago
inMissouri State Fair demo day made me change my masking tape routine
Ran into the same mess on a silver Tacoma bed last fall, tape lifted the sealer right at the body line after a day in the sun. What worked for me was 8 to 10 seconds with the heat gun set low, maybe 200 degrees, and I keep the nozzle moving so I don't cook the paint. Then I press the edge down with a plastic squeegee while it's still warm and let it sit a minute before I spray. Pull it at a slow 45 degree angle and the edge comes off clean almost every time. Cheap tape still fights you though, so I quit buying the no name stuff.
9d ago
inMy mom said I was drowning my basil, and 9 dead plants later I finally believe her
Man, I feel this in my soul. I once drowned a cactus, which I'm pretty sure takes a special kind of talent since those things basically live on neglect. My roommate told me to stop watering it every other day and I acted like she was trying to sabotage me. Three dead cacti later, turns out she knew what she was talking about. The finger test changed my whole plant game too, and now I've got a pothos that's survived almost a year, which is basically a world record for me.
9d ago
inThe binder in Portland told me to stop gluing the spine flat and I finally get why
How much of a gap are we talking at the shoulder, like a credit card thickness or more? I've been gluing tight for years and my hinges always crack right where the spine meets the board after a few months of heavy use. Does the gap change based on paper weight or how thick the signature stack is? Ruth's rule might work for journals but what about a 400 page book with stiff paper?