2 questions for older folks maybe
#53
Originally Posted by sculpyfan
I have seen those mesh bags that people make to take to the beach with "pet mesh" but I can't find it on line. Anyone know where I can get it? Thanks .....this is a very brainy and talented bunch.
#54
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Car people use Coke to dissolve acid caked on batteries. You can use it to clean your toilet, and believe me, you won't have a mineral ring around the toilet when it sits for a while. Think what it does for your stomach (not even counting thinking about what the high fructose corn syrup does for your weight!). Jerry Baker, the garden man, uses it (or some other sweetened soda) in some of his homemade yard/garden treatments. Ah, yes, Coke is very useful - just don't drink it! :-D
#55
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I made some of those mesh bags last year.. I was able to find black mesh at Wal-Mart much cheaper than at the fabric stores.. I think they also carried blue and brown at the time.. It was called Pet Mesh.. Hope you can still find it... It worked up very nicely..
#56
hi. i'm fairly new here but had to reply to your question. i was a store manager for a fabric store for 24 years. yes, washing denim i have seen will soften with coke. i remember it from about 12-15 years ago.
an older outdoor fabric called textilene is what you sound like you are looking for in making the mesh bags. call you local home decor fabric stores and besides the outdoor decorator fabrics like sunbrella the may still carry textilene. it will work well if you can't find this pet mesh or don't want to use the window screening.
an older outdoor fabric called textilene is what you sound like you are looking for in making the mesh bags. call you local home decor fabric stores and besides the outdoor decorator fabrics like sunbrella the may still carry textilene. it will work well if you can't find this pet mesh or don't want to use the window screening.
#58
Originally Posted by sculpyfan
I have seen those mesh bags that people make to take to the beach with "pet mesh" but I can't find it on line. Anyone know where I can get it? Thanks .....this is a very brainy and talented bunch.
My LQS has the mesh in a few different colors because they have a class for beach bags using the mesh. Here is the link for the class:
http://www.classschedule.net/cgi-ser...=19995&locate=
You can contact the owner, [email protected] and she can tell you what she has and a price for it.
Diane
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Just so you know, Coke was originally made to clean car engines so it does a lot in the way of cutting through grease and other such stuff. I would think it also would soft the jeans, not so much by removing the dye as softening the fabric fibers.
We used it a lot in the shop to clean battery cables when they were croded from battery acid. (sorry , my spelling is so bad even spell check can't figure that word out)
We used it a lot in the shop to clean battery cables when they were croded from battery acid. (sorry , my spelling is so bad even spell check can't figure that word out)
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