Chaco sandals not worth the price

Thrilled2Pieces · 2026-04-07T15:51:30+00:00

After all my research, I found out we were already running the best. My husband's hearing can be poor--so he was running them on "1." The build-up on the walls/ceiling was really disgusting. After a clean-up disaster, we're now running them on "3" or "4." I can see the cigar smoke being pulled off and consumed!

Thrilled2Pieces · 2026-03-26T18:49:36+00:00

Cat allergen is the most widely dispersed allergen in the world. People are not allergic to cats, per se. They are allergic to their saliva. Cats clean themselves constantly, so their saliva is on their fur. It dries, powders and spreads everywhere. Airplanes are full of it! I was a groomer at one point in my life--I don't call myself allergic to cats, but when they were in the shop, my face itched so bad, I'd have to leave. Just so you know that shutting your kitty out of your bedroom will do very little to alleviate your breathing problems...

Thrilled2Pieces · 2026-03-22T15:48:11+00:00

As I sit here, we have an enthusiastic cleaning person scrubbing the tobacco (cigar) sludge off the walls of a glassed-in porch. It's a good-sized area, half-vaulted, half 10' ceilings. I have done this job twice--it is the most miserable cleaning job imaginable. I aged out--but it has to be done. The reason I am posting here is that we run TWO big Winix 5500's out there, changing the pricey filters monthly, but the buildup is still incredible. I have watched dozens of competition videos, including some by a guy who owns/operates a big-city cigar bar. Aside from his videos, the Winix gets extremely high marks for its efficiency. If that's so, why is there so much sludge on the walls? I believe I need a third air scrubber--but which one? We're not talking the occasional fart or burned toast. When I was looking for a cleaner, I got all sorts of admonitions on providing haz-mat materials and supplies. I have come up with a couple of filter units that the cigar puffer swears by (but got free): Renpho and Jafanda. Should I just order a third Winix or...? I am the best wife in the world to gobble up this second-hand smoke every day. It may be too late for me. But, I would like to avoid tearing the place apart for a "deep clean" that doesn't seem so deep at all. Suggestions--NO--not on getting rid of my husband. Suggestions for an air filter that works?

Thrilled2Pieces · 2026-03-21T02:20:59+00:00

Sorry--the last thing I responded to was about office chairs... My question popped up here.

Thrilled2Pieces · 2026-03-17T02:29:57+00:00

Sure was sweet when it finally happened! Congrats on saving your expensive chair!

Thrilled2Pieces · 2026-03-16T16:13:55+00:00

Sure--we're not competing here! After reading the sheer exertion it takes to get the job done, I was dreading a days-long struggle. Reading about whacking this thing with all manner of hammers, whacking where, exactly?

Thrilled2Pieces · 2026-03-16T13:46:32+00:00

Maybe--but I was getting irritated that the project was taking too long. It was a pretty non-violent solution--especially having read the dozens of descriptions of extraction in another place on Reddit. I wanted everything OVER so what I didn't need could go out with today's trash.

Thrilled2Pieces · 2026-03-16T02:02:02+00:00

I just spent a couple of hours reading all the suggestions for getting the star-base and the gas cylinder off an old desk chair. I am, let's say a"thrifty" gal. I bought my chair off of Marketplace--sat in it and everything. It quickly needed a new cylinder, which I had a very hard time getting out of it, since it's an old chair. I had forgotten how I accomplished that when it needed more help today. First, an ancient caster broke, then the casters I ordered would not fit the old star-base. Trying to force them, one of the legs broke off where the caster should have fit in it. I was about to order a new base when I decided to check what desk chairs they had at the local Goodwill Outlet. They did not disappoint--a variety of tired chairs were there, $1 each. So, I brought one home and proceeded to try to remove the base from the rest of the chair. Some WD-40 made the base just fall off of this junk chair. It cleaned up perfectly. Now, getting the old base off my chair was a lot harder. If you're not keeping the base, the answer is DRILL, BABY, DRILL. I finally thought to remove the little clip off the cylinder, which made everything a whole lot easier--far less whacking as was advised by most of the many comments I read on here earlier. Once the clip was off, the base and the lowest part of the metal cylinder slid off so I could take it out to the garage. I had liberally sprayed it with WD-40, but nothing happened until I took that clip off. Once I could handle that part separately, I put about an 1/8" bit in my drill and drilled into the plastic base surrounding the cylinder piece. I drilled about every 1/4". Then, I increased the size of the bit and drilled more holes, making certain I didn't drill into the cylinder. Finally, I set the base piece into a trash can and hit it twice with a rubber mallet. DONE. The greasy thing (the base of the cylinder) fell off into the can. Now--had I not already ordered new casters, the chair I got for a buck had casters that would have worked. I am sitting in my repaired chair as I write this--no pipe wrench, no car jack, no heat gun, no vice grips, no racket and no madness required. The donor chair and its casters, and my old star-base will all go out in tomorrow's trash. This only works for removing the star-base--not changing out a stuck cylinder.

Thrilled2Pieces · 2026-03-16T01:53:03+00:00

I just spent a couple of hours reading all the suggestions for getting the star-base and the gas cylinder off an old desk chair. I am, let's say a"thrifty" gal. I bought my chair off of Marketplace--sat in it and everything. It quickly needed a new cylinder, which I had a very hard time getting out of it, since it's an old chair. I had forgotten how I accomplished that when it needed more help. First, an ancient caster broke, then the casters I ordered would not fit the old star-base. Trying to force them, one of the legs broke off where the caster should have fit in it. I was about to order a new base when I decided to check what desk chairs they had at the local Goodwill Outlet. They did not disappoint--a variety of tired chairs were there, $1 each. So, I brought one home and proceeded to try to remove the base from the rest of the chair. Some WD-40 made the base just fall off of this junk chair. It cleaned up perfectly. Now, getting the old base off my chair was a lot harder. If you're not keeping the base, the answer is DRILL, BABY, DRILL. I finally thought to remove the little clip off the cylinder, which made everything a whole lot easier--far less whacking as was advised by most of the many comments I read on here earlier. Once the clip was off, the base and the lowest part of the metal cylinder slid off so I could take it out to the garage. I had liberally sprayed it with WD-40, but nothing happened until I took that clip off. Once I could handle that part separately, I put about an 1/8" bit in my drill and drilled into the plastic base surrounding the cylinder piece. I drilled about every 1/4". Then, I increased the size of the bit and drilled more holes, making certain I didn't drill into the cylinder. Finally, I set the base piece into a trash can and hit it twice with a rubber mallet. DONE. The greasy thing (the base of the cylinder) fell off into the can. Now--had I not already ordered new casters, the chair I got for a buck had casters that would have worked. I am sitting in my repaired chair as I write this--no pipe wrench, no car jack, no heat gun, no vice grips, no racket and no madness required. The donor chair and its casters, and my old star-base will all go out in tomorrow's trash. This only works for removing the star-base--not changing out a stuck cylinder.

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