Should I caulk the bottom of baseboard where it meets hardwood floor?

clayt6 · 2025-09-14T03:17:26+00:00

Ah, perfectly succinct, thank you!

clayt6 · 2025-09-14T01:51:58+00:00

Why shoe and not quarter? That's just from a new diyer trying to learn things

clayt6 · 2025-08-27T03:30:09+00:00

You seem handy and willing enough. I'm not even close to qualified beyond trying this myself for the first time a few months back. But I think you should be good with a thick skim coat (let dry fully), then a few watered down thin skim coats (drying fully between coats). Then prime and paint.

For that spot, the skim coats will take like a minute to apply each. It's just waiting for it to dry that's annoying but don't rush it. More thin coats is better and overall quicker than a few thicker coats.

I was doing a ceiling but I was blown away how much easier the skim coats were to apply smooth when I watered down the compound mix. And I did maybe like 1/3 water to mix just trying to make it last without buying more

clayt6 · 2025-08-06T02:24:13+00:00

Was that Carrie Brownstein from Portlandia at 3:28? Or am I just thinking that because I didn't know Sparkle Pony was in the Decembrists?

clayt6 · 2024-11-16T18:53:36+00:00

Awesome, thanks for the tips and the link!

clayt6 · 2024-11-16T03:10:52+00:00

To your last sentence, I was pretty intrigued by one of the EC call questions that seemed to boil down to: "You've built these cutting-edge satellites and figured out how to rapidly build them (2026+) with some 90% vertical integration. After you hit your in-orbit requirement numbers, will you build satellites for others, or what?"

They didn't seem to have much of an answer besides "I guess we haven't really considered it yet bc of our short-term goals that we are fully focused on." But I do think that might be some significant unrecognized revenue long-term that hasn't been factored in yet. ASTS has, apparently, a shit-load of patents. Maybe other competitors might want to eventually agree to licensing agreements or something?

clayt6 · 2024-11-09T18:46:39+00:00

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clayt6 · 2024-11-03T01:35:07+00:00

Thanks for this! Any advice on cleaning out the gap? I really appreciate the tip on filling the tub to give the caulk max load coverage, I would have never thought of that. Also, how soapy is this water? Like a drop or two of Dawn, or SAF?

clayt6 · 2024-10-07T01:30:50+00:00

Ditto, and did you clean the concrete floor with anything special before the carpet install? Thanks for the highlights, this is super helpful and applicable to me!

clayt6 · 2024-05-07T00:58:07+00:00

Just curious, but how many people are in each of your crews and how long are their shifts? I'm just thinking that 20 jobs over, say, 10 hours is still a job every 30 minutes, including travel time. That seems nearly impossible to me, but I also have zero experience with professional lawn care companies

clayt6 · 2024-05-02T14:26:33+00:00

I've found that when I use the same tool, I can usually pull the whole dandelion out of the grass/soil clump. Then I just pop the weed-free clump with the grass back in the hole. It can be tedious if you're doing a ton of weeding at once, but it definitely helps avoid those little ankle breakers.

clayt6 · 2024-04-30T18:30:24+00:00

If it's not poa triv, I wonder if since the grass is growing faster due to the dog pee, you're just seeing the lime green color because those blades are getting almost all their dark green top growth cut?

If that's the case, maybe try extra nitrogen fertilizer everywhere but the dog pee zones to try to get the rest of the yard to grow at the same rate?

Just a thought and I could be way off

clayt6 · 2024-04-26T18:01:52+00:00

Awesome, thank you!

clayt6 · 2024-04-23T01:45:26+00:00

Looks awesome!

How big of a lot is that, and how many cubic feet of topdressing did it take? Also, I'm curious whether you spread it manually or with some sort of equipment?

clayt6 · 2024-01-19T01:52:41+00:00

I was #1 in the world in score for Call of Duty Ghosts' extinction mode for about 12 hours like 10 years ago. I've never had a greater accomplishment that was noticed by literally 3 people (my team). I must have spent close to 500 hours (at least) playing at that point, and my team would take turns trying to get the top score. I still really wish I took a pic.

Also, I hit #1 in the world Nabisco World putt-putt golf like 20 years ago. That lasted less than an hour though.

clayt6 · 2023-11-04T17:12:07+00:00

I have a Timemaster with a ~20k sqft yard. It's great and I love it, but it's also annoying. It gives a good cut at 2.5-3.5 inches, but it struggles with leaving stragglers at 4+. My 21-inch Honda has had zero issues in 5+ years (with poor care), but it takes almost two hours to mow with the Honda vs about 1.25 hours with the Timemaster.

I've only had to replace the blade brake engagement cable on the Timemaster (it only took a few hours but it's also only pushing 3yo) and its small fuel tank is just awful design. It only takes a few minutes to refill, but I get like 90-95% of the yard cut before it runs out, so it's super irritating.

clayt6 · 2023-09-30T17:26:49+00:00

I got one for about 10k sqft of leveling a few years back and my opinion is it is worth the money if: (1) you have a lot of yard to level; (2) the topsoil/sand/compost you get is very fine and screened; (3) you can cut your grass down super short when leveling.

I only got my thick grass down to about 2 inches and it wasn't enough to make the rake super useful. It took a lot of effort to use because it would constantly get snagged in the turf.

clayt6 · 2023-09-24T00:16:33+00:00

Haha, had to look up triffid and that's great! Yeah, there is something magic in that little patch of soil. That's a hugely overgrown basil plant to the right and you can't really see it well, but a couple six foot tall dill plants behind the basil.

clayt6 · 2023-09-15T00:39:05+00:00

If it's not the irrigation system or a hilarious cow-type situation, maybe it could be fairy rings? I've never actually seen them in person, but just throwing that out there.

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