If you’ve got a clogged drain that the simple remedies — boiling water, vinegar, baking soda, plungers and so on — just won’t budge, you might try this. Chris and Melody on Vacilando found it by chance and swear it works — and isn’t nasty for the environment!
Boat DIY Tips
Owning a boat turns everyone into a DIY-er! Sometimes, there's just no one else to do the job.
Along the way, we've learned how to do many things a little more easily and here we share it all with you.
Boat Refrigerator Insulation Test
Is your refrigerator or ice box losing its cool? Make sure all that nice cold air stays IN the refrigerator!
Check Your Boat Refrigerator Seals
Refrigerator (or ice box) seals help keep the cold air from seeping out the cracks around lids and doors. But are yours really doing the job?
How to Clean Tight Spaces on a Boat
How do you get gunk out of various nooks and crannies in the galley, around fiddles and other tight spaces? Make your own perfect tool out of an old toothbrush!
Potato Masher = Bosun’s Chair??
Use your potato masher to retrieve a halyard up the mast instead of the bosun’s chair . . .
Keeping It Handy on a Boat
Need a secure way to hold recipes . . . or instructions? Here’s a simple and virtually free way to do it — almost anywhere!
PVC Saw for Boat Projects
I’ve had to cut PVC for several galley projects and hated cutting it. Then I tried this saw. Four words say it all: HOT KNIFE THROUGH BUTTER.
How to Remember Settings on Boat Equipment
Instead of trying to remember how everything works and the proper settings, why not just “make your mark?”
Anti-Seize – Boat DIY Tip
Instead of looking for better ways of getting parts un-frozen, why not just avoid the problem in the first place!
