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Hooray for Sham-Wow!
allen griggs
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We had a plumbing emergency at the rental house this morning.
Roots had grown in and clogged the main sewage pipe down near the bottom of the driveway.
The sewage had backed up and was coming out of the toilet in the basement.
I went over there, the tenants had gone to work.
I saw that maybe 4 gallons of water had flowed out of the toilet and soaked the rug. We have one of those astroturf rugs down there, it is a finished basement.
The water just had some flakes of toilet paper in it, it didn't smell bad, and I didn't see any doo-doo. Shower water I guess.
Well I got Roto Rooter man to come over and root out the pipe. He got a lot of fine, tiny hair like roots out of there. Pretty good deal for $185 on the Saturday of a 3 day holiday.
I got a towel and got a gallon or so of water out of this carpet. I got about all a towel could get.
Then I remembered, as I had mentioned on the ShamWow thread a week ago, my girlfriend had seen that stupid ad on tv. I had ordered a pack of the things for her. I had gotten the package two weeks ago but never had opened it, figured the stuff was junk and I had no use for them.
I figured it was time to put the rookie into the big game.
The Sham-Wow worked great. I used a technique not shown on tv, the double Sham-Wow trick. I laid one big ShamWow down, then laid another right on top of it.
Then, as I had done with the towel, I stepped all over it to soak up the water.
I got up 2 gallons of water with the Sham-Wow.
I know, you could use a wet-dry shop vac, but I haven't got one, didn't feel like driving down to Home Depot.
ShamWow is a great product.
Roots had grown in and clogged the main sewage pipe down near the bottom of the driveway.
The sewage had backed up and was coming out of the toilet in the basement.
I went over there, the tenants had gone to work.
I saw that maybe 4 gallons of water had flowed out of the toilet and soaked the rug. We have one of those astroturf rugs down there, it is a finished basement.
The water just had some flakes of toilet paper in it, it didn't smell bad, and I didn't see any doo-doo. Shower water I guess.
Well I got Roto Rooter man to come over and root out the pipe. He got a lot of fine, tiny hair like roots out of there. Pretty good deal for $185 on the Saturday of a 3 day holiday.
I got a towel and got a gallon or so of water out of this carpet. I got about all a towel could get.
Then I remembered, as I had mentioned on the ShamWow thread a week ago, my girlfriend had seen that stupid ad on tv. I had ordered a pack of the things for her. I had gotten the package two weeks ago but never had opened it, figured the stuff was junk and I had no use for them.
I figured it was time to put the rookie into the big game.
The Sham-Wow worked great. I used a technique not shown on tv, the double Sham-Wow trick. I laid one big ShamWow down, then laid another right on top of it.
Then, as I had done with the towel, I stepped all over it to soak up the water.
I got up 2 gallons of water with the Sham-Wow.
I know, you could use a wet-dry shop vac, but I haven't got one, didn't feel like driving down to Home Depot.
ShamWow is a great product.
Comments
Trying to envision in my mind the weight of a grocery-bag with two gallons of milk in it. Too heavy for my comprehension.
Two gallons...WOW!!
Best, Joe
The amazing commercial says it soaks up 20 times its weight in water. But, a Sham Wow doesn't weigh much, just a couple ounces maybe.
Invest in a wet/dry vac,........don't enable that meth head selling that crap to stay on longer than necessary!
You had better watch what you say!
His name is Vince and we are having him over for Sunday dinner, he is my newfound buddy.
By the way, Vince has assured me that he is not a meth head. He just drinks lots and lots of coffee. He just loves Starbucks.
quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
Invest in a wet/dry vac,........don't enable that meth head selling that crap to stay on longer than necessary!
You had better watch what you say!
His name is Vince and we are having him over for Sunday dinner, he is my newfound buddy.
By the way, Vince has assured me that he is not a meth head. He just drinks lots and lots of coffee. He just loves Starbucks.
I'm glad you cleared that up,........enjoy dinner, and watch for the bleeding gums![:0][:D]
quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
Invest in a wet/dry vac,........don't enable that meth head selling that crap to stay on longer than necessary!
You had better watch what you say!
His name is Vince and we are having him over for Sunday dinner, he is my newfound buddy.
By the way, Vince has assured me that he is not a meth head. He just drinks lots and lots of coffee. He just loves Starbucks.
I hate to tell U this Allen, but, if your friend Vince can afford THAT MUCH Starbucks, he prob. is sellin CRANK/METH! [xx(]
I have to question how you can wash it in the washing machine. How would the machine ever fill up with water? Don
You putz, you dry clean them.[:D]