I think I found my new home!

Onkel Neal · 04-28-13, 08:46 PM

Too late, I wanted to see the floor with the suds....

Wolferz · 04-28-13, 10:08 PM

Frau Sudsy

We use the Finish brand of dishwasher detergent. Those come in a rock solid form with a booster in the middle. Sort of looks like a marble in a bar of soap. You may also want to get some dishwasher cleaner to clean out all the inner workings... Pump, drain etc etc. Food particles tend to build up in those parts if the old lady was too lazy to scrape her dishes before washing them.

Armistead will probably recommend a flash light attachment to go with your new drill.

magic452 · 04-29-13, 12:31 AM

A kitchen full of suds

I though that only my brother made mistakes like regular dish soap in the dishwasher but I now see he is in very good company.

His comment was "dish soap is dish soap."

frau Sounds like you are having a good time with all this. It's defiantly something different and an interesting experience.

Magic

frau kaleun · 04-29-13, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolferz

Armistead will probably recommend a flash light attachment to go with your new drill.

The drill has an LED light that comes on when it's running and shines right on whatever you're drilling.

But that's not very useful if all you need is a flashlight. They had a nice little portable Ottlite tasklight at Lowe's that I would've gotten but there was only the display and none on the rack to buy and I didn't feel like asking and waiting to see if they had any in the back somewhere. I really should get some kind of portable light over there.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Too late, I wanted to see the floor with the suds....

Well, I'm gonna have to run the thing again later this week when I get more of the new dishes over there so you may get your wish. I'll make sure to have the camera ready.

Wolferz · 04-29-13, 11:42 AM

Quote:

I really should get some kind of portable light over there.

A standard drop light should do the trick.

frau kaleun · 04-30-13, 07:52 PM

Went over tonight to get some more unpacking done in the kitchen. Here is my dishwasher. It is running. Notice there are no suds coming out of it.

I know you're all terribly disappointed, honestly I did my best to recreate Sunday's faux pax but I don't know what happened. As an experiment I put a whole "pod" of the premeasured stuff in there again and fired it up and... nothing. All the suds stayed in the machine this time. Sorry! I even put towels down in front of it just in case for about the first half hour.

Maybe I screwed up something the first time since I basically didn't know what I was doing, or maybe there was some residual detergent in there from when the previous owner and/or agent ran it after it was fixed. Don't know.

Of course I started a second load after the one that was running when I took the picture, and left when it was about a half hour into it... so who knows what I'll find when I get back there. It could be a troll dishwasher that only overflows when you're not standing there watching it.

Also, the current state of my office:

You'll notice that I finally remembered to take a lamp over there - we had one in the lounge at the office that wasn't even plugged in and never gets used, so my boss suggested I just take the shade off and use that until I get some other lighting in place.

Didn't get anything put together as by the time I finished unpacking all the kitchen stuff and casting nervous glances at the dishwasher, it was getting on to dinnertime and I was feeling a very distinct rumbly in my tumbly. Tomorrow I'm not going to haul any more stuff over there, I'm going to concentrate on getting started on the office furniture and sorting out all the empty boxes and packing material that is scattered around.

Another good thing, the ceiling along one wall in the office is dropped down for about a foot out from the wall, I assume that's for the ductwork for the heating and cooling. Well, I want to put bookcases there and I was worried about them fitting but I measured and the ones I want to get eventually will fit under the drop down with an inch or two of clearance.

Now I just got to get all the stuff off the floor and put together so I can start hauling some books over there and get those boxes out of my apartment.

Sailor Steve · 04-30-13, 09:27 PM

YAAAAAY picatures!

Looks like a start to me.

Onkel Neal · 04-30-13, 09:42 PM

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frau kaleun · 04-30-13, 09:52 PM

Oh I just had a wonderful idea, I should find something here (in the apt) that I plan to throw out, like a beat up old bookcase, and take one of the shelves off it and take it over to the condo and practice with the hole saw! That way I can get a feel for it before I actually use it on something I care about.

One question though, should I drill down from the finished side of the piece I'm working on, or drill up from the unfinished side? Does it make a difference? There will be a grommet going in the hole so rough edges won't be a big deal, but I don't want to crack or mar the finish on the finished sides so far out from the hole that the grommet won't cover it. Seems like it would be "cleaner" to start from the finished side and come out on the unfinished one, but I don't know.

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04-30-13, 07:52 PM	#6
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Went over tonight to get some more unpacking done in the kitchen. Here is my dishwasher. It is running. Notice there are no suds coming out of it. I know you're all terribly disappointed, honestly I did my best to recreate Sunday's faux pax but I don't know what happened. As an experiment I put a whole "pod" of the premeasured stuff in there again and fired it up and... nothing. All the suds stayed in the machine this time. Sorry! I even put towels down in front of it just in case for about the first half hour. Maybe I screwed up something the first time since I basically didn't know what I was doing, or maybe there was some residual detergent in there from when the previous owner and/or agent ran it after it was fixed. Don't know. Of course I started a second load after the one that was running when I took the picture, and left when it was about a half hour into it... so who knows what I'll find when I get back there. It could be a troll dishwasher that only overflows when you're not standing there watching it. Also, the current state of my office: You'll notice that I finally remembered to take a lamp over there - we had one in the lounge at the office that wasn't even plugged in and never gets used, so my boss suggested I just take the shade off and use that until I get some other lighting in place. Didn't get anything put together as by the time I finished unpacking all the kitchen stuff and casting nervous glances at the dishwasher, it was getting on to dinnertime and I was feeling a very distinct rumbly in my tumbly. Tomorrow I'm not going to haul any more stuff over there, I'm going to concentrate on getting started on the office furniture and sorting out all the empty boxes and packing material that is scattered around. Another good thing, the ceiling along one wall in the office is dropped down for about a foot out from the wall, I assume that's for the ductwork for the heating and cooling. Well, I want to put bookcases there and I was worried about them fitting but I measured and the ones I want to get eventually will fit under the drop down with an inch or two of clearance. Now I just got to get all the stuff off the floor and put together so I can start hauling some books over there and get those boxes out of my apartment.

04-30-13, 09:52 PM	#9
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Oh I just had a wonderful idea, I should find something here (in the apt) that I plan to throw out, like a beat up old bookcase, and take one of the shelves off it and take it over to the condo and practice with the hole saw! That way I can get a feel for it before I actually use it on something I care about. One question though, should I drill down from the finished side of the piece I'm working on, or drill up from the unfinished side? Does it make a difference? There will be a grommet going in the hole so rough edges won't be a big deal, but I don't want to crack or mar the finish on the finished sides so far out from the hole that the grommet won't cover it. Seems like it would be "cleaner" to start from the finished side and come out on the unfinished one, but I don't know.