Use nine: Try softening brushes that are hardened with old, dried-in paint by boiling them in vinegar and let them stand for one hour. Then heat the vinegar and brushes come to a gentle boil. Simmer for 20 minutes. Rinse well, working the softened paint out of the bristles. For extremely heavy paint encrustations, you may need to repeat the process...or head to the hardware store.

Use ten: A little vinegar and salt added to the water you wash leafy green vegetables will float out bugs and kill germs.

Use eleven: Soak or simmer stuck-on food in 2 cups of water and 1/2 cup of vinegar. The food will soften and lift off in a few minutes.

Use twelve: Clean and freshen the garbage disposal by running a tray of ice cubes, with 1/2 cup of vinegar poured over them, through it once a week.

Use thirteen: In a pinch, you can use equal parts of lemon juice and vinegar to clean brass and copper. On difficult areas add a little salt to the mix for some abrasive action.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

137.Up, up and Away...Well...Almost!

Yesterday was dedicated to work on Bob's airplane.   Years ago we lived in a really large house with a huge sun room and an equally large basement for his wood shop.  One weekend we were watching an old Shirley Temple movie and she was sitting in an airplane made from a wine barrel.  Well, that got Ol' Bob to thinking.  The next thing you know, we had a fabulous airplane.  We have a notebook filled with photos of every guest after that sitting in the plane.  You can see why he won second place with a three hundred dollar award in a prestigious crafter's exhibition.
Oldest grandson, Robby, in plane.

Unfortunately, we no longer have the luxury of such a large home and the airplane has been dismantled and stored, safe, but unused.  Then came the fair and the Clint Black concert.  Like his parents before him, Bob could talk to a post, I swear, he never misses a beat when the opportunity arises.  A man and his wife started up the grand stand and Bob spotted his jacket.  It said Santa Maria Air Museum.  It turned out that he was on the board and Bob told him about the plane.  I guess Bob had been thinking about approaching the museum in regards to donating the plane so that children visiting the facility could enjoy it.  It has bothered both of us that it couldn't be of some use to someone.  Well, the man was thrilled, especially after he saw the pictures.  It pleases us so much.

We pulled it out of the storage building and started in working on it.  Actually, it held up pretty well considering it has been in storage for fifteen years.





So, yesterday Bob commandeered Preston to help with the  sanding. It will probably take a month or
so to get  it  refurbished.  It has  certainly   been a labor of love for Bob and
this will be such an appropriate new home for the little plane.  We will have to have a little celebration when it is delivered to the museum.  Preston will have to be the first visitor to have his photograph taken "flying."  Up, up and away...well...almost.

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