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Been using the same creosote scraper for years, just found out I was holding it wrong
I was cleaning a flue in a Denver bungalow last Tuesday, and my arm was killing me after an hour. The homeowner, an old guy who used to do masonry, watched me for a minute and said, 'Son, you're fighting the tool, not the creosote.' He showed me how to turn my wrist just a bit on the upstroke, and the scraper glided instead of catching. It cut the job time in half and saved my shoulder. Anyone else have a simple grip or tool trick that made a huge difference?
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elliot_ross6mo ago
That "fighting the tool" line makes me wonder what else I'm doing wrong in my own house.
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evana716mo ago
Yeah @elliot_ross, I saw a thing about how using the wrong cleaning cloth for a surface just pushes dirt around. Microfiber for glass, cotton for dust, that kind of detail. Makes a huge difference once you match it up.
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evand655mo ago
Forget the cloth, the real trick is the direction you wipe.
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