Comments on: Tip: An Alternate Use for a (Clean) Toilet Wax Ring http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:15:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Keith http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-69090 Keith Sun, 27 May 2007 19:39:39 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-69090 My late brother (who did plumbing for a time) advised me that toilet bowl ring wax was an ideal sealant for the clean-out plugs of drain pipes, particularly plastic drain pipes where plumbers putty should not be used (check the putty label - some are not good for plastics). Just apply an amount of the wax to the plug threads before installing the plug, tighten by hand and then no more than 1/2 turn more with a wrench. Don't use plastic pipe solvent to install the clean-out plugs on plastic drain pipe; you might need to take the plug out some time in the future. Also, as others have noted, I've found that the toilet bowl ring wax is an ideal lubricant in some applications...try it on drawer slides; you'll probably push the drawer through the back of the cabinet and into the wall if it was sticking before! My late brother (who did plumbing for a time) advised me that toilet bowl ring wax was an ideal sealant for the clean-out plugs of drain pipes, particularly plastic drain pipes where plumbers putty should not be used (check the putty label - some are not good for plastics). Just apply an amount of the wax to the plug threads before installing the plug, tighten by hand and then no more than 1/2 turn more with a wrench. Don’t use plastic pipe solvent to install the clean-out plugs on plastic drain pipe; you might need to take the plug out some time in the future.

Also, as others have noted, I’ve found that the toilet bowl ring wax is an ideal
lubricant in some applications…try it on drawer slides; you’ll probably push
the drawer through the back of the cabinet and into the wall if it was sticking before!

]]> By: Nooch http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-53518 Nooch Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:15:05 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-53518 FYI, wax rings are the best for squeaky door hinges...fell onto this idea when installing a toilet, and heard how wax is the best lube for hinges...if not avail, use any other wax substitute. FYI, wax rings are the best for squeaky door hinges…fell onto this idea when installing a toilet, and heard how wax is the best lube for hinges…if not avail, use any other wax substitute.

]]> By: Hank http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-46839 Hank Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:57:17 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-46839 Toilet seals are also handy to keep around when trying to minimize board resistance when setting screws. Cheaper than the screw wax sold at specialty stores, it also keeps forever. Just take your wood screws, make a quick dip, point and sqeeze that trigger on your driver. Toilet seals are also handy to keep around when trying to minimize board resistance when setting screws. Cheaper than the screw wax sold at specialty stores, it also keeps forever. Just take your wood screws, make a quick dip, point and sqeeze that trigger on your driver.

]]> By: eschoendorff http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-46739 eschoendorff Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:35:12 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-46739 Now that's a useful tip. Thanks for posting this! :beer: Now that’s a useful tip. Thanks for posting this! :beer:

]]> By: Eric Corson http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-46702 Eric Corson Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:56:51 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-46702 i thought you were supposed to use the condom for your caulk while you use it, not in between times?? i thought you were supposed to use the condom for your caulk while you use it, not in between times??

]]> By: Toolmonger » Blog Archive » A Condom For Your Caulk And Glue Bottles http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-46484 Toolmonger » Blog Archive » A Condom For Your Caulk And Glue Bottles Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:37:26 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-46484 [...] Having seen our alternate toilet wax ring use tip below, Bill writes: “Here’s a rubber cap to seal an open tube of caulk or pretty much anything you lose the cap to.” [...] [...] Having seen our alternate toilet wax ring use tip below, Bill writes: “Here’s a rubber cap to seal an open tube of caulk or pretty much anything you lose the cap to.” [...]

]]> By: hj http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-46433 hj Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:19:40 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-46433 contributor here. Can't take too much credit for this one, got the tip from my father, who I _believe_ got it from an old issue of Family Handyman way back when. contributor here.

Can’t take too much credit for this one, got the tip from my father, who I _believe_ got it from an old issue of Family Handyman way back when.

]]> By: Perry Jones http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-46413 Perry Jones Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:47:59 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-46413 "Certain DIY car restorers/mainainers melt toilet wax rings and motor oil and use it as an undercoat and sprayed internally to keep their frames protected from wet salty winters. Much cheaper than the commercially available equivalent." It may work, but you'll be spreading oil everywhere you drive. I'm hardly a tree hugger, but that's just environmentally reckless. But I'll admit, it's probably more effective than the version I've heard which uses straight used motor oil. To the original tip, that's genius. “Certain DIY car restorers/mainainers melt toilet wax rings and motor oil and use it as an undercoat and sprayed internally to keep their frames protected from wet salty winters. Much cheaper than the commercially available equivalent.”

It may work, but you’ll be spreading oil everywhere you drive. I’m hardly a tree hugger, but that’s just environmentally reckless. But I’ll admit, it’s probably more effective than the version I’ve heard which uses straight used motor oil.

To the original tip, that’s genius.

]]> By: GTJ http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-46394 GTJ Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:12:39 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-46394 Certain DIY car restorers/mainainers melt toilet wax rings and motor oil and use it as an undercoat and sprayed internally to keep their frames protected from wet salty winters. Much cheaper than the commercially available equivalent. Certain DIY car restorers/mainainers melt toilet wax rings and motor oil and use it as an undercoat and sprayed internally to keep their frames protected from wet salty winters. Much cheaper than the commercially available equivalent.

]]> By: bc http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-46323 bc Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:01:20 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/05/tip-an-alternate-use-for-a-clean-toilet-wax-ring/#comment-46323 thats pretty clever... thats pretty clever…

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