"T i m" wrote in message
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Or what tools we should but to make up a kit, at reasonable
expense.

Roll of Duck Tape, can of WD40.

Dave

I hadn't thought of WD40 (being resourceful, like most women - we have to
be - I use other substances for freeing stuck stuff)

Hmm 'other substances' .. or did you mean Semtex .. or KY Jelly
possibly? That's good for .. em .. er ... well it won't rot rubber
.. oh I know .. freeing a childs head thats stuck between railings
..or was I thinking of a chainsaw ..?

A chainsaw! That would work ...

For cleaning and restoring garden finds (e.g. rusted up bike wheels,
secateurs and the like) I start with vegetable oil - or butter, lard,
anything to hand - then washing up liquid interspersed with oil, I've never
been beaten yet.

For removing intractable adhesives I use talcum powder.

Homely recipes which work are good, don't cost much, always to hand, safe
and have other applications.

Don't have Semtex or KY but there have been times I'd have like to have
some of the former ...

Mary