Corpse Run 175: Angle of view
…This week has been a little hectic, my apologies for the update being about a half-hour later than usual! GAHHH I NEED TO STAY ON SCHEDULE!!
Jackie and I have a natural ability to break things from time to time; within the last two weeks, we’ve knocked a small glass door out of a TV stand, and somehow the front cover of a kitchen drawer fell off. While we’re pretty sure we know how to fix the door, the drawer cover has given us a bit of a problem.
It seemed to be fixed when Jackie used hot glue to put it back in place, and there it stayed for a while. Two mornings later, however, I found that it had fallen again and was now resting on the floor.
Hey! I thought. I’ll use caulk!
For those of you who haven’t had the… absolute pleasure… of doing housework, caulk is a white foamy/gluey substance used along edges as a sealant. I smeared caulk all over the drawer cover, mushed it up against the rest of the drawer, held it firmly in place for ten minutes, and then let go.
Clank. It immediately fell to the floor, only now there were hundreds of strands of caulk hanging from the drawer, as if the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man had a little… you know what, I’m just gonna stop right there.
MOUSEWATCH: Nothing really to report this time, all traps remain empty despite mixing it up with the bait. Soon, Cheddar, soon I will catch you…
What did Cheddar ever do to you?
Wait, I know. He made you look bad at catching small intelligent rodents.
He ate through some of our food, including a pack of brownies! UNFORGIVABLE!
Guess I’ve been lucky with rodents myself. The last couple I had at my place just fell into the toilet. I only had to flash them down. After that, I just pity the poor buggers.
Besides, Cheddar makes your life far more interesting than mine.
Not the brownies! The horror! There will be a reckoning! There can be only one!
And a more serious note, love the comic today, and an amusing case of something very accurate. Awkward discussions have come about from situations like these around this households.
Rubbing alcohol once it’s dry will help release the caulk usually. To get the drawer to stick back on, you’ll want to fully remove it from the cabinetry, place some wood glue on both sides of the connecting joints, let sit for about 30 seconds, then match and apply pressure for ~5 hours. In the case of drawers, this can be accomplished using RRoD’d 360’s, books found lying around the apartment, random bottles of high-proof liquor, small children, or anything similar. Wood clamps are best, but most people have things that work. I used my Malagus statue to weight a chair this past weekend.
The wood glue should run a couple of bucks at a hardware store, but with you being in NY, prices could fluctuate wildly. And they’re murder you on sales tax.
Your mom seems like a nice lady. You shouldn’t disappoint her like that.
I mentioned that I had been grinding all day once, in front of my parents, and my grandma, and pretty much the same thing happened
While caulk is a good moisture sealant, it’s not always the best for adhering two objects together. Try wood glue, like stated above, or use an all purpose silicone sealant. That crap holds together really good. Dow Corning makes some good silicone sealants, and you can get it in any color you need. Just don’t get it on anything you don’t want glued. It’s a pain to get off!
Yeah… caulk was a bad choice, I’m not really sure why I thought it was a good idea. The drawer cover is still chilling out on the floor, so I really need to get on that, wood glue will used on the next attempt!