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Took me 6 months to realize I was greasing guide rails wrong
I was slathering grease all over the rails on every service call in Denver. A senior mechanic watched me once and told me I was making a mess that attracts dirt. Now I just apply a thin line on the running surface and nothing else. Anyone else overdo it starting out?
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dakota_nelson4319d ago
You ever notice how we all just assume more is better with basically everything? I did the same thing with seasoning a cast iron pan, caked that thing in oil thinking it was the move and ended up with a sticky mess. Same with air filters, people figure a higher rated one must be amazing but it just chokes their system. It seems like half the time the trick is knowing when to stop, not how much you can pile on.
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margaret_taylor4219d ago
Right? @dakota_nelson43 I did the exact same thing with my cast iron, looked like a greasy crime scene. And air filters, yeah, I bought a MERV 13 once and my furnace sounded like it was trying to breathe through a straw. Sometimes less really is just...
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the_morgan19d ago
Right? @dakota_nelson43 You ever notice how we all just assume more is better with basically everything?" That line hit me hard because it's so true. Is this maybe just how we're wired, or do you think we get it from somewhere like advertising or what our parents taught us?
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