| Ask the Carey Brothers: Cleaning vinyl siding
Q. I have a small, portable one-room air conditioner that I've used for several years. Now, some of the grease has leaked from the rear of the unit onto the vinyl siding of my house. How do I clean it off?
A. Always try soap and water first or the cleaner that is recommended. Having said that, and because the grease you're describing is probably a petrochemical based material (not silicone), it can probably best be cleaned using something like gasoline or acetone.
First, make sure there are no flames or sparks nearby, and turn off and disconnect any nearby appliances that could spark while you're working. No smoking during this project.
Then, simply put a very small amount of gasoline onto the rag and wipe. The stain will disappear.
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Wrigley Field would get new neighbors under developer's proposal for ...
A Chicago developer unveiled plans in the city's Wrigleyville neighborhood Wednesday night for a nine-story, mixed-use development with a hotel that would stand virtually eye-to-eye with Wrigley Field.
Representatives for developer Steven Schultz, who owns land across the street from the ballpark at the north end of the block bounded by Clark and Addison Streets and Sheffield Avenue, met with community members and Ald. Tom Tunney to seek support for the project.
Schultz wants to build two nine-story buildings connected by a four or five-story base, with a Hyatt Place hotel on the Clark Street side and residences at Addison and Sheffield. The hotel would have about 135 rooms, and the other building would contain about 150 rental units. There also would be about 100,000 square feet of commercial space on the land, plus a health club and 500 parking spaces.
Two teens charged over Porsche, BMW and Mercedes thefts
A 17-year-old boy was charged with three counts of aggravated burglary and five counts of car stealing. Both are due to appear in the Fremantle Children's Court today for the offences alleged to have occurred between December last year and February this year across the Perth metropolitan area. Share this article What is this? .
Hummer H3 gains a more potent Alpha version
After 15 years traveling civilian highways, Hummer is gaining distance from the original war wagon. Just as Jeep adapted to a post-war world of cul de sacs and leafy suburbs by branching out into varied vehicles, the Hummer brand must find a reason to exist beyond its brutish personality. From the militaristic AM General original, the brand's current owner, General Motors, derived the H2 with more creature comforts and more GM components. With the original H1 on the way out, GM introduced the H3 in 2006, a smaller vehicle built in Shreveport, La., alongside the Chevrolet Colorado pickup. .
Mayor Ousted: Bartlesville City Council votes to strip title from Ron ...
We are networked through work internationally and there are so many people from here to Indonesia, Kazakhstan, London--you name it--and back, who email us one disastrous recollection followed by another--the experiences they had living here. Well, good riddance to Bartlesville--we say--and hello to better paying jobs (with sign on bonuses of a years' salary and more) in a real city! We will not miss this town! But it has been nice knowing you, Brady, and we are all so appreciative of your efforts to bring the BCC and Bartlesville into the 21st century. Nice blog, too, and it is nice to be able to share the way that we feel somewhere where it is 'safe'. I'm sure you can understand that we have to be careful and very discrete. In fact, I am borrowing a friend of mine's computer to type this now.
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