shackdweller
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I've got a good supply of plumbing grease, which, from time to time I have used on my bathtub shower diverter, and when doing other plumbing work.
So far, about the only way I have found to apply the grease to the shower diverter is with my index finger, and after pulling it up and down and twisting it for awhile, it usually loosens up, and is back to working fine, altho I still tend to pull it up before turning the faucets on, as an extra precaution.
(Those of you who have read my intro post, might understand why I might be a bit "paranoid" about possibly breaking any plumbing fixtures. What happened on the first night in the shack was that I totally unknowingly broke a copper tube to the refrigerator's ice maker when moving the refrigerator away from the wall, then putting it back in place. This wasn't discovered until the following day when I got back from work, and found dish towels all over the kitchen which the on site manager had put down to soak up the water leak reported by residents in the condo below mine).
Well, along with just how do you apply plumbing grease to a shower diverter other than with your index finger, the second problem with the shower diverter is how to get the mineral deposits out of it without breaking the shower diverter mechanism?
So far, about the only way I have found to apply the grease to the shower diverter is with my index finger, and after pulling it up and down and twisting it for awhile, it usually loosens up, and is back to working fine, altho I still tend to pull it up before turning the faucets on, as an extra precaution.
(Those of you who have read my intro post, might understand why I might be a bit "paranoid" about possibly breaking any plumbing fixtures. What happened on the first night in the shack was that I totally unknowingly broke a copper tube to the refrigerator's ice maker when moving the refrigerator away from the wall, then putting it back in place. This wasn't discovered until the following day when I got back from work, and found dish towels all over the kitchen which the on site manager had put down to soak up the water leak reported by residents in the condo below mine).
Well, along with just how do you apply plumbing grease to a shower diverter other than with your index finger, the second problem with the shower diverter is how to get the mineral deposits out of it without breaking the shower diverter mechanism?