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Six hacks from 5 grams of Sugru

If you’re not familiar with Sugru, you should be.  It’s a moldable rubber compound that can be formed into any shape and cures at room temperature.  Sugru is amazing stuff.

Sugru comes in little 5 gram pouches in various colors (which can be blended together to create new colors).  The contents of each pouch needs to be used pretty much immediately after opening so I always try to batch my hacks/repairs to utilize a full pouch.  This might be my personal best–six objects improved with one pouch of Sugru!

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This otherwise lovely set of fish plates had rough, scratchy bottoms.

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A few rubber feet later, problem solved!  Tip:  after forming each rubber foot, place the object right side up on a piece of waxed paper and press lightly to flatten and level the feet.  The waxed paper will peel off easily after the Sugru cures (around 24 hours).

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Same problem and same solution for this nice Spanish platter.

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Now what to do about about an otherwise perfect place to keep a bedroom clock radio?  (The problem is that it isn’t possible to see the “alarm off” button without getting out of bed and kneeling down.)

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Well, let’s just add a nub of Sugru to the Off button and feel it instead!!

There you go.  Six objects improved for an investment of a few minutes time and under a gram of Sugru each.

-Jim