Tool Tips: Using puppy pads, cutting pipe, soldering around obstructions
Recently I found some dog training pads we no longer needed and, figuring that I could find a use for them, I put them on my van. After the first use I was shocked, and now I use them every day! They work great for setting underneath a commode or urinal when you have to pull them, and you can pull the pad to slide commode or urinal out of your way. They are also great to lay under kitchen sinks because they fit perfectly, and since the water is absorbed into the middle of the pad instead of the top, you can lie on them without getting wet. I was in a commercial building restroom working on tile floors that had a lot of water on it; I was about to go get my vacuum until I saw the pad in my tool bucket. I laid it with the absorbent side down and it soaked up all the water. I have spent 30 years as a repair plumber and these are great, and they are cheap — 50 of the 26-by-30-inch pads cost less than $15.