Our library's pressure washer nozzle broke mid-cleanup, and the fix was in a coffee can.

We were cleaning the patio at the community center last Saturday, and the wand just snapped at the quick-connect (it was a Karcher model). I found an old brass nozzle in a coffee can of random parts in the shed, and it actually threaded right on. Anyone else have a good system for organizing spare parts like that, or do you just wing it?

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stellablack2d ago

That "coffee can of random parts" is a classic system! I read a blog post once that called it a "parts graveyard" and argued it's actually pretty smart for one-off fixes. You just have to be okay with some digging when you need something.

umamurphy2d ago

Calling it smart feels generous. My partner's garage has three of those cans, and it's a total time trap. You spend twenty minutes looking for a specific screw, only to find five that are almost right but not quite. Labeled bins might take a minute to set up, but they save so much frustration later when you're actually trying to fix something. The graveyard just makes every small job take longer.