Caulked my baseboards with toothpaste once because I ran out of caulk at 9pm and it actually held for 3 months

I was patching up gaps in my living room trim after a flooring swap and the hardware store was closed, so I figured what the heck and used white toothpaste, and somehow it didn't crack or yellow until I finally got around to doing it right, anyone else ever use a weird substitute that worked way longer than it should have?

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reese_bell16h ago

My dad used a mix of wood glue and sawdust to fix a broken table leg back in 2005, and that thing is still holding stronger than the original three legs combined. It's rough looking but I swear it outlasted the actual furniture glue he finally bought. Sometimes the janky fixes end up being the most permanent ones.

faithbaker14h ago

Wait, so you're telling me my "fix" of using half a roll of duct tape and some leftover ramen noodles isn't going to hold my nightstand together for the next decade? @reese_bell your dad is clearly a wizard who knows the secret ancient art of "making jank look permanent." I tried a similar glue and sawdust trick on a chair leg once, and it looked like a science fair project gone wrong, but honestly, that chair probably still stands stronger than my will to organize my garage. I bet the "official" furniture glue just gets jealous of that homemade mix and quits. Maybe I need to stop buying fancy stuff and just raid my dad's workbench, because my DIY track record is pretty much "it'll hold for a week, tops.