This book is intended for a variety of people: the handyman,

or woman, who enjoys doing a bit of home maintenance, garden-

ing, or minor auto repairs and tune-ups; the family who has

suddenly found that inflation has eaten up its vacation budget

and is looking around for some new and interesting things to do

that don t require traveling hundreds of miles to get to, and that

will help save a little cash for when they can get around to a

trawl,. ng vacation; the country dweller who is trying to be more

self-sufficient and learn something about how things work; and

the many just plain curious people who aren t particularly ex-

cited about getting their hands covered with black grease, their

clothes spattered with paint, or their backs tired with hoeing a

garden, but who might enjoy a relatively clean, easy, and in-

teresting hobby, which will actually be useful and save them

money.

For those of you who flunked high-school chemistry and

feel a bit uncomfortable at the thought of playing the sorcerer s

apprentice, fear not. If you ve ever made pancakes from the

recipe off the box you can follow all the instructions in this book

with good results. In fact, you might think of this as a recipe

book, onlyyou don t eat the results You use them to kill roaches,