quick questions, not related except in a meta sense

[zanzjan]

1) what's the difference between confectioner's sugar and "superfine" sugar?

2) how easy is it to replace a toilet seat?

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[prusik.livejournal.com]

AFAIK, confectioner's sugar is powdered, and has corn starch to prevent clumping. "Superfine" is regular sugar ground more finely. I'm pretty sure you can't replace one with the other. They're unlikely to pack the same. (i.e., one cup of one sugar probably weighs more than one cup of the other sugar.)

I've been told, but haven't confirmed, grinding regular sugar in your food processor will make an acceptable substitute for superfine. (I don't have a food processor. I also don't really do the sort of the desserts that need either superfine or confectioner's sugar.)

Never tried replacing a toilet seat.

[avocadovpx.livejournal.com]

>> AFAIK, confectioner's sugar is powdered, and has corn starch to prevent clumping. "Superfine" is regular sugar ground more finely. I'm pretty sure you can't replace one with the other.

+1. Confectioner's sugar isn't only a different fineness; it contains cornstarch. Superfine sugar usually only contains sugar.

[mlp367.livejournal.com]

"Superfine" sugar is what they call "caster's" sugar in England. It's just granulated sugar, except the diameter is about half that of regular table sugar. Confectioner's sugar is sugar that's been ground between two stones to a fine powder -- the individual grains of powder are far, far smaller than any granulated sugar crystals.

Replacing a toilet seat is a trivial job that takes only a few minutes, maybe longer if the bolts holding the current seat on are rusted and need more effort to remove.

[topayz4.livejournal.com]

It's really easy to replace a toilet seat. Most people could handle it.

As for the sugar, confectioners is also known as powdered sugar. I'm pretty sure super fine is just finely ground regular sugar, so still granular. But I could be very wrong on that.

[jenwrites.livejournal.com]

Andy recently replaced our toilet seat, and claimed it was super easy. But then again, he's worked construction, so he's got a deeper relationship with power tools than the average bear.

[stale-hermit.livejournal.com]

I just ran into the "superfine" vs regular sugar thing in a recipe yesterday. The recipe said you could throw regular sugar into your blender and run it for about 15 secs to make it "superfine". It is just smaller crystals.

re: toilet seat -- I've fixed one, so it can't be that hard. Mind you, the bolts are the sticking point.

[brooksmoses]

To add some details on the toilet seat: A typical toilet seat is held on by two large bolts, one in each of the ends of the hinges. The bolts go through the hinge end, and through the toilet, and there are nuts on the underneath -- you can reach under and feel them. Usually there's a snap-on cover over the top of the bolts, or something like that. In my experience, the bolts are often made of nylon or something that doesn't corrode, but this is probably not always true.

In any case, you snap off the covers, undo the bolts, haul the seat (or a measurement or tracing of it) down to the home repair store and buy one you like that's the same shape and size -- they come in two or three standards, pretty much -- and bring it home and bolt it on. I think the new ones come with their own bolts, even.