Appreciation post for the old timer who showed me how to re-level a washer without using a level

Guy at a laundromat in Bakersfield just dumped a cup of water on the machine and watched where it pooled, told me the water never lies, and I haven't touched a bubble level since - has anyone else got a weird old trick like that they swear by?

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alex3071mo ago

Yeah the water trick works way better than you'd think, did it on my own washer last month.

sarah_mason1mo ago

My buddy Mike from Fresno still uses a piece of string with a socket wrench tied to it to check if stuff is level. He learned it from his grandpa who was a drywaller back in the 70s and swears a bubble level can lie to you but gravity never will lol. The other day he was hanging a cabinet in his kitchen and used that old string trick, took him like two minutes. I told him he looked crazy but honestly the cabinet came out perfect, no gaps at all. Makes me wonder what other old school tricks we're all sleeping on.