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Old repair vs new repair

quiet-finch-64

This came up at work last week and I couldn't let it go.

The community around repair has changed a lot in the last few years.

Most advice I find online contradicts itself.

pale-sparrow-782 more

Same experience here.

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sunlit-sedge-3

Start small and stay consistent. That's really all there is to it.

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wild-otter-13

Start small and stay consistent. That's really all there is to it.

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woven-moth-56

The official docs are better than they look.

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tidal-clover-91

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.

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rustling-pine-51

Could you share a photo?

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hollow-yarrow-79

This deserves its own thread.

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wry-moth-16

This is the most useful reply in the thread.

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mossy-beech-66 more

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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still-clover-6

mossy-beech-6 wrote:

Whatever you pick, pick it soon.

Ha, I thought I was the only one.

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rustling-moth-12

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.

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sunlit-thistle-453 more

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.

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dusky-fern-912 more

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

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bright-thistle-69

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.

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copper-hazel-53

Start small and stay consistent. That's really all there is to it.

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wild-beech-30

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.

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