When bearded banshee Billy Mays screams at me through my TV while I'm up late watching yet another Deadliest Catch marathon on Discovery (is it me, or is that show 80% of the programming on that station), it's hard to ignore anything he's selling. The other night he's yelling about Mighty Putty. And how it'll fix or seal anything. I've got some broken and leaking stuff, so I figure I'll give it a try. If only to make Billy stop yelling.

Basically Mighty Putty is very similar to the epoxy putty you can buy in any hardware store - two ingredients rolled into a clay-like form, that when kneaded together, become rock hard after about 20 minutes. (Insert your own Viagra joke here.)

Like most products you see on TV - which are always a little more complicated, and a little less amazing, than they look - Mighty Putty is a decent solution to most repairs, just don't expect miracles and keep your expectations in check. It did well on the "fix a mug handle" and the "stop a leaky pipe" tests, but I wouldn't put too much faith in the "pull a truck" test. ...There's more