You may choose a solid color stain for your deck because you have an almost limitless range of colors to choose from. Compared to paint, solid color stain is quite thin and still allows the texture and character of the wood to show through. Before you make your final decision on what coating to use on your new deck, understand both the advantages and disadvantages of solid color stain.
You’ve finally chosen the perfect color for your room and found a day to paint. But your drop cloths must have shifted while you were painting, and now you’ve discovered areas where paint has gotten into the carpet.
Things You Will Need + Rags Paper towels Spoon Folex Instant Carpet Spot Remover Spot Shot Carpet Stain Remover Before you start rubbing products into your carpet, take a moment to review steps that will help you remove the paint without damaging your carpet.
The ground wire is the safety connection for your home's electrical system. If electricity gets somewhere it shouldn't, it provides a path to the earth. This mitigates the chances of electrocution by moving the electrical current to a safe location. Historically, electrical panels have been grounded to the metal supply water pipe. If your home has a PEX or plastic water supply line, you need to ground the system using grounding rods on the exterior of your home.
GE deep fryers are programmed to be able to protect themselves against damage due to overheating. If a GE deep fryer overheats, the device automatically turns the power off so that the heat can no longer elevate. You must reset the deep fryer to be able to turn the device back on. Resetting a GE deep fryer is not hard, but it can be tricky to do if you do not understand where the reset button is.
Single-lever faucets in showers, tubs and sinks operate by mixing the cold and hot water together to achieve a temperature. Turning the lever 45 degrees to the right allows cold water flow only. At 135-degrees rotation the hot water starts mixing with the cold.
At the full turn of the lever at 270 degrees only hot water is flowing. If the water temperature never gets hot enough at the full open mark, you can make adjustments inside the faucet to increase the temperature.
You can connect store-bought curtain panels for a seamless appearance without sewing. As a busy mom, you might not have the extra time or sewing skills to sew curtain panels together. But you can still connect individual panels together with the help of a handheld fabric stapler. Fabric staplers shaped like pliers with fine wire staples provide enough support to seam two or more panels together without snagging the fabric.
Making a cornice for a bay window is a lot easier than you might think. Also known as a pelmet, cornices are the fabric-covered boxes at the top of many window hangings. Many different companies make specific kits for bay window cornices, and building your own cornices requires basic carpentry and fabric working skills, with no sewing required. Knowing what style cornice you want to work with is a good place to start.
Two types of surfaces are commonly referred to as plastic wood: synthetic paneling and ta type of wood filler used to seal holes and repair cracks. Each type requires different preparation techniques and specific coatings. The surface should be properly prepared before painting to avoid paint failure over time.
Abrade the paneling to promote adhesion by sanding it with a fine-grit sandpaper. Things You Will Need + 300-grit sandpaper Tack cloth Roller frame 2 nap roller covers Acrylic latex primer 2- to 4-inch latex paintbrush Acrylic satin latex paint Oil-based primer Oil-based paint 2- to 4-inch oil-based paintbrush Mineral spirits Tip Do not paint over plastic wood paneling without abrading it, first, or you will have problems with adhesion.
Fortunately, most furniture makers use a sparing layer of light-duty glue (even wallpaper paste) to attach leather to a desktop. This ensures that the adhesive did not warp or penetrate the leather, and means that the leather should be fairly easy to remove. You may wish to save the leather in one piece to use as a template; companies that manufacture custom leather inlays typically ask for a tracing, but there is no better template than the existing leather.
Pioneers cured meat and dug root cellars to make vegetables last through long winter months. Twentieth-century homemakers found numerous ways to stretch their food budget by home canning and freezing. The Dazey Seal-a-Meal was a mid-century marvel that vacuum-sealed fresh foods, extending their shelf and freezer life. While the Dazey-Seal-a-Meal is no longer manufactured, if you still own one or find a vintage machine and bags, follow this set of easy instructions.