The ambitious, gregarious nature of the canine doesn't always leave you with that warm fuzzy feeling. When these adorable creatures chew on your expensive chair, they becomes something other than adorable. The small dents, depressions and gouges left by sharp teeth are usually too deep to sand out. Some woodworkers use epoxy to repair damage like this, leaving the wood looking like it's been patched. Natural wood filler is made with real wood fibers.
Quarter round is that small, curved piece of trim that sits at the bottom and front of the base molding and other trim. Its main function is to cover the space where your base trim meets your floor, dressing it out. It's essentially trim for the trim.
Cut Quarter Round Molding Cutting quarter round is among the easier types of trim cuts to make because it sits squarely in the corner where trim meets the floor.
If you cannot find a thick tree branch to hang a heavy bag from, you can build your own heavy bag stand for outdoor use out of heavy-duty lumber and lag bolts. Even if you have limited carpentry experience, you can put a simple rig together that will last a lifetime if you use all the right materials.
You can build an outdoor heavy bag stand that will last a lifetime.
Roof trusses have revolutionized roof framing. A king post truss is a simple, triangular gable truss with a center brace known as the king truss. The truss has four main parts. The top two diagonal pieces that serve as rafters are known as the upper cords.
A king post truss is used to form a standard gable roof. The bottom horizontal, which serves as ceiling and upper floor joist, is known as the lower cord.
Memory foam is a revolutionary product that is becoming increasingly popular for use in mattresses and cushions. Memory foam can crease like any other foam product, but because of its chemical makeup, these creases are a bit more stubborn to remove.
Memory foam mattresses are becoming increasingly popular. However, there is a relatively simple way to remove the creases in any memory foam surface.
Things You Will Need + Spray bottle Hair dryer Satin cloth Iron Fill your spray bottle with plain tap water and spray the crease.
If the manual handle on the garage door with not turn properly, chances are it needs a quick adjustment. As the garage door ages, the mechanisms that connect the track to the locking bar may settle or shift slightly. When this happens, the bar cannot connect to the slot in the track and the handle jams. Fixing this common problem takes just a few minutes of your time and once completed, allows the handle to turn smoothly.
When your pampered pet has an accident on the floor in your house, you may think nothing of grabbing paper towels or a wet rag and wiping it up. However, if you have stone of any type--marble, slate slabs--the acid from the pet’s urine will etch into the stone.
How to Remove Pet Stains on a Stone Floor Things You Will Need + 3 to 5 soft cloths Water with soap detergent Rubbing alcohol Watered-down bleach Once the stain has been allowed to set, a deep cleaning of the surface is needed.
Keep solar garden lights and their solar panels clean so they can perform optimally to keep your garden lit at night.
Use solar garden lights to light paths and structures to create whispers of brightness throughout your garden at night, creating a mood or making the garden safer to walk through. Solar garden light fixtures are only as good as the light they produce, which is diminished if the lights or solar panels are dirty.
Most locks (including deadbolts) use a cylinder with pin tumblers, and a key. The cylinder is a common locksmithing device that allows a locksmith to easily remove and replace the locking mechanism. The pin tumblers represent a series of spring-loaded pins.
Lock and Key When the pins are all pushed back to the proper position, the lock is freed and can be turned. A key's undulating teeth are made to match the settings of these pins.
Whether advertising a yard sale, lemonade stand, birthday party, outdoor wedding reception or any other function, you might need a sign stand–sturdy enough to last for at least a few days. With the right tools you can make a sign stand in just a few minutes.
You can make your own sign stand in an afternoon Determine the location of your sign stand. Check the approach to the location for good visibility–look out for low-hanging branches or other obstacles that might obscure your sign.