Hair dye comes in several forms, including henna, semi-permanent and permanent. Home coloring kits usually contain semi-permanent or permanent color, but when the dye spills onto surfaces in the home, almost all dye can result in permanent stains if not properly cared for. There are a few ways to clean hair dye from a floor, but it is important to act fast when hair dye spills on the floor.
Home owners with a frog or toad problem are often desperate to rid themselves of the evening singers and croakers. In trying to find a solution, some have turned to using strategically placed mothballs in the home and yard.
Frogs prefer to live in damp areas or places near water. While mothballs have been found to repel frogs and toads, using them in this way is illegal and may do more harm to humans, animals and the environment than the frogs and toads do.
Bricks are an attractive and durable material useful in building chimneys, home exteriors, sidewalks, patios and other areas. During cold, wet temperatures, an efflorescence buildup resulting in white deposits often occurs on the bricks. This is the mineral salts in the clay leaching out.
Leaching may result in white, reddish brown, yellow or green stains. Things You Will Need + Sodium hypochlorite Plastic spray bottle Stiff scrub brush (optional) Garden hose The leaching dries and may be washed away over time by rainfall.
Cast-iron cookware has been used to prepare food for hundreds of years, as the iron can be heated to -- and maintain -- high temperatures. Because of the high temperature range, cast-iron cookware is often used for searing and frying foods. Most Maytag smooth-top ranges feature a flat glass cooking surface, as opposed to the electric or gas burners. The glass cooktop heats evenly, making it better suited for cooking with cast-iron cookware.
Kool Seal is one of several reflective coatings on the market to finish or retrofit roofs increasing their thermal resistance and improving their resistance to water damage. Kool Seal comes in tow formulations, one a white elastomeric flexible finish that is painted on with a roller or compressor sprayer.
A flat roof candidate for Kool Seal The second is an aluminum based sealant that is painted on with a roofing brush and is embedded with aluminum particles.
A pot belly stove, with a properly constructed fire, throws off enough heat to warm a room. In certain instances, however, it may also allow smoke and ash particles to cloud the atmosphere.
A stove needs a seal to prevent smoke from escaping. A pot belly stove, with a properly constructed fire, throws off enough heat to warm a room. In certain instances, however, it may also allow smoke and ash particles to cloud the atmosphere.
Calculating the roof slope factor is not that difficult. All you need is a simple trigonometry equation and a calculator that has a square root button. If you need to find out the area of the roof, such as to purchase roofing, knowing and using the factor will assist you greatly in determining the exact square footage.
All pitched roofs have a slope factor. Trigonometry is used because roof lines are really triangles; specifically, the roof is the hypotenuse, or the longest side, of a triangle.
A potential building site may or may not be properly classified as a buildable lot. Each state, county and city has its own definition of the term. For many, a buildable site is one in which every level of government has granted permission for construction to begin. Permissible building is not always cost effective building. Real estate agents may describe a piece of land as buildable without knowledge of the feasibility of infrastructure placement.
Modern vacuum cleaners are simple machines. They consist of a fan that draws air through a tube, and a filter and container to hold the dirt that has been sucked up. Some more elaborate machines have rotating brushes to help scoop up the dirt from the carpeting, but the concept remains the same no matter the style of machine. Even a simple machine like a vacuum can be broken with some concentrated effort on your part.
If you are having problems with your Kenmore 12-stitch sewing machine, do not immediately take it to an expensive repair shop. By troubleshooting it yourself, you could potentially save both time and money. Many of the problems you might encounter with a Kenmore sewing machine are simple to fix, such as giving it a cleaning or oiling some of the mechanical parts. Problems with your sewing machine could include breaking threads, improper stitching, stitching that bunches up or skipped stitches.