Mar 26 2015
Some Homeowner Tips!
Here are some of my favorite tips from thisoldhouse.com “Skills You Need to Survive Homeownership”
#32. Use lemon juice or vinegar to keep grout, cement or plaster from roughing up your hands.
#34. When you need a wood filler to tighten a loose screw, use yellow carpenter’s glue with matchsticks, toothpicks or golf tees, packed in tightly.
#39. To clean up a paint spill on carpet: Cut two pieces of cardboard from a box and use the edges to corral the pool of paint and scoop the liquid back into the bucket. When most liquid has been cleared, get a bucket of fresh water and an empty bucket. Saturate the remaining spill with the clean water, then scrape and scoop it up with a fat spoon and put it in the empty bucket. Work fast and continuously, replenishing the clean water as necessary. Use a carpet cleaner to follow up; and keep the paint spot wet.
Apr 9 2015
Skills You Need to Survive Homeownership
Here is one of my favorite tips from thisoldhouse.com ”
#47. How to Safely lash lumber to your car: lay the boards from front to back on the car roof to minimize wind resistance. Cushion the load with cardboard so you don’t scratch your car’s paint, and stack the wood neatly. Secure it at two or more points with racheting straps, wrapping the straps through your open front and rear car doors before closing the doors over them. Bypass bungee cords, which won’t allow you to close the doors. Have an employee at the lumberyard check your work
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By Louiseh020 • Homeowner Tips •