How to save my ceramic tile after its been stripped with bleach?
Ok so my 17 year old SIL decided to clean the grout in our entry way using STRAIGHT bleach last night. I came home to find the ceramic tile COVERED in bleach!! Now, after mopping several times I still haven't been able to get all the bleach up AND our tiles are stripped!!! Any tips on getting the bleach up and then resealing? Total novice here and desperate for any kind of help!! Thanks!!
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ceramic tile paint is available from d.i.y. stores also a laquer to keep them looking good after painting
How to ask people to decorate their houses?
My name is Eleanore, I am little creative. I love displaying objects and being able to put colours together. I think it runs in the family, as my Dad is a Painter and my Biological Mother (sews quilts).
I am wondering what would be the best way to ask one of my neighbours 'how I can decorate their house.
If you have any ideas please let me know. I need all the help I can get. I was thinking perhaps in flyer form would be the best way to advertise.
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My friend sold pattern quilts in her neighborhood. She just took a bunch of picture of the quilts she did, put it in a photo album and went door to door.
We live in a pretty safe neighborhood so her mom didn't mind. if you are living in an apartment door to door might not work for you. You can print some flyer and stick it in supermarket
Any ideas on how to hide your valuables without a safe?
I'm moving into a new house and the neighborhood is good but the city itself is horrible. Slums are mixed with nice houses, so, I was wondering, if you don't have a safe - where would a good place to hide your valuables? Instead of placing my laptop and headphones and stuff like that on my desk, I rather hide them somewhere.
Any ideas?
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A safe is not safe unless it weighs over two tons and has a round door. A square door can be opened with a chisel. Anything less than two tons can be stolen by one or two men. Best security is a floor safe set in concrete and covered with a false floor, rug, and a piece of furniture.
If you have a small amount of stuff there are some very good places. Put it in a cardboard box with Christmas ornaments on top. Or a bucket in the garage with nuts and bolts on top. (But not if you have kids in the house.) A gun safe works well if you bolt it to the garage floor and build a crummy cabinet around it and put a cheap padlock on the door.
how to remove the rusty screw from ceramic?
I am trying to remove toilet seat but the old one is attached to the ceramic with a pair of rusty screws and there is no shape on the screw as it is completely rusty. Any idea how to remove those screws?
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There are a couple things you need to do. First, you need to clean up those bolt heads so that you can remove the nuts below. Put some old towels or rags on the floor, because it's gonna get messy. Take some WD-40 & spray the bolt heads and also the nuts below. Try scrubbing with a toothbrush. If the toothbrush isn't working, at any hardware store, you can get a wire brush that is shaped just like a toothbrush, & just a bit larger. Spray the wd 40 with the sprayer stem off. Spray & let it sit for about 20 min & scrub. You should eventually see the pattern on the top of the bolt. Even if it's a phillips....use a flathead screwdriver.
When you try to get the bolt loose, hold the nut below with pliers & the top with a flathead screwdriver. Hold the bolt firm in place with the screwdriver & do any loosening with the pliers on the nut below. Turn the pliers in quick firm bursts to the left then right then left then right. DO NOT keep twisting in one direction if the bolt has not loosened from the screw. If you need to...stop, spray again...scrub...then try to loosen the bolt again.
The key here is to loosen the NUT below...not the BOLT above. You will strip the screwdriver pattern at the top of the bolt & have a real mess then. Also, be careful, as your toilet is made of porcelain...not ceramic, and porcelain will crack if you tighten the lid hardware too far.
How to hang old vinyl LP albums on the wall without damaging the albums?
Hello,
I'm planning to hang some old vinyls on my wall. But I dont know how to do this without damaging the albums and without spending to much. How should I do this?
Thanks,
Your regards
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It depends on they type of wall you have. If its drywall, then your problem is pretty easy to solve, especially if you're only hanging the vinyl discs and not the cover. You could simply use a small push pin or finish nail and rest the record on it through the center hole. Or you could use two pins and let the bottom of the record sit on them.
If you bought the pins at an office supply or hobby store with the little plastic balls on the end of them, you could probably match the color of the record label, the vinyl itself, or even the wall to make them less noticeable. Or you could put a drop of paint or white out on the end of a regular push pin to give you something for paint or ink to stick to and use a magic marker or other paint pen to match the background. The folks at a hobby store might have better ideas on how to do your project cheaper and cooler, too.
Home centers and hardware stores sell plate hangers which have little hooks on them and a spring mechanism to hold them together in order to be hung from a wall.
If you have masonry or concrete walls, your problem is a little more difficult, but not impossible. You could suspend the records from the ceiling next to the wall with very fine fishing line which is what a lot of stores use because its virtually invisible. You can also use concrete nails or screws, but they'll be a little more obvious, even if you paint them to match.
How to make a house seem more comfortable?
Hello. Me and my family live in a rented home. Our furniture is not that great either. I was just wondering what we can we do to make the house my comftorable? Thank You.
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Pieces of cold pizza and some empty beer bottles lying around gives it that homey aroma. Oh, yeah some coffee in a pot brewing on the stove(the fresh stuff like ground perc coffee) Making it comfortable is making smell like you would like it to smell - not cleaners and disinfectants. Also buy some long curtains for your big front window (so you don't feel like fish in a fishbowl) Pretty side in. You can buy them cheap at a second hand store. Warms up a room immediately. Only the bathroom does not get the window "trimmings" as it holds in odors and in the bathroom there is that one particular odor you can do without. Cheap curtain rods does it good. Then table lamps with shades on them so you don't see the bulb as the nakedness is more suited for a workshop. And throw carpets on lino or wood floors. Carpets always make it feel more comfortable.
How to bring back shine to kitchen worktops?
A few years wear have turned my kitchen worktops dull I've been using baby oil as a temporary fix as they look like new when wet but wanted something more permanent?
Thanks
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I cleaned a countertop with a product called Gel-Gloss.
You are able to wipe off the soapscum, makeup spills, etc. with ease and the shine is unreal.
You can pick up Gel-Gloss at Home Depot back where they have the sheets of counter top or, you can get it on amazon.
The price varies but you're gonna pay in the neighborhood of $7 for a can.
Hope this helps :)
How to sell a solid oak vintage couch frame?
The couch frame is in great condition. What avenues can I take to try to sell it to someone who can put new cushions on it? I'd rather sell it than it ending up in a landfill.
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Take it to a furniture refurbisher, they may just buy it from you.
How to paint furniture the same color as a piece I got?
I'm redoing my room and I painted my walls a brownish- clayish look. I bought drawers that are a blue color and it looks perfect with the walls. Now I have a book shelf and mirror frame that are a color that definitely does not match! I would love to have the two pieces look like the drawers that I bought, how do I do it?! Should I go to home depot and get a color match??
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You may be able to get a color match if you have a handle or something small to match. Not sure how large a piece they can use to colr match.
Or, you can bring a lot of different color charts home that you think are cloe. Try to find one that almost or perfectly matches.
Or, you may already have something in your home besides the furniture that is the same color. Even a piece of fabric (shirt, dress, etc). Take that to have it color matched.
You can use color charts from any brand paint from any store then take the one that most closely matches to Home D and buy the paint. They can match any color chart.
If they can't Lowes has done that for me.
How to remove dark spots from hardwood floor?
Im preparing to add poly but have several dark spots on floor.
Ive already returned the sander. Is there anyway i can hide the dark spots?
Answer:
Sand some more by hand or let it go depending on where the spot is.
DO NOT use any moisture at this point. Moisture on bare unprotected wood will make more dark spots.This is especially true if your doing oak some other woods its no as bad.
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