Making Cushion For Porch Swing?
It should be that any of your local fabric stores will carry indoor/outdoor upholstry fabric designed nicely for outdoor uses. Alternatively, any heavy cotton based fabric should be good, such as cotton duck or denim. During winter months I would advise not...
Piano Smells Like Cigarette Smoke?
Time will eventually leech those smells, especially, if you make a point of keeping the piano aired out. To speed the process, you could try placing cedar blocks throughout areas within the piano. Perhaps moth balls (if you can stand that smell any better) would...
Dyeing Leather Shoes?
Why no trust for the shoe repair guy whos business it is to know leather? Hes right. Your sandal leather is treated, and thus, unsuitable for dying. If you need a second opinion, check phone listings in and around your citys area for a Tanner. They would carry...
Wrinkled Suede Skirt?
You can iron the wrinkles out but you need to do it slowly (be patient) and w/care. Dont place the iron directly on the material but use a pressing cloth (a cotton towel will work). Dont use high heat. Dont leave the iron in one place for very long. The key...
Tips For Purchasing A Down Comforter?
Down comforters are nice, but they can also bring on sinus allergies eventually. If you are bound to have one I do suggest getting the most expensive one you can afford as not all down is equal. Grey Goose down is the most luxurious and least likely to eventually...
Dyeing with Bleach?
My suggestion is that if you do decide to use the bleach, you resign yourself to bleaching out the fabric a light layer of color at a time. Bleach in full strength quantity is very caustic to even the heaviest of cotton fabrics, weakening and breaking them...
Dyeing with Bleach?
Oh! I hope you dont mind if I give some input on your post, heaven4441. Im an artist and I paint canvas all the time. :) You should certainly be able to do the same with your white hammock. At the art store of your choice you can buy whatever color of acrylic...
Hair Is Frizzy At Roots?
It sounds as though some sort of chemical or hormonal change has taken place, making this an internal, rather than external issue. Are you peri-menopausal? Changes in hormone levels can certainly affect hair. As women age our hormone levels drop and every part...
Raised Water Mark on Wood Veneer Table?
This is a rather complex furniture repair issue and ideally should be left to professionals (depending upon the quality and value of the table). In answering, Ill assume the table isnt a valuable antique. Try using a pressing cloth over the bubble with another...
Transplanting Climbing Rose Bush?
Ive grown roses around my patio and yard for many years, and what Ive found, for the most part, is that roses are a lot like weeds: they are far harder to kill of than one might think! I have a tendancy to fly in the face of convention when it comes to transplanting...
Super Glue on Cellphone?
The only thing that I know of that removes super glue is acetone. Having said that, it also eats plastic of every kind. Is is just a matter of the glue being dried on the phone, or did it glue shut the battery door? Is the phone still under warantee? Maybe...
Semi-Permanent Room Divider?
Friends of mine divided their sons and daughters room by purchasing a ready-made fence panel with lattice top @ the home improvement store. They anchored it on the side to the wall stud. It was really quite charming in their house with its country decor.
Are Eggs Shells Bad for a Garbage Disposal?
Any number of things can clog a disposer, even those things that are ok to put down it, if you stuff enough of in there at once. I just installed a new disposer last week. Heres a paraphrased list of (b)DONT(/b)s and (b)DO(/b)s that came w/the instructions...
Removing Odor From Leather Watchband?
Get a new watch band. That gas smell in the leather is there to stay.
Removing Burnt Blueberries From Aluminum Pot?
To remove burnt sugar-based products Ive filled the pan with a 50/50 water & white vinegar solution, heated it on the stove, removed it to the sink and dumped baking soda into it. Baking soda and vinegar cause a wonderful chemical reaction that break down and...
Cotton Table Cloth Has Yellowed?
I sounds as though the cloth may contain something other than 100% cotton (regardless if the tag says otherwise), like nylon or other non-organic fiber. I would probably put it back out in the sunshine, turning it every day for a week or more. You might also...
Sealing the Soles of Sandals?
Could you maybe give more info? Why is it that you want to seal the soles? What are you trying to accomplish?
Cheap, Easy Lighting for a School Dance?
What about using Xmas light strands? Id venture to say that every students household has several of these available to volunteer the use of. Each students light strand(s) can be labeled (at home) with a folded piece of masking tape with their name on it so...
Altering T-shirts That Are Too Large?
Im a seamstress (by trade, originally) and I dont have any pattern per se, but short of completely opening up the entire shirt and re-cutting and re-sewing, Ive simply sewn new allowances where I need the closer fitting. Ive done them as a baste-in 1st, checked...
Persistent Feminine Itching?
A trip to the doctor is in order when any feminine issue is persistent. There could be any number of reasons for this, some of them serious. I, too, as it turned out was/am allergic to blue dye. Both blue TP and blue soap were the culprits of years of yeast...
Clorox Stains on Carpet?
Agreed that you cant undo whats been done. If you do decide to replace the area w/a piece of carpet, say, from inside a hall closet, be sure to cut both the old and new pieces as a wavey circle shape of sorts. This will help hide the lines of the cut once replaced...
Cajun Butter Sauce for Shrimp?
Im a bonafide Cajun, and so Ill take a stab @ this one for you: 1 cup butter, cubed 1 teaspoon minced fresh basil 1 teaspoon minced fresh tarragon 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 3 drops (or to taste) hot pepper sauce (I use Asian Siracha...
Cleaning a Red Brick Patio?
May I add that once clean, you may want to consider & look into appying a good commercial sealant to the brick once its clean & dry. This would make future cleaning much easier and act as a 1st prevention against further mold, stains, etc.
Use Baby Powder for a Fresh Carpet
(b)Please be careful & concerned(/b) about using baby powder (for anything, really). Many brands of baby powder contain cornstarch. Cornstarch is highly flammable! A carpet filled, over time (NO vacuum is going to get all that fine dust back out once put in...
Keep Your Vacuum Working Better
These above are all good suggestions. Being a domestic services business owner for 30+ years, and also, having had a vacuum rebuilding business on the side, may I add these: The belts and bags are the least expensive replacable parts on your vacuum. Not replacing...
Storage In Small Bathroom?
There are over-the toilet Etageries available @ most discount stores and home improvement stores. Many of them are very nice, with shiny chrome or brushed steel, and glass shelves. There are also natural wood or white painted wood ones.
"Simple Green" Left Bleach Spots?
I would use whatever concentration you used before and clean the rest of the asphalt in the same manner. At least, that way, youll have a better chance of it all being a like color again. Then, Id get a sealer and apply it to the asphalt according to directions...
Repairing Broken Door Frame?
It would be best to replace the whole section of framing, but, it is possible to replace just the section thats damaged. When you say, ... where the lock is. Do you mean where the door knobs (or dead bolts) strike plate is? Can you post pictures of the damage...
Removing Rubber Sole Shoe Marks from Hardwood Floors?
Ive always found that a tiny spray of WD-40 on a cleaning rag (or paper towel) applied to the mark for a few secronds & then gently rubbing it away does the job. Ive never hurt a floor in 30+ years of domestic residential services using this technique.
Streaks on Glass Shower Door?
Its likely that these streaks are really a film of hard water deposits, and not soap scum, etc., at all. What Ive used for decades on all glass, chrome and mirrors is a dry 0000 steel wool pad. Through the sensitivity of your fingers/hand while you are scrubbing...
Soap Scum Build Up On Acrylic Tub?
I believe that if you use a mixture of baking soda AND white vinegar it will come clean w/o scrubbing. Ive never actually cleaned (or even seen) an acrylic tub before, but I have used this solution on acrylic faucet handles to clean them of the soap/hand oil...
Saving Money on Houseplants
By far the best and cheapest way to save on plants that Ive found is to have a circle of friends you can all swap cuttings, seeds, etc. with. Over the years, Ive given and gained such a great variety of outdoor/indoor plants this way. Plus, since we all live...
Saving Money on Window Cleaner
Ive spent 30+ years owning and operating my own residential services business. If you have to use a cleaner on glass, then I suggest using auto windshield wash, cut 50% w/water. It can be bought anywhere from 69 cents to 99 cents a gallon & it wipes up clean...
Water Spots on Smooth Tiles?
I dont know if youre still in the market for info on this problem, but .... Use 0000 (b)dry(/b) Steel Wool with gentle pressure. This grade of steel wool is very fine and works like a dream for removing hard water stains, soap scum and mineral deposits. Depending...
Homemade Wall Art?
Never let a blank canvas intimidate you. Its just 4 pieces of cheap wood, some cloth, and a few staples. Whats so intimidating about that? (b)(i)~;0)(/b)(/i) Seriously, though. What about silhouettes? They dont have to be black, they can be any color or even...
Why Does My Dog Chew Himself?
Often, a pets excessive licking is due to food allergies; usually wheat and corn products in their food. Read your dogs food labels carefully. Buy the best food you can with good protein count, and with no fillers, such as wheat and corn, etc. Also, lamb and...
How to Help My Husband Change His Eating Habits?
It isnt your role to try and change your husband, only he can choose to change himself, and he must first come to his own conclusion that its necessary and its what he wants. Almost always, any attempt a wife makes to change her husband comes across, and is...
