Tools & DIY ~: October 2009

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Eliminates oxidation of your doors

The oxidation is one of the most common problems that appear in our house. It can appear in varied sides and objects of the home, and the doors seem to be of their favorites. In this way, they look old and really ugly. We have solutions for removing oxidation in today we told you like eliminating oxide of your doors of interior and outside to leave them like new. Only a little salt can make the difference.
Materials:
Salt
Water and soap
White leaves
Dry cloth
Step by step:
• It identifies which are the points of the door affected by oxide to locate the zones in which you must work.
• Then, wash the door with water and soap and dry them completely. This process lets you remember the days they were pretty one.
• On a white sheet of paper, place one spoon full of salt, of which you use to cook every day.
• Rub hardly against the affected zones of the door until the oxide disappears. This works as a sandpaper simply. Once you finish clean the salt with a dry cloth.

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Autumnal crown for your door

It is simply fabulous. Perhaps this autumnal crown is not brilliant for your door? The best thing of everything is not that it will cause your door sees very pretty, but funniest as it is a very simple work, fast and really economic to do.
Materials:
• Cutter
• Fabric of cotton
• Pins
• Fine cardboards of colors
• Scissors
• Heavy thread
• Marker
First you must cut a circle of ribbon of the size that you want and mark it previously with marker using a compass or an ample plate in order to realize a smaller circle in center of the same and also recordable by the contour to form the base of the crown.
Once you have cut ribbon with the fabric. For it cuts a cotton fabric strip and sees on the inside passing it and outside all the contour of the hoop.
You can hold when you finish with some pins or using a little glue. Aside, in fine cardboards of colors, cut silhouettes of leaves in varied forms and sizes. Now cut to a piece of thread or cord in the form of crown and hang it with your main door. What remains to do is simply to locate the leaves previously trimmed on the crown and to puncture them with pins.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

8 strategies to decorate an infantile dormitory

The form to decorate a quarter of boys is not the same that the one to decorate a quarter of adults. Dormitory is one of the places in which they realize more activities: they play, they read, listen to music, etc. So if you want that the dormitory of your son is spectacular, you will have to follow have to strategies to decorate the quarter of the boys.

1. Speech with your son and try to discover which kind of activities are suitable for his enjoyment. Which is his favorite color? What could like thematic for their dormitory?
2. It leaves your son helps to think on the matter of the colors, the fabrics and the things that he wants to have in his room.
3. Create the dormitory like a multifunctional space as the children use the room for many activities (besides sleeping) so you can create different zones, for example, an area of game, an area of reading or an area of entertainment.
4. Try to place shelves, baskets, different containers and closets where everything can be kept without problem.
5. Design the area of the window in a simple way in order to avoid the long curtains. The fabric will have to be versatile and the designs would have to be repeated in other articles of the room like pillows, blankets, etc.
6. Choose suitable
7. illumination especially the light at night also is very important.
8. Use papering or painting to give to color and texture to the room: You can place clouds or stars in the sky. To the children the shining colors enchant to them. In any case the best thing will be to limit these colors a single wall.
9. Decorate thematically as it will give an excellent opportunity \for your son to develop your playful side.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

8 tricks for decoration of interiors

Continuously we give you a pile of suggestions to return to your home in a really charming place. In any case sometimes it is good for simplifying and for giving a pair of advice who summarize of a simple and practical way what we must consider at the time of improving our rooms.
If you ask to the specialists about how to decorate a home they will reveal a key point to you: not to add but to remain. To clear elements is very well probably the simplest way to give style to your room.

Here we go with the 8 tricks:
1. Leave a pair of elements out of place.
2. Place your better elements at sight and it hides the rest.
3. Group the different collections by color to create cohesion.
4. Decorates with symmetrical pairs.
5. Arrange a table with crafts, books and a lamp.
6. Reduce the amount of objects and more.
7. Uses an element of great scale to create a point that draws attention.
8. You do not forget to place plants and flowers.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Renew dining room chairs

Are you feeling bore to see your dining rooms? And if… the wood chairs with its too classic and traditional aspect seems boring, then do not worry, today we are giving you some tips to renew your chairs in a simple way:
Materials:
• Wadding
• Printed fabric
• Glue in aerosol
• Scissors
• Wood chairs

What is the condition of chairs is first question to renew it. If they are a little old, then varnish them in a tone of your affability so that they are prettier and tedious. It lets dry well before continuing with the work.
Meanwhile, measure the width of the chair, without counting the lateral bars of the same. It would have as much to be the same in the endorsement as in the seat. The reason is you must do is to cut to a strip of wadding with that measurement and the possible major Margo since it is cut easily with scissors.
It applies glue in aerosol in the front and the part of back of the tables of the endorsement and surrounds it with the strip by wadding. It cuts the surplus. Now it applies glue in the seat, including the leading edge and the buttock. It sticks the wadding from back forwards. Thus with all the chairs that you have.
It cuts to a strip of fabric about 4 cm wider than the measurement that you were taking in the beginning and of the greater possible length. From back forwards, as much in the endorsement as in the seat, it locates the fabric and it doubles lateral the 2 cm inwards. In the case of the endorsement you will have to superpose the ends of the fabric so that it is tedious.

Monday, October 19, 2009

How to change a plug?

Generally it gives much fear to us to make repairs of the home electricity. Nevertheless, if we consider and we respected the security norms that this type of tasks implies, then it is not complicated. For this, to change a plug is a good initial task. It is only needed a screwdriver, cable and the plug.
• To be safer, it is recommended to disconnect the electrical provision, not only of the specific sector but of the entire house.
• We retire the cover of view of the plug. For this, we unscrewed it, and if it does not have screws, then we helped ourselves with the screwdriver to make handle. Now we have at sight the plug in itself.
• We retired it carefully unscrewing it, and with special taken care of the cables in it, soon it will go to the new plug.
• We now happen to connect cables previously, adapting them with the help of cable. They will see that in the plug there is a noticeable central tip. There the green and yellow cables those are due to connect (earth).
• Make sure the very well adjustment of cables.
• We already can rearm the plug, so screw tediously each piece. We recover the ready energy.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Indispensable tools in every home

The basic tools that you may not miss in your homes are pictured above as they are essential equipment to perform any task at various times of your lives.
The key will be to have the basics. The tools that everyone should have at home for emergency repairs are: hammer, a complete set of screwdrivers, pliers, tape, scissors and some nails and screws of various sizes. Perhaps the other tools are drill, sandpaper, saws and all depend only on the DIY hobby of people.

This will need to be placed within the toolkit a small cloth bag containing a few grains of rice or else a piece of chalk. Both alternatives will keep moisture away. If not considered a sighted person, you will have to clean all tools with a wet mop with a little turpentine.

To save them, the best way is to do it in a jar with a little fat. If we can use oil or grease even the remains of creams moisturizers.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Self-Installed Water Pipes

The relocation and renovation of water pipes are reluctant task for many especially on the time of their assembly itself. But thanks to a new fastening system, the installation is easier than ever.
The fastening system for hot and cold water throughout the house is suitable for drinking water and the heating installation. The system can be installed on and under plaster. It is easy to install and can easily to be connected to existing copper or iron pipes.
The aluminum composite pipes of wash basins for all applications over to the appropriate wave shower riser.
Step 1:
First hitting the slots in the wall and then fasten the horizontal mounting rail.
Step 2:
Unscrew the brass angle out from the sanitary connection boxes, and slide the plastic housing on the mounting rail.
Step 3:
Lengths of the pipe (16 or 20 mm) with a pipe cutter from a right angle.
Step 4:
All aluminum composite pipes must be calibrated after the cutting: Push this, type the Sizing up the attack in the pipe end and turn it several times.
Step 5:
Then move the support body of the adapter into the tube finish.
Step 6:
Now screw the nut of the adapter on the brass angle and tighten.
Step 7:
Screw the brass angle along with the plastic housing.
Step 8:
Seal now a distributor and shut-off valve with Teflon tape and screw it.
Step 09:
The bending spring can move the aluminum composite pipes in a narrow radius.
Step 10:
Copper pipe and galvanized steel pipes can be connected via appropriate adapters with the pipes.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Reduce heating costs

“The basic principle is those who lower the temperature at home by one degree \save approximately six percent of heating costs.”

There are various ways and means to build energy efficient houses and thus to save money. Most are easy to implement in daily life and can help you save up to 200 to 300 dollars per year.

Many areas are simply too high temperature. It is oven, stove and dishwasher that shall constitute a source of additional heat. Remember 20 to 22 degrees usually sufficient to create a soothing atmosphere in your living room.
So you have to focus on such areas.

Radiators must be able freely to lose heat to the room. Therefore, they should not be obstructed by furniture or has by hanging curtains.

Among the so-called number one Unnecessary Cost include the inadequately sealed windows and doors. Therefore well-sealed windows and doors help a lot in order to reduce energy costs.

Finding DIY Hand Tools For Wood Working

Finding DIY Hand Tools For Wood Working: When you mention woodworking, the first thing that often advises itself is power tools. For the noob, it can be confusing and difficult to choose what to purchase. Building a collection can be expensive and continually small tools are overlooked. Hand Tools for Shaping Wood o Clamps : you could need a selection of types and sizes.

Cost-effectively made tools won't last long and you will finish up having to buy them again. Hand tools incline to last longer, as there's not quite as much which will go bad as with power tools. The quality and experience in older tools are typically much better than in less dear new tools.

When you purchase used tools, check them morally to be sure they're in good shape. Handtools are often sold at yard sales. You may have to go to several to find everything you would like for your workshop. Check out some each weekend while you are building your collection.

Many people publicize their yard sales and often include data on the sort of products for sale. This could save you a lot of leg work. You can find more in one place than you will by travelling from yard sale to yard sale. You can often barter at a flea market to get a smaller cost.

Many dealers set their costs a bit higher in expectancy of people bartering with them. If you pay full price in this example, you might be paying a little inflated cost. A strategy to get an improved deal is to buy toward the end of the day. Often people are prepared to chop the price simply to shed the tools. Another chance is to buy many tools from the same person. You may be prepared to get an additional discount for buying many items.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Electrostatic Metal Master - Just professionally paint metal and protect them!

Painted metal - it has never been so easy. With the electrostatic Metal Master you paint the front and back simultaneously. The result: a fast and easy and yet how from an expert.

Due to the 3D WRAP precision technology fences, bicycles, metal furniture, lanterns, iron gates and all other metal objects are First class and professionally painted in a single order and even while being protected against rust.

The special feature is that the object to be painted will be painted on all sides simultaneously. This is achieved by the fact that the objects are first grounded and then attract the electrostatically charged paint.

Simple job with the 3D WRAP Precision Technology
• sprayed directly on grill
• up to four times faster than with a brush
• needed just a contract
• no decals, dauber, no dirt or spray

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