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Home remodeling,refinishing color and textures with paint techniques

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I once toured as a vendor on the Bluegrass music circuit with homemade wood crafts. All type of wood craft. Whirlygigs and even solar whirlygigs wind chimes and unique containers used for plant holders

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Gardening: I'm looking for recommendations on mulch.

I prefer darker to lighter and I don't want red. We've heard good things about cedar but we're kind of curious about rubber mulch. Many thanks!

Commented on Apr 12, 2012
someone said they would only use rubber in a playground because the rubber could leach some ...»
bad things into the ground and they did'nt want to harm their plants?? Is that strange.., KIDS on the play ground with nasty compounds in the ground but not plants???? I'm just sayin...

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Plumbing: HELP!! We have an outdoor water faucet that is leaking terribly. We tried getting a new hose thinking that was it.

We tried removing the piece seen at the bottom of the faucet since it is leaking from the top of that piece. It would not unscrew,it would not tighten- actually sprayed more when ...»

Commented on Apr 02, 2012
I forgot. if the bib is soldered then if you can solder it is still a simple job . if not ...»
grab the phone and your wallet.Sorry bout that.

Painting: Kitchen Cabinets

I am about to paint my cabinet doors and base in my kitchen and wanted to ask if it is ok to use a paint sprayer??

Commented on Mar 09, 2012
After 50years of remodeling and saving my customers alot of money by keeping their old ...»
cabinets and refacing or painting I can tell you it gives a beautiful finished look and is durable IF, I SAID IF,IF,IF, you do your prep. almost every surface finish is made by the prep. Clean well cooked on grease vapor is there get rid of it. Then as the lady before said Sand. using fine paper. on laminate 220 then depending on the type and consistency of your liquid finish go finer or you are ready to spray. Strain your paint and test! pressure makes a difference in the surface when done. about 40 lbs in general. alot of variables but it is worth it when you look at 10K for cabinets or more God bless

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