Getting burdock out of clothes, hair and animals is difficult. The sticky burrs must be softened before removal. Wash your clothing and hair and then run a comb over the surface to pick up the burrs. Duct tape, tweezers and lint rollers also work. Check carefully for remaining spikes.
If you'd like to transform your basement into a finished recreation area or you simply want to cover up some unsightly poles, box-framing your basement poles is the way to go. By building a wooden box, or frame, around each pole, you can then cover the poles with drywall material.
Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia) is a semi-woody groundcover that, from summer until fall, produces small lavender blooms that grow along 3- to 5-feet tall flower stalks. They are hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture zones 5 to 9 and are excellent landscape plants, including in rock gardens.
You can raise wood grain with a small brush and water. It's a technique used by woodworkers to impart an antiqued look to wood, or to repair damaged wood. When wood gets wet, wood fibers swell, but they don't all swell evenly. The soft grain of the wood swells much faster and higher than the solid grain.
Make simple grooves in wood with an ordinary drill and bit. This procedure is sometimes done when a woodworker needs to make a small jig, or a channel for a guide. It can also be used to make a groove inside a cabinet or tight workspace where routers do not fit. Groove thickness is determined by what drill bit you use.
Making wood look weathered and worn before its time is easy with the use of some commonly found household chemicals. New wood is often too bright and clean for many applications, renovations and installations, but you can weather it prematurely to match any specific need.
Sewing fur can be a problematic and time consuming task. Standard sewing machines often lack the required force to pierce through fur fabric and the tiny fur hairs can get caught in the machine and destabilize sewing patterns.
Once moisture finds its way behind an exterior wall, your house’s internal structure is open to serious damage. The best time to do wall repair on the outside of your home is immediately after you find a soft spot or hole in the siding. It’s much easier to replace wood siding than it is to rebuild the studs.
Granite countertops can be installed in a variety of ways, depending on whether you are working with tiles versus slabs, in addition to the specifications of the slabs and tiles.
Backflow preventers on sprinkler systems prevent contaminated water from getting into drinking water. You must insulate them to avoid freezing. Options are foam pipe wrap, R-11 fiberglass insulation and insulating bags.