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Your outdoor fountain is a spot for tranquility and a feature in your backyard — but it can also unfortunately attract mosquitoes. Here are a few natural ingredients to keep the mosquitoes away.
Read MoreWhite stains or a white powdery coating on new concrete is not uncommon. Such discoloration, known as efflorescence, is caused by salts that are brought to the surface of new concrete by the natural curing process.
Read MoreIf you have dogs, dog urine has undoubtedly damaged your lawn. Dog urine contains ammonia and salts and these are hard on grass. The salts, especially, pull moisture from the grass roots and cause the grass to die. The ammonia causes the soil to be more acidic, which is also stressful for grass.
Read MoreDepending on the type of stain and depending on whether or not your travertine had been sealed and polished prior to receiving the stain, stains can be difficult to almost impossible to remove from travertine. The problem is that travertine is a very porous stone.
Read MoreMany parts of a Maytag washing machine are easy to work on, but in order to get to almost anything inside a Maytag washer you first need to remove the front cover and then lift up the top of the machine. Fortunately, Maytag makes this part of the job very simple.
Read MoreGE washers are relatively easy to work on but getting to any of the interior parts of the washer requires that you remove the front panel. Fortunately, GE has seen fit to make this process fairly easy. The following instructions should work for most models of GE washing machines made in 1995 or later.
Read MoreNo matter what you need to replace inside your Kenmore dryer—the belt, the motor, the idler, the drum supports or almost anything else—you will first need to remove the front dryer panel.
Read MoreWhile details may vary according to the make and model of your washing machine, most brands make removing the top cover of a washing machine a relatively straightforward process. Make certain that you keep all screws together and in a safe place, as this will make reassembly easier when the time comes.
Read MoreYour permanent magnet electric motor can be used as a generator. All that needs to be done is to apply an external power source to spin the shaft of any permanent magnet electric motor and your motor becomes a generator.
Read MoreThere are one or two little details you'll want to take care of before putting flat paint over semi-gloss. If you want your flat paint to stick to your semi-gloss you'll have to rough it up a bit. In other words, you'll first have to knock the sheen off the semi-gloss.
Read MoreChrome pits easily and relatively quickly if it is exposed to air. Many chrome items come with a clear coating designed to protect them from the oxidizing effects of the oxygen in our air, but many time these coatings are very thin and only last a short time.
Read MoreCorroded aluminum rims can mean anything from a bit of road grime and brake dust to severe pitting. How much time and effort it will take to clean your corroded rims depends totally on how badly corroded they are and what type of corrosion is present. Oxygen is one of the enemies of aluminum.
Read MoreThere are a multitude of commercially available products that will clean and shine copper, and there are simple steps any homeowner can take that will help to keep those objects shinny for a long time. You'll be happy to know that you don't need caustic chemicals to make your copper shine like a new penny.
Read MoreThere are many sauna kits on the market which make building a dry sauna basically a matter of sliding slot A into slot B, but it is possible to build your own sauna if you have the right tools, materials, and the will.
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