How long to let painted pantry shelves cure?
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Comments (17)Hi PR I know they say to use damp sand and damp peat but I prefer to use bone dry materials except rock. But I do mist my projects like crazy right after I form them. I might be compromising strength but my test bricks now several months old are darned strong. I can't even get them to break by freezing them in my freezer. If you can make half balls on the outside of light fixtures 'gluing them together with a 'mortar' heavy on the admix is easy. Shaping the mud on the ball can be tricky because it can slump. I use a dry mix and trowel it uphill on the globe until it appears round. You can always gring off the fat bottom with a rasp to get the halfball round. I have more half balls in plastic bags around here right now than anything else. For the big ones I'm doing a 1 inch layer of strong perlite concrete first using grey portland. I will then apply my finish coat to that. For me right now I'm trying to get a strong ball but as light and thin as possible. All this testing takes sooo much time. You need to cure a month before you really know what you have. The recipe I used for the pink ball seems to be good to go. I have 2 month old bricks of the stuff that are very strong and unbelievably light. What's even better is unlike peat and vermiculite they do not absorb huge amounts of water weight when they get wet. I like this cryogenic perlite so much I've ordered 10 bags for winter. That is a lot of perlite.:) Considering it's volume it really isn't much more money than playsand....See MoreGlazing putty - how long to let it set
Comments (24)I've been reglazing the windows on the front of my house this week with dap 33. in a tub, not the tube of caulk stuff. takes a little while to get the hang of it, but it seems to go pretty good. I did the first window about 10 days ago, and it has set up enough to paint now. of course it was 20% rain yesterday afternoon. which is usually nothing to worry about..but as soon as I got the glazing points installed to hold the pane in place...rain. what a pita. so tomorrow and saturday...I'll be back at it. thanks for telling me about the dap 33 product. I really like it. oh and inox..the wood of my windows was really really dry. we have had a dry summer. levels of moisture didn't even register on my moisutre meter..(just fyi)...See MoreWhat type of shelving should I put in reach-in pantry?
Comments (11)oouuhhhh!! I love Hillbilly's pantry! I hadn't been able to work out shelving for my pantry before we moved in a few days before Thanksgiving. I needed to get something organized in my house before hosting the holiday. My carpenter recommended the Rubbermaid adjustable shelving system with MDF shelves at HD. I really, really wanted something more custom looking, but settled for this as it was cheap, could be done in a day, and meant that I could UNPACK! The shevles are 12" deep and are adjustable, although, like someone else mentioned, I doubt I'll adjust them. Carpenter said it was cheaper to do adjustable shelves than fixed. grrrr. Oh, and BTW, that pantry was much more organized before DH came out from a visit in there and said, "there's a lot more room in the pantry now." He mushed everything together and put Christmas junk in there. Another grrrrr....See MoreWalk-in pantry: Wood shelves or wire shelves?
Comments (49)To post pictures: 1. Open an account on a free picture hosting site such as Photobucket, Webshots, Flickr, etc. 2. Make your album "public" so others can see your pictures .....In Photobucket: Click on "Account Options" (top right corner) ..........Next, click "Edit Album Settings" ..........Then, where it says "My album is", be sure it says "Public" (if not, change it to "Public") 3. Using camera software that came with your camera or other software like Microsoft Picture Manager, resize the picture so it's less than 600 pixels in both directions. It's best to resize based on a percentage (like 20%) so the picture dimensions remain consistent (not stretched out vertically or horizontally!) 4. Upload the picture to your account (see #1) 5. If you use Photobucket, when you see your picture on the site, copy the link from the box labeled "HTML Code" (I don't know where the link is in Webshots, Flicker, etc.--I use Photobucket) .....[BTW...You can also resize your pic on the Photobucket site] 6. Simply paste the link from the "HTML Code" in your message...you're done! When you preview your message you will see the picture. Is this understandable??? [Please let me know if it's not so I can re-work the instructions!]...See Moreae2ga
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