How to Remove Paint from Concrete | Ep. 176

Katherine Jones, in Cherokee Village, Ark., wishes to know the finest way to eliminate paint from the concrete on her 60-foot-prolonged entrance porch. 

She doesn’t want to use a severe chemical stripper that could destroy the shrubs and grass all-around the porch. 

The freshly painted concrete appears to be like wonderful and easy to clear, but not prolonged just after it begins to blister or bubble. This is why we really don’t propose painting concrete.

Here’s how to get rid of paint from concrete.

For a porch this dimension, rent an orbital ground sander and decide on a sandpaper that’s not much too coarse. You want to get rid of the finish and not grind the concrete. This will be the easiest way to get the bulk of the paint off.

Then, you are going to have to use some elbow grease to sand the places the sander just can’t attain, like all around handrails and columns.

There are citrus-dependent strippers that are non-toxic and are not destructive to vegetation. This variety of stripper will help in the areas exactly where the sander just can’t get to.

Also, look at leasing a soda blaster. It performs the exact as a sandblaster but makes use of baking soda as an alternative. 

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Very simple Solutions 

Improvised Lawn Sprinkler — The future time you need to have to drinking water freshly planted grass seed, trees, flowers or shrubs, and you do not have a sprinkler, you have a few solutions. 

You can go out and obtain 1, borrow a person from a neighbor, or you can make 1 from an empty soda jug. 

• Drill a few or 4 1/8-inch-diameter holes in the facet of a plastic, two-liter soda bottle. 
• Wrap some Teflon tape all over the bottle treads and then screw on a woman-to-woman hose connector. 
• Attach a yard hose to the hose connector, put the sprinkler in the garden with the holes dealing with up, and convert on the water. 

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Rescuing Utilised Rubber Gloves — Ahead of discarding used latex gloves, snip off any fingers that aren’t too poorly damaged or filthy, and use them as slip-on fingertip protectors when spreading glue, smoothing caulk or spraying paint.

Concern of the 7 days

Q: My spouse and I are setting up a new property. I was preparing to use spray foam insulation, but after calling quite a few termite-bonding providers, I was astonished that most were hesitant to deal with households with spray foam. Some flatly refused protection. Why is that, and what other choices do I have? 

A: Some termite-bonding organizations do not address households with spray foam insulation because of inspection issues.  

If you have fiberglass or Rockwool insulation, an inspector can just pull the insulation absent to appear for termite destruction. With spray foam insulation, they cannot do that mainly because it sticks to the wooden. 

Some southern states have modified their constructing codes to have to have a termite inspection strip. This strip is installed over and under the basis slab and makes it possible for inspectors to see termite problems in households with spray foam insulation.  

Speak to a community making inspector and see what they recommend to do on a new household build.  

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