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House Paint Peeling Questions

hello, We are getting to the point where our house needs to be re-painted. Have a latex paint on house now; about 10 ye...
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posted by rgsros
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by rgsros

For Anyone With Comcast Phone & Internet

Hello, So hard trying to get meaningful answers out of their phone reps. Presently, we have Verizon for our phone servi...
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posted by rgsros
15 comments posted 15yrs posted by rgsros

Termites can be useful

"Kenneth McLeod, who has died aged 92, was captured by the Japanese in the Second World War and was one of the last sur...
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posted by heybub
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by heybub

Can I paint stainless steel?

I have a tripple wall chimney of stainless steel that I would like to color black. Can I paint stainless steel with hig...
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posted by dwightnews
24 comments posted 15yrs posted by dwightnews

I hung a door!

It was a shed, it was crude, but it's a good as the pro who did it before me. w00t! Accomplishment! ;) nb
19 comments posted 15yrs
posted by notbob
19 comments posted 15yrs posted by notbob

Good phillips driver bit

I've asked before and got no good answer. Doesn't ANYBODY make a good quality hardened phillips driver bit for power dr...
64 comments posted 15yrs
posted by notbob
64 comments posted 15yrs posted by notbob

Another OT, but a good one

If this doesn't warm the cockles of your heart, both young and old, then you must have mighty cold cockles. Buzz Aldrin...
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posted by No Spam no contact
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by No Spam no contact

Armor All

Have come to learn that a preferred product of mine, Armor All Waterproofing Wood Protector, has been discontinued. Mig...
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posted by jim
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by jim

Puzzling Toilet Problem

Odd toilet leak problem here for anyone who wants to take a shot at a hard to diagnose condition. Symptom: Toilet tank...
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posted by TonySivori
13 comments posted 15yrs posted by TonySivori

spiderman

What is the stickiest thing you can come up with without becoming something other than water-based?
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posted by merrilljensen
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by merrilljensen

Painting secrets

I just know somebody from an initials-only organization is going to come a disappear me for revealing these gems. But a...
16 comments posted 15yrs
posted by heybub
16 comments posted 15yrs posted by heybub

adhesive for wall tile in a shower

I'm hanging 3 x 6 x 1/4" tile in a half shower. I've got durock on the bottom foot and treated sheetrock on everything...
43 comments posted 15yrs
posted by merrilljensen
43 comments posted 15yrs posted by merrilljensen