Today’s Homeowner Radio Show | June 4, 2022

This week, we’re chatting about cleansing copper pipes, resolving a paint cracking secret, and resurfacing a concrete patio.

Cleaning Copper Pipes

It’s usual for a copper pipe to produce a environmentally friendly patina more than time. When copper is exposed to air and water, it oxides and turns a light-weight inexperienced colour.

On the other hand, if there is a large amount of buildup and corrosion, it could corrode the copper. 

To clean up it, mix jointly a single teaspoon of salt, a cup of vinegar, and sufficient flour to make a paste. Scrub it on the copper pipe to remove the buildup.

Skip to [43:42] for the whole phase on the Today’s Property owner Radio Exhibit.

Resolving the Mystery of Cracking Paint

Paint on just about every wall in Judy Stringer’s Orange Seaside, Ala., condominium is cracking. The result in of the paint cracking is perplexing.

It occurs in each and every area. 

She’s tried sanding and repainting it utilizing a bonding primer. That didn’t work.

She keeps the air conditioner on constantly, so there is not a moisture challenge.

Also, she’s spoken to her apartment association, and none of the other neighboring condos have this problem.

To us, this seems like an adhesion trouble. The fact it is going on on all the partitions and no other neighbors have a difficulty indicates it is a not paint issue. 

The unique wall floor was most likely not prepped properly in advance of it was painted.

Judy tells us that soon after Hurricane Sally strike the Alabama Gulf Coastline in 2020, there was problems to a bedroom window. A contractor replaced some drywall all over it and painted it. Now, this is the only spot in the condo where by the paint does not peel.

This is an sign that the trouble is with the drywall.

Fortunately, you do not have to switch all the drywall. You can veneer about it with quarter-inch drywall just one area at a time.

Skip to [17:36] for the whole section on the Today’s House owner Radio Display.

Q&A With Quikrete

Query: My wife needs to make our patio into a fancy out of doors dwelling area with new furnishings and an out of doors kitchen. We have more than enough place, but the concrete itself seems terrible. It’s whole of tiny divots and rough locations where you can see the rocks in it.  Do we have to have to just bust it up and get started in excess of or is there a way to deal with it? — Burt from North Carolina

Solution: Even even though concrete is a strong substance, in excess of time with website traffic, weather and chemical substances the surface can reduce its luster. 

But there is an easy answer. 

The individuals at Quikrete make a products referred to as Re-Cap Concrete Resurfacer which is intended to resolve your problem particularly. It can be used as thin as sixteenth of inch or as thick as a 50 percent-inch. 

Initial even though, you are going to want to fix any deep pits or cracks working with Re-Cap in a thicker regularity and enable that get rid of for about 24 several hours ahead of applying Re-Cap to the total surface area. 

Then, you simply spread it out above the complete patio with a squeegee and
any smaller divots will be filled in.  As it dries, you can incorporate a slip-resistant area by carefully pulling a press broom throughout the re-surfacer. 

As soon as it’s dry, your patio will look like a brand new slab with reliable shade and texture throughout. Understand more about Re-cap at quikrete.com.

Skip to [1:10:43] for the comprehensive segment on the Today’s Home owner Radio Present.

Also on this episode:

• Retaining Leaves Out of a Drain
• Changing Plexiglass Windows
• Repointing Brick on a Historic Residence
• Building an Even Concrete Porch Surface area
• Sealing a Metal Shed

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