Vinyl siding paint works best when it is a blend of urethane and acrylic resin. Vinyl siding soaks up heat and therefore has a high expansion/contraction rate. Painting vinyl siding with the proper paint will leave a lasting color for a long time.
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Repair Wall After Removing Ceramic Tile TIPS Wall must be flat & smooth or tile will telegraph defects Do NOT use cheap pre-mixed spackling or drywall mud for repair WATCH repair videos below Patching compound MUST BE waterproof CLICK HERE to Get Tim's FREE & FUNNY Newsletter! DEAR TIM: We’re in the home stretch of […]
Sliding Door Leak Repair Tips DEAR TIM: I’ve got a sliding patio door on the back of my home. There’s a moisture problem directly under the door in the basement. The gutters are clear and the patio is level. I plan to seal between the bottom aluminum threshold and the concrete curb and caulk the […]
Paint that is washable is highly desirable. Wall paint is now better and washable interior wall paint has been greatly improved.
How many hours have you spent trying those magical brass cleaners that never seem to work the way you seem to remember as you watched the TV commercial? Cleaning brass by hand means you actually need to remove some of the oxidized brass atoms. Do you have any clue how hard it is to break atomic bonds?
KEEN Footwear Factory Tour The first week of August, 2017, I found myself in Portland, Oregon. As fate would have it, I arrived in the midst of an historic heat spell. I had been invited to visit the KEEN Utility factory, headquarters and epic KEEN Garage where they have a retail store in downtown Portland's […]
KEEN Footwear Factory Tour I had the distinct pleasure to attend a media event at the KEEN Utility factory in Portland, OR in August 2017. I've been on many factory tours over the past twenty years and this was the BEST ONE ever. First, it's a smaller factory with about eighty people working diligently […]
Selling Used Building Materials TIPS People will buy just about anything - don't assume you have garbage Clean everything up and take great photos Be honest in your description and price about 45% below new WATCH VIDEO BELOW CLICK HERE to Get Tim's FREE & FUNNY Newsletter! DEAR TIM: I’m about to do a significant […]
Norwegian Dawn Assistant Maitre D The last week of June 2017 found me at sea on the Norwegian cruise liner Dawn as its pointed bow plowed through the deep blue sea heading to Bermuda from Boston, Massachusetts. It was my first cruise and I was like a kid in a candy store. Weeks prior to […]
Norwegian Dawn Junior Stateroom Steward The last week of June 2017 I had the most pleasant hotel experience of my life. I was in a moving hotel, the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship, as she carved her way through the deep blue sea from Boston to Bermuda and then back again. My stateroom was 9611 and […]
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