Measure the hole before starting repair.
When you own your own home, seeing a hole in your drywall can be really frustrating. You've went through all the work to attain a mortgage loan, work forty hours a week to make the payments, and still everything seems to take time and money! But what if you had another option that didn't take nearly as much of your time and money? That solution is known as skillful home improvement. Even if you've never fancied yourself a do-it-yourselfer, with this article, you may just find yourself inspired.
First, repairing a small hole in your drywall will mean finding some necessary tools. In addition to primer and properly-colored paint, you'll want to find a wallboard taping knife at least half a foot wide, a drywall sanding block, wallboard joint compound, and a metal drywall patch with adhesive mesh. Note: you're going to want to measure the drywall hole size before buying the metal drywall patch.
Measure the hole in your drywall - since we describe it as a "small" hole, there's a good chance it's somewhere up to 8 inches. Once you've got it measured, go to your hardware store and buy the drywall patch mentioned in the preceding paragraph. Once you have this patch, you can simply peel it and apply it to the part of the wall with the hole in it.
Take your wallboard taping knife and apply the wallboard joint compound to the patch, being sure to fill all of the holes in the area. Give it a good two or three coats to make sure the entire area is well-covered and relatively smooth (if it's not perfect, don't worry; you'll be sanding it down once it dries).
After waiting for it to dry, take your sanding block and sand off the area so that it's smooth and consistent with the rest of the drywall. Don't worry about making mistakes, because you can simply fill those in and begin the process of filling in and sanding over again. It's frustrating, sure, but that doesn't mean you can't get past it.
With the area properly sanded and dried, you should be ready to apply the primer. Now you can put the primer on the area and wait for it to dry. Once it's dried, roll the paint on (much like how you would apply the paint on the rest of the wall) and voila! You have a fixed drywall hole.
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Originally posted 2009-09-30 03:55:55.
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Posted by Fix Handyman on January 26, 2010 in
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Take care of your laptop.
So you’ve just bought a new laptop and you have no idea how to
properly maintain it? Laptops are foreign to most people as they’re
seen as unreliable and have simply not caught on as the standard due
to pricing and overheating. They’re very popular though because of
their portability, and use in schools and businesses. So how can you
take good care of your new laptop? This article will provide a few
tips to keep your laptop factory fresh.
1. Keep Your Laptop Ventilated.
As said in the above paragraph,
laptops are subject to overheating and if your processor is constantly
being exposed to high level applications it will become very hot.
It’s extremely important that you never block the fan, as laptops
often only have one exit for air to leave from making them very prone
to heat failure if that exit is blocked. It’s suggested to have a fan
on nearby your laptop, or to buy a laptop cooler to reduce the strain
your laptop feels from the heat.
2. Protect Your Screen.
Laptop LCD’s are very sensitive to being
smudged, so try as hard as you can to not touch it with your fingers.
It’s inevitable that you will touch your screen with your hands
however, so just make sure when you’re going to wipe off the screen
that you do it with a cloth and not your hand. It’s also important to
remember that when you close your laptop you don’t want any items that
could possibly damage the screen to remain inside. This includes
pens, pencils and paper as they would be pressed against the screen
after it was closed and could possibly cause damage.
3. Avoid Beverages.
This seems like a very common sense tip, but it’s
on here because of how common the problem really is. Laptop spills
are not hated because they’re annoying to clean up, but because they
can cause permanent damage to the components of your computer. Most
of the components are stored under the area where the keyboard is, so
when you spill a drink into the keyboard, they sop right into the
components causing short circuits and possibly corrupting data.
4. Keep The Hard Drive Clean.
It’s not only important to keep the
hardware clean, but it’s also important to keep the contents on the
inside of your computer safe. It’s never a bad idea to run routine
virus and spyware checks to ensure that your computer has not been
slowed down or affected by a virus. Always make sure to turn your
firewall on, and that you’re careful about which websites you visit
and who you accept files form.
Much of the advice given in this article seems cliché, but you only
hear a lot of this advice repeated constantly because it’s true. Just
remember to be very careful with your laptop because laptops are often
more expensive than your desktop, and are also prone to many more
types of damage.
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Posted by Fix Handyman on September 21, 2009 in
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