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Reclaimery: CLICK-IT OR TICK-ET (A LESSON IN SHOP SAFETY)
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015. CLICK-IT OR TICK-ET (A LESSON IN SHOP SAFETY). I'm impulsive. And impatient. But, learning…. There is nothing more important than protecting yourself from the dangers of your work area. If you demolish and rebuild things like I do, you work around tools that are sharp and dangerous and use chemicals that are toxic to you. This is one of those "do as I say, not as I do" blog posts. After two weeks of convincing everyone that I had a drill bit in my leg (everyone said that it was i...
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Reclaimery: December 2014
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014. A PRODUCTS IN A B- WORLD. Repurposing projects can be hit or miss unless you have the right ammunition. Here are five of my can't-live-without products:. 5 3-M Multipurpose Adhesive. It says "industrial strength" and it means it. This product. Works great on beads, cabochons, and crystals. You have. A few minutes to play with the positioning before it begins to. If you're a junker, you know that "patina" is great, but. Crusty rust" just looks crappy. Pour a small amount of.
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Reclaimery: March 2015
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015. CLICK-IT OR TICK-ET (A LESSON IN SHOP SAFETY). I'm impulsive. And impatient. But, learning…. There is nothing more important than protecting yourself from the dangers of your work area. If you demolish and rebuild things like I do, you work around tools that are sharp and dangerous and use chemicals that are toxic to you. This is one of those "do as I say, not as I do" blog posts. After two weeks of convincing everyone that I had a drill bit in my leg (everyone said that it was i...
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Reclaimery: IF IT QUACKS LIKE A DUCK.....
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Thursday, January 1, 2015. IF IT QUACKS LIKE A DUCK. Okay, kids, I just visited a blog (which shall remain nameless) about "repurposing". It is full of dressers which have been repainted, and baskets which have been repainted, and tables which have been repainted.you get the idea. Turning a dresser into a dresser is not "repurposing". To reclaim: to rescue from and undesirable state. To recycle: to convert waste into reusable material or return material to a previous stage in a cyclic process.
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Reclaimery: BEAUTIFUL OHIO
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Sunday, November 30, 2014. Re-imagined. A vintage four drawer chest was rescued from its dismally dirty castaway condition at the local antique mart. Now sporting four decades of license plates from my beautiful home state (check out the city maps on the knobs! It has been reincarnated in living color. License plates were adhered with a few dabs of Loctite adhesive and then bordered with picture frame moulding, mitered at the corners and painted to match the drawers. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Reclaimery: FIVE COOL HANDLES FOR CIGAR BOX PURSES
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Monday, December 1, 2014. FIVE COOL HANDLES FOR CIGAR BOX PURSES. So, you've jumped on the cigar box purse bandwagon.congrats! They are trendy and fun. Boxes are super easy to find online, but hardware is another story. Here are my personal favorites for unique handles:. You can find 1" webbing in many colors and patterns. Pick up a couple of d-rings at the hardware or craft store, fold the webbing over the straight end, hand stitch to secure, and you have a handle! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Reclaimery: A+ PRODUCTS IN A B- WORLD
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014. A PRODUCTS IN A B- WORLD. Repurposing projects can be hit or miss unless you have the right ammunition. Here are five of my can't-live-without products:. 5 3-M Multipurpose Adhesive. It says "industrial strength" and it means it. This product. Works great on beads, cabochons, and crystals. You have. A few minutes to play with the positioning before it begins to. If you're a junker, you know that "patina" is great, but. Crusty rust" just looks crappy. Pour a small amount of.
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Reclaimery: January 2015
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Thursday, January 15, 2015. Things to do with a recycled billboard. According to statistics, the average human attention span is 8 seconds. (Assuming that, you are no longer reading, but I shall continue anyway.) With a maximum word count of 8-10 words, billboard advertisers can get the message across, even when the viewer is in a fast-moving vehicle. Unfortunately, we are less likely to pay attention to it twice - so that same billboard changes nearly 10 times a month. So, what happens to them? Okay, ki...
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Reclaimery: February 2015
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Sunday, February 1, 2015. HOW TO RUIN AN ANTIQUE. Have a valuable antique? Its "patina" is its glory. Destroying that glory can turn a $10,000 table into a $100 table. But, on the other hand. Most vintage finds are not precious antiques. They are just old. There is nothing beautiful about inoperative drawers or deep scratches. Or dirt. If you hear someone call dirt "patina", tell them to eat off of that "patina" or let their kids play around it. Suddenly, "patina" isn't so pretty. Before I started, I res...