Forum: Home Improvements
19-09-2009, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,490
blind
You could try PVC glue, but I think that the bamboo blind will get mildew with the water and steam in the bathroom, have some in my conservatory and in winter they got some mildew,just a thought,...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
19-09-2009, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 11,048
old cd
You can also make clocks faces from them, you can buy hands unit from Craft Shop or take apart an old clock or one from Euro shop
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Forum: Home Improvements
11-09-2009, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,990
paint removal
Have you tried JIP Cream with a damp scrubber, I use the green rectangle scrubbers because satinwood comes off quite easily, it worked on a glass table top.
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
29-08-2009, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,823
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
25-08-2009, 11:36 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 8,025
cleaning oven
Yes, I use a bread soda and water paste as well, leave for 30 to 60 mins ,don't let it dry out then remove with scourer. use it on hob as well, also use this paste to clean mugs with tea stains.
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
24-07-2009, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,574
puny plants
Hi,
Its best if you leave the raspberry cane where it is until the Autumn, the cane that has the tiddly fruit on now will turn brown and die off you can then cut it out ( similar to the way...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
20-07-2009, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,089
mile a minute
Hi Minnie, I agree with Etana, if this is coming from your neighbour's garden
then you cant kill it but you can cut back any that comes over your wall.
Mile a minute is not bindweed its Russian Vine,...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
15-04-2009, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 237
Views: 208,586
saving money
Hi Betsy,
Your Eircom bill shouldnt be around 80 euro when you dont use it, it should be the phone line charge which is 20 something euro . I changed to BT a couple of years ago both our phoneline...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
31-03-2009, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,218
moss on walls
Hello, Like fries, I was going to suggest Jeyes Fluid diluted to clean walls, my father always used it, its good for cleaning old garden pots and containers before sowing seeds as well
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
26-03-2009, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 105,633
allotments
Hi Lislaw,
Growing veg. in tyres sounds interesting, do you have any photos of your
veg. patch with the tyres.
Regards,
Noni
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
12-03-2009, 11:14 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 22,780
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
12-03-2009, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 22,780
bio fuel
Just saw an article on tv this week about a man in the u.k. who buys uses
cooking oil from local chipper at 10p a litre. He takes it back to his home where he converts it in his garden shed using a...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
25-02-2009, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 127,417
mould
Hi Colmsmum,
At last found the can of paint its called Perma White for mould
http://www.zinsser.com/product_detail.asp?ProductId=35
I found it very good, make sure you wash off mould before painting,...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
23-02-2009, 09:08 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 127,417
ld
Hi Colmsmum,
I will have a look today to find the paint its somewhere in the garden shed
( I think) will let you know as soon as I find it.
Regards,
Noni
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
12-01-2009, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 69,465
faded furn.
I have heard of fabric dyed in the washing machine with Dylon dyes dont know how successful it is but maybe its worth checking out, just dont put too many items in, leave space for the dye to get in...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
12-01-2009, 01:35 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,032
pruning
Prune fruit trees to the shape of a wine glass, that is,have no branches crossing each other you can prune them now.
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
20-12-2008, 03:40 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 21,264
curtain rings
They are really lovely, how did you manage to write so neatly on them?
Well done!
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
09-12-2008, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 10,766
patching jeans
Thanks Betty,
Yes Ive done quite a lot of sewing and improvising! I started using wondaweb when my son started school and came home with knees of school trousers ripped, Do all boys do this?
It...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
08-12-2008, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 10,766
patch jeans
The quickest way is to get some denim from an old pair of jeans or whatever piece of fabric offcut you want to use, next turn jeans inside out and cut fabric patch bigger than the ripped area, then...
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Forum: Home Improvements
22-11-2008, 01:20 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 49,794
painting over varnish
I have used ESP as well, you put on with a cloth ,check on the time how long to wait for it to "take" I think its after 4 hours, its a clear fluid, no need to sand after stated time paint 2 coats of...
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Forum: Support Forum
08-11-2008, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 74
Views: 33,628
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
18-10-2008, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 20,946
recycled names
I am named after my maternal grandmother and my j.t. name is what I was
called by her sister, so again its recycled!
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
14-10-2008, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 127,417
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
14-10-2008, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 127,417
mould on ceiling
Fizzywitch,
There is a product I have used to stop condensation turning to mould on bathroom /shower ceiling. I got it from a paint supplier in Baldoyle, Dublin.
You get it in white and paint ceiling...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
12-10-2008, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 127,417
mould on ceiling
Hi Macken1969,
Is it a difficult thing to put a ventilation system in existing house?, might be
interested in doing this if it isnt, like you hate condensation on windows in the winter.
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