Here are our favorite craft and DIY links this week. Be sure to follow us @amazinggoop for daily updates on crafts, DIY projects and more! Continue reading →
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Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week
Here are our favorite craft and DIY links this week. Be sure to follow us @amazinggoop for daily updates on crafts, DIY projects and more! Continue reading →
Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week
Here are our favorite craft and DIY links this week. Be sure to follow us @amazinggoop for daily updates on crafts, DIY projects and more! Hope you have a great weekend! Continue reading →
Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week
Here are our favorite craft and DIY links this week. Be sure to follow us @amazinggoop for daily updates on crafts, DIY projects and more! Hope you have a great weekend! Continue reading →
Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week
Here are our favorite craft and DIY links this week. Be sure to follow us @amazinggoop for daily updates on crafts, DIY projects and more! Hope you have a great weekend!
Crafts:
If March puts you in the mood for all things spring, start the season off right with this DIY Yarn Spring Wreath from A Design Story.
Give ordinary picture frames a little height with this pedestal picture frame project from Someday Crafts.
Feeling whimsical? Indie Spotting shares a step-by-step tutorial for creating colorful pinwheel earrings.
We love this recycled jewelry project, using burlap ribbon and E-6000 to create an Anthropologie-inspired bracelet.
DIY Projects:
With spring around the corner, it’s time to welcome back the birds with a DIY bird bath project from Modish.
Get your outdoor entertaining space ready for guests and summer cook-outs by building your own custom umbrella table.
Learn how to fix rotted wood with video instructions from This Old House. We recommend Amazing GOOP epoxy for this project.
For a creative and incredibly mod DIY project, check out how to make a paper bubble lampshade that we discovered via Dollar Store Crafts.
Photo credit: A Design Story
Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week
Here are our favorite craft and DIY links this week. Be sure to follow us @amazinggoop for daily updates on crafts, DIY projects and more! Hope you have a great weekend!
Crafts:
This week, Curbly shows you how to build a mirror from reclaimed barn wood.
Add eco-friendly crafts to your repertoire by exploring Seven Great Eco Craft Books from Crafting a Greener World.
Get ready for St. Patrick’s Day by creating Luck Letters using E-6000 from Someday Crafts.
An adorable Punched paper chain garland from The Crafts Dept is perfect if you’re looking for an easy springtime craft project.
DIY Projects:
Learn How to Install a Vintage Lockset from This Old House.
In need of affordable art for your home? Check out DIY Art: Framed calendar maps from The Inspired Room.
Spring is just around the corner and that means focusing on the backyard. Try these Easy DIY projects for your outdoor space from the HGTV blog
If you love the sustainable furniture projects from designer Dan Faires, don’t miss this collection of DanMade projects.
Photo credit: The Crafts Dept
Tips for Exterior Painting
A couple months ago we gave you some home improvement tips and outlined when was the best month to tackle each of those projects. For June, we recommended working on large exterior painting jobs. With June just around the the corner, this prompted us to follow up with a closer look at exterior painting and share some insider tips from DIY Network and HGTV.
Painting the exterior of a house can be a demanding job. But you can save yourself a lot of work by preparing properly for the project. First, consider how much of the exterior will be painted. Then, decide on what colors you will be using and where. For information on how to choose an exterior paint color, check out these helpful tips from HGTV.
Once you have decided on color(s) it’s time to clean and prep the house. Wash off any chalk, dirt or mildew and scrape off any peeling or cracked paint and make any needed repairs. To repair siding or window sills use EcoGlue Extreme as it will provide a long lasting weather tight seal. Then, sand and prime the area. When you’ve finished priming, begin painting the trim. If there are shutters paint those next and finally, finish with the remaining exterior of the house.
Pay attention to the temperature. For best results, paint on days with low humidity, when the temperature is between 75 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Follow the shade so that your fresh paint isn’t exposed to direct sunlight; otherwise, heat blisters may develop.
Building a Pergola for Your Backyard Space
Pergolas as outdoor space architecture have become extremely popular. Thanks to great DIY tools and the popularity of HGTV and DIY Network on cable, this is a project that an experienced do-it-yourselfer can manage quite easily.
Scouring the Internet, I found several terrific how-tos for this project:
- How to Build a Backyard Pergola: Simple Woodworking Project from Popular Mechanics. This article is in-depth and includes 3-D animation and master-level blueprints.
- Build a Pergola from the Lowe’s How-To Library: Seems comprehensive and easy to follow.
- Building a Pergola, step by step via YouTube: Expert Village has a series of pergola-building videos to give you visual help.
Be sure to check if you need a permit to add a structure to your house or property before you start.
Not all plans call for a construction adhesive, but if the plans you choose do try EcoGlue Extreme. It’s water-based with low volatile organic compounds (VOC) – so it’s earth-friendly and it works as well or better than solvent based adhesives.
Photographs by Christopher J. Vendetta
Mishaps in the Great Outdoors? GOOP to the Rescue!
Spending time in the great outdoors is one of the great luxuries of summertime. With warm weather, comes an urge to pack the car with the equipment of the weekend warrior – tents, kayaks, backpacks, sleeping bags…
It never fails, though. You’re in the middle of nowhere when you get a leak, a tear or a snag. The great outdoors can quickly become less-than-great when pesky problems appear.
A few basic tools and tips and you’ll be able to manage a wide variety of challenges and keep enjoying the glory days of summer.
- One-part all purpose adhesive like Amazing GOOP Sport & Outdoor. Yes, yes, we’re tooting our own horn, but I was looking for repair kits that you could take camping and most of them included things like a tent or sleeping bag patch, or duct tape. Unless you’ve created a big, gaping hole, GOOP can fix all those things.
- A tent repair kit. You know, in case you do create a big, gaping hole in your tent window. This kit looks like it would supplement GOOP quite nicely (has mesh screen patches and thick twine).
GOOP can repair, seal and stick to a wide variety of materials including metal, rubber, fabric, plastic, leather and rope and is particularly useful for bonding unlike materials.
- Repair sleeping bags and backpacks.
- Seal leaking rainwear, wetsuits and waders.
- Patch basketballs, volleyballs, and soccer balls.
- Apply protective coating to shoes and boots.
- Seal inner tubes and fix flat bicycle tires.
- Mend tears in gloves and rips in athletic shoes.
- Repair sleeping bags and backpacks
- Modify camping equipment by attaching more straps or pockets.
GOOP Sport & Outdoor has a unique ability to withstand movement and temperature extremes without cracking or separating because it dries to a clear, rubbery finish—perfect for the outdoors where weather can be fickle. For maximum ultraviolet protection, paint over it after it has cured.
Have a safe summer out there in the Great Outdoors!
Photo via Flickr by Fort Photo
DIY Fixes for Outdoor Faucets, Plumbing
On DIY Life today Kelly Smith tells readers how to fix a leaky faucet valve. You’ll find valves anywhere water enters the home. If it’s leaking, not only can the water make a mess, but you it can also cause foundation damage.
Kelly gives readers tips for fixing the valve yourself.
After reading the post, I thought about the other places around the outside that water can cause problems – whether it’s just a mess from damp soil, so serious damage, water can be your worst enemy.
Where to look for water problems:
- Sprinkler connections: In ground or above ground systems are typically made from a network of PVC pipes, and at each junction, it’s possible for leak problems that can be easily sealed to prevent leaking. Look for a water resistant sealant that can handle changes in temperature and remain flexible. You might try Seal-All, for example.
- Garden hoses: If you leave them out in the weather, hoses can become brittle and crack. Believe it or not, you can use an adhesive like Amazing GOOP Lawn & Garden to fix the hose. The reason is that GOOP Lawn & Garden dries to a rubbery, flexible finish. So once dry, the hose can still bend and flex as good as new. And GOOP Lawn & Garden is UV resistant, too. Handy.
- Water pooling: A combination of Oregon’s clay soil (which doesn’t drain very well) and what I’d guess is a slope, the west side of my lawn pools water pretty easily (even with 5 or so minutes of sprinklers or a steady rain). According to All Experts, it could be a simple fix of raising the grade. Or, another site suggested a french drain system (sounds fancy! but looks pretty easy).
Water can be refreshing and renewing – but it can also wreak havoc. Taking simple precautions and making a few DIY repairs can help save time and money.
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