Today’s Homeowner Radio Show | June 4, 2022

This week, we’re speaking about cleansing copper pipes, fixing a paint cracking thriller, and resurfacing a concrete patio.

Cleansing Copper Pipes

It’s regular for a copper pipe to develop a inexperienced patina over time. When copper is uncovered to air and water, it oxides and turns a light-weight inexperienced shade.

Nonetheless, if there’s a whole lot of buildup and corrosion, it would corrode the copper. 

To wash it, combine collectively one teaspoon of salt, a cup of vinegar, and sufficient flour to make a paste. Scrub it on the copper pipe to take away the buildup.

Skip to [43:42] for the total phase on the At this time’s House owner Radio Present.

Fixing the Thriller of Cracking Paint

Paint on each wall in Judy Stringer’s Orange Seaside, Ala., condominium is cracking. The reason for the paint cracking is perplexing.

It occurs in each room. 

She’s tried sanding and repainting it utilizing a bonding primer. That didn’t work.

She retains the air conditioner on constantly, so there’s not a moisture drawback.

Additionally, she’s spoken to her condominium affiliation, and not one of the different neighboring condos have this drawback.

To us, this feels like an adhesion drawback. The actual fact it’s taking place on all of the partitions and no different neighbors have an issue signifies it’s a not paint drawback. 

The unique wall floor was in all probability not prepped accurately earlier than it was painted.

Judy tells us that after Hurricane Sally hit the Alabama Gulf Coast in 2020, there was harm to a bed room window. A contractor changed some drywall round it and painted it. Now, that is the one spot within the condominium the place the paint doesn’t peel.

This is a sign that the issue is with the drywall.

Fortuitously, you don’t have to exchange all of the drywall. You’ll be able to veneer over it with quarter-inch drywall one room at a time.

Skip to [17:36] for the total phase on the At this time’s House owner Radio Present.

Q&A With Quikrete

Query: My spouse desires to make our terrace into a flowery outside residing area with new furnishings and an outside kitchen. Now we have sufficient area, however the concrete itself appears horrible. It’s filled with little divots and tough locations the place you possibly can see the rocks in it.  Do we have to simply bust it up and begin over or is there a solution to repair it? — Burt from North Carolina

Reply: Regardless that concrete is a sturdy materials, over time with site visitors, climate and chemical substances the floor can lose its luster. 

However there’s a simple answer. 

The oldsters at Quikrete make a product known as Re-Cap Concrete Resurfacer that’s designed to unravel your drawback precisely. It may be utilized as skinny as sixteenth of inch or as thick as a half-inch. 

First although, you’ll need to repair any deep pits or cracks utilizing Re-Cap in a thicker consistency and let that treatment for about 24 hours earlier than making use of Re-Cap to your complete floor. 

Then, you merely unfold it out over the entire patio with a squeegee and any small divots can be stuffed in.  Because it dries, you possibly can add a slip-resistant floor by gently pulling a push broom throughout the re-surfacer. 

As soon as it’s dry, your patio will appear to be a model new slab with constant shade and texture all through. Be taught extra about Re-cap at quikrete.com.

Skip to [1:10:43] for the total phase on the At this time’s House owner Radio Present.

Additionally on this episode:

• Conserving Leaves Out of a Drain
• Changing Plexiglass Home windows
• Repointing Brick on a Historic Dwelling
• Creating an Even Concrete Porch Floor
• Sealing a Metallic Shed

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