Tag: cleaning
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How To Remove Spray Paint from hands
The wifey’s new website devoted to her art & handmade items has launched: Luna.Tique.Boutique. While that was a lot of hands-on creative work, it’s not the same level of physical dirt as creating the mixed media artwork! While LunaTique art is definitely art work with a goth or dark edge, Halloween also approacheth – so…
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How I Spent My Afternoon: Cleaning Old Feed Sacks (A “How To” Guide!)
As noted before, “farm fresh” is often an oxymoron. Things found in barns are usually anything but fresh. Today’s example, a number of old feed sacks — burlap feed sacks, to be precise. While the graphics can be real beauties, they lie beneath layers & clumps of stuff that is not so beautiful and smells…
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Preserving The Integrity Of An Old Glass Preserves Bottle
Sometimes I fall in love with things — to the point of obsession, or, as the hubby would say, to the point of stupidity. *wink* Today’s example is an old preserves jar. I knew that whatever was in this old glass jar was not a “good thing,” but somehow the metallic silver tone still sparkled…
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Antique School Desks: Back To Antiquing Basics (Or How To Clean Antique Furniture)
While hubby and I thrill to go pickin’ for antiques in barns, there’s more than a little work involved in dealing with the not-so-nice side of “farm fresh”. “Farm fresh” really is an oxymoron; for the reality is that these items are typically covered in all sort of “ick” — like bird and animal droppings,…
