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36 DO IT YOURSELF Summer 2020

CLEAN THE BRUSH

EVERY TIME, NO MATTER

WHAT. IT’S A FEW

MINUTES THAT WILL

SAVE YOUR BRUSH.

WASH ALL THE WAY TO

THE HANDLE END OF

THE BRISTLES. PAINT

CAN LODGE THERE.

WORK A DROP OF

DISH SOAP INTO

THE BRISTLES TO

LOOSEN PARTIALLY

DRIED PAINT.

STORE BRUSHES

IN A CLEAN, DRY

PLACE, PREFERABLY

BY HANGING THEM

FROM THE HANDLE.

So You Want to Install a Shelf

LOVE FOR YOUR PAINTBRUSHES

I’VE TOSSED MORE PAINTBRUSHES THAN I CARE TO ADMIT.

DON’T MAKE MY MISTAKES; PRACTICE PROPER BRUSH CARE.

HERE’S HOW, IN THREE EASY STEPS.

1

2

3

Find your spot. Use a stud finder to locate

studs to screw shelf brackets to, boosting

the weight of items you can safely display.

Mark placement and make it level.

Lightly pencil marks at the shelf

ends and the installation holes.

Drill starter holes, then attach the brackets.

Install the shelf by screwing to the brackets.

REMOVE ALL THE

HINGES AND SCREWS.

TAKE PHOTOS TO REMIND

YOU WHICH PIECES GO

ON WHICH DOORS.

CLEAN THE HINGES.

DENATURED ALCOHOL

WORKS WONDERS.

LAY THE HINGES ON

A CLEAN SURFACE.

USING METAL PRIMER IN A

WELL-VENTILATED AREA, SPRAY

THE HINGES ON ONE SIDE. LET

DRY AND SPRAY THE SECOND

SIDE. SPRAY THE SCREWS TOO.

ONCE DRY, PAINT THE

HINGES WITH A FINISH

OF YOUR CHOOSING.

HINGE

HELP

YOU MIGHT HAVE THE MOST

BEAUTIFUL CABINETS IN

THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT

IF YOUR HINGES ARE DATED

AND WORN, THE CABINETS

CAN FEEL DATED. NO NEED

FOR NEW HARDWARE—

PAINT COMES TO THE

RESCUE. HERE’S HOW.

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