How to Remove Paint from Concrete | Ep. 176

Katherine Jones, in Cherokee Village, Ark., needs to know the ideal way to get rid of paint from the concrete on her 60-foot-very long front porch. 

She does not want to use a harsh chemical stripper that could eliminate the shrubs and grass all over the porch. 

The freshly painted concrete seems to be fantastic and uncomplicated to clean up, but not prolonged right after it begins to blister or bubble. This is why we really don’t recommend portray concrete.

Here’s how to eliminate paint from concrete.

For a porch this dimension, hire an orbital floor sander and pick a sandpaper which is not too coarse. You want to remove the end and not grind the concrete. This will be the most straightforward way to get the bulk of the paint off.

Then, you are going to have to use some elbow grease to sand the regions the sander can’t get to, like close to handrails and columns.

There are citrus-primarily based strippers that are non-toxic and are not damaging to vegetation. This sort of stripper will aid in the spots the place the sander simply cannot access.

Also, look at leasing a soda blaster. It operates the identical as a sandblaster but works by using baking soda alternatively. 

Skip to [23:12] for the comprehensive phase on the Today’s Home owner Podcast.

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Uncomplicated Solutions 

Improvised Lawn Sprinkler — The subsequent time you have to have to water freshly planted grass seed, trees, flowers or shrubs, and you really don’t have a sprinkler, you have a several alternatives. 

You can go out and get a person, borrow one from a neighbor, or you can make a person from an vacant soda jug. 

• Drill 3 or four 1/8-inch-diameter holes in the facet of a plastic, two-liter soda bottle. 
• Wrap some Teflon tape all-around the bottle treads and then screw on a feminine-to-feminine hose connector. 
• Connect a back garden hose to the hose connector, put the sprinkler in the garden with the holes dealing with up, and switch on the water. 

View: How to Make a Sprinkler for Your Garden or Backyard garden

Rescuing Utilized Rubber Gloves — Prior to discarding utilised latex gloves, snip off any fingers that aren’t also poorly ruined or dirty, and use them as slip-on fingertip protectors when spreading glue, smoothing caulk or spraying paint.

Concern of the Week

Q: My wife and I are building a new dwelling. I was planning to use spray foam insulation, but after calling a number of termite-bonding firms, I was surprised that most were being hesitant to include households with spray foam. Some flatly refused coverage. Why is that, and what other possibilities do I have? 

A: Some termite-bonding providers don’t address residences with spray foam insulation simply because of inspection difficulties.  

If you have fiberglass or Rockwool insulation, an inspector can just pull the insulation away to search for termite hurt. With spray foam insulation, they just cannot do that for the reason that it sticks to the wood. 

Some southern states have modified their creating codes to call for a termite inspection strip. This strip is mounted higher than and down below the basis slab and will allow inspectors to see termite injury in homes with spray foam insulation.  

Converse to a neighborhood developing inspector and see what they recommend to do on a new home establish.  

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