My neighbor hangs CDs from fishing line on the side of his house to stop them from pecking his wood siding. Same theory about the light reflection, except they blow in the wind so maybe more annoying to the peckers.
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My wife already has cd's all over the yard to freak out the squirrels. I think they like them.
mwlikesbikes
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This, just don’t shoot your eye out…
Back at it. Last chance for caulk advice/opinions. Photo to show how large the gap I'm dealing with is. My pinkie for reference.
I lost track - what is the gap between? wall and tub?
get some appropriate sized backer rod (home Depot - well Lowes where you live!) and a white siliconized caulk (or just white silicon). going to do two layers.
a flat layer which will cure concave in the gap, let it set up for a day, then a curved layer. I'd use a tool (rubbery thing with an appropriate radius) rather than my finger at that size.
is it consistent all the way?
if you don't want the white on the wall tile, tape it. Peel it off while the silicon is still "wet"
JDurk
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2 layers of silicone caulk?
It will work - i'm worried about shrinkage if attempting it in one layer.
Could use siliconized caulk rather than 100% silicone. that has a bit more texture to the surface.
gap is where the tub meets the wall
the tools (i used these on the last time i tried this):
wondering if i messed up on the backing rod or something... but when i pulled everything out, it was dry... just wet/coming away from the front of the tile/tub.
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That's what I would have gone with. Backing Rod then thinner layer of silicone that dries for a day, then come back and then do the outer portion.
OK... i'll do two layers... i always thought that was a bad to double layer it like that.
I had a similar situation and went with backer rod and one single, gigantic, application of caulk and it turned out looking like a toddler smeared it on. I'd also have reservations about trying to get silicone to stick to an existing layer of silicone, but sounds like that's worth trying.
don't use the shower between applications!
the fact that the caulk you are using is paintable makes me not want to use it.
100% silicone - or siliconized caulk would be my go-to.
iman29
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So not really DIY since I paid someone $20
To do it for me. But happy I got it done cheap.
This piece got blown off the gutter over the winter and since I don’t climb ladders over 6ft anymore I hadn’t found anyone to do it.
This morning my neighbor across the street had the “Ned Steven’s” gutter cleaning and repair company fixing her gutters. I strolled across the street as they were packing up and asked politely if he’d take $20 to run up the ladder and replace it with a few screws for me. He politely declined said the company was kind of strict about doing other work like that so I was like ok.
5 minutes later there was a knock at the front door and he was there with his ladder said he could do it no problem. Handed him
$20 and he reattached it for me.
I have no idea what they would have charged me if I called them just for this but
Gonna think maybe more than $20. Either way I’m good with it feels like an easy win. And no more pounding splashing water outside my bedroom window.
To do it for me. But happy I got it done cheap.
This piece got blown off the gutter over the winter and since I don’t climb ladders over 6ft anymore I hadn’t found anyone to do it.
This morning my neighbor across the street had the “Ned Steven’s” gutter cleaning and repair company fixing her gutters. I strolled across the street as they were packing up and asked politely if he’d take $20 to run up the ladder and replace it with a few screws for me. He politely declined said the company was kind of strict about doing other work like that so I was like ok.
5 minutes later there was a knock at the front door and he was there with his ladder said he could do it no problem. Handed him
$20 and he reattached it for me.
I have no idea what they would have charged me if I called them just for this but
Gonna think maybe more than $20. Either way I’m good with it feels like an easy win. And no more pounding splashing water outside my bedroom window.
I'm not quite that strict but I know of way too many people with life changing or life ending injuries from ladders or falling off of roofs that I completely agree with this.
Mtbdog
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iman29
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haha. while not untrue, if i had someone come powerwash the house they would probaby wash the 20+ year old paint off the house that we had done when we moved in.
it my not look pretty but thats an item that's low on the priority list around here.
Karate Monkey
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This is one of those bizarre things, where if you don't know what I'm doing, you'd never guess.
This is far from the "right" tool to do this with, but a wood lathe would be wildly oversized for this [plus side: carbide mows through wood with no issues, but I'm going to use the steady rest for the other ones]
I need to buy a can of white shellac, then I can get busy with it.