The DIY thread - DIYourself
- Thread starter Red Mosquito
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if it breaks it needed replacing anyway
serviceguy
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Yeah, but those blade usually don't like being banged head on to a wall...
serviceguy
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This one finally came up in the rotation today- a teak table from the neighbors (they get rid of the best stuff)
Pretty dry and grey- hit it with a first round of Star Brite cleaner/brightener to see if it was up to the task-
Not quite, some elbow grease required
Then a second round of cleaner
Cleaned up nice
After one round of teak oil- will definitely get at least one more, maybe two- will see if I can get that hue from the rinse picture above
Pretty dry and grey- hit it with a first round of Star Brite cleaner/brightener to see if it was up to the task-
Not quite, some elbow grease required
Then a second round of cleaner
Cleaned up nice
After one round of teak oil- will definitely get at least one more, maybe two- will see if I can get that hue from the rinse picture above
iman29
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I had these under my shed and I even called animal control who told me they don’t trap them or anything since they just come back.
It’s gross but I spread some used cat litter outside around the edges of the shed and dumped some into the hole. Took a few times but they left and didn’t come back since that triggers them that some other animal is trying to invade their space.
JDurk
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I tried everything a few years ago. Cat litter, cat hair, human pee, store bought fox or coyote urine powder. All temporary. Final thing that kept it in my neighbors yard was full strength ammonia down the hole. I think the neighbor finally went with full lethal solution.
lead poisoning is the only 'permanent' solution (quotes bc another one will move in eventually)
qclabrat
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That's what I always do. Medium sized havaheart trap the relocate. I've found them to be more aggressive than raccoons so cover the cage and use gloves when releasing.
Pe^rt comes to mind.
I also have a crack in my foundation where the previous owner didn't stop them from digging down next to the house.
Mahnken
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Animal control told my neighbor that groundhogs act normal when they have rabies. My dog likes to chase them around the yard, so I may try evicting them from under my shed. I think there's a family of five under there.
qclabrat
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Fair point. Mine were digging under my garden fence and feasting on my sweat labor.
JerseyPete
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That is the only thing that worked for me as well.
iman29
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the last time they made themselves a home under my shed and the female had babies, they used the joists as a source of wood shavings and it wasnt until my shed started to shift off the deck platform and the doors wouldn't open or close properly I realized what was going on. I had to empty the shed, pull up the plywood floor, replace/sister the joists, relevel the shed and lay down new plywood. I took that opportunity to backfill most of the space between the joists with bags of cheap landscape rock i found on clearance.
aside from that the family of them were shitting all over my yard which my previous dog was overjoyed to roll in every chance she had.
i could not use ammonia as I was worried it would made the shed unusable, it took a few rounds but the combination of what I did seemed to get rid of them.
9mm would have worked the first time