Dry floors with wood dust or powder Uneven walking surfaces Polished or freshly waxed floors Loose flooring, carpeting or mats Transition from one floor type to another Missing or uneven floor tiles and bricks Damaged or irregular steps; no handrails ...
Don’t put a piece of wood or plates under your heels. It’s unstable and a band-aid solution. If your heels come off the floor when you Squat, it usually means your Squat form is wrong. Put your heels shoulder-width apart, turn your toes out 30° and push your knees out to the...
Apply the deck stain stripper with a pump-up sprayer in sections of 100-300 square feet at a time. Saturate all the wood with one coat then wait 10-20 minutes. If the surface is slippery, that means the stain stripper is working to break the bonds effectively. If the surface is not ...
How To Stop Mattress From Sliding Off Metal Frame? If your mattress is slipping on your metal frame, try putting non-slip pads, rug grippers, or rubber pads between your mattress and frame to prevent your bed from sliding. Since metal is often more slippery than wood or fabric, installing...
How to tightening up: When the air is especially dry, as when knitting in front of my wood stove, sometimes that wrap around my pinky isn't enough to maintain tension and I start feeling like I'm loosing control as I work my stitches. In this case, in addition to wrapping yarn around...
When building a wheelchair ramp, you have to consider not only wheelchair users but also people who must use crutches, canes and walkers, and people who can't walk with a regular gait. You can make a wheelchair ramp out of aluminum, wood, steel or concrete. A concrete ramp is expensive...
All types of decking will get slippery when icy, but composite decking seems to worsen in winter than natural wood. Make sure to shovel off the snow on your deck and avoid letting it accumulate. You don’t have to run out during a snowstorm and shovel it off as it lands, but head ou...
Pretty simple, right? You’re well on your way to chopstick mastery! If you’re picking up something slippery or delicate (e.g. boiled dumplings, soft tofu, etc.) you can maneuver the chopsticks under the bottom of the food. Lift the food by cradling it on top of your chopstick tips...
These decorative steppers are always pretty to look at but will get slippery when wet. Before starting this project, you'll need to break up flea market plates or tiles for the mosaics of these colorful stepping-stones. To do this safely: Place tiles or plates in a shallow box and cover...
Wood Acetates, Fiberglass and Rayon Follow these steps to remove coffee stains from Acetate, Fiberglass, Rayon, and Triacetate: Blot up with a clean cloth. Sponge (the method of using light strokes with a dampened pad working outward from the center of the stain) the stain with water. ...