Episode 003 1995 - 96 Season

| Wind Reinforcements | Rafter Clips | Cut-in Roofs | Truss Roofs | Truss Floors | Treating Water Stains | Calking Bathtubs | How Much Per Month? | |

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 Handyman Tip - Treating Water Stains

Al Carrell : Don't you just hate it when somebody comes into your house and puts a cold glass down on your furniture and it starts to sweat and makes a water spot. A lot of people think that they have to get in there and completely refinish the furniture because you can't wipe it off, but you can get rid of it. What you need is a mild abrasive. Now toothpaste is certainly a mild abrasive and hopefully we all have that on hand. Now you don't want to use anything dry, although the toothpaste is a little wet, so you can just take a damp cloth and start rubbing around and the abrasiveness will take that off. If it's not working fast enough though, what you can do is add to it, maybe put a little salt on there, because that's abrasive also, or maybe you can put baking soda on there. Some people even like cigar ashes. They think that's the best way to go. Here again, you don't want it to be dry, so you can take some cooking oil or even mayonnaise and pour on there, or fine furniture oil, anything like that, so it's not dry and then you can start rubbing away. Now once you get started rubbing, it really is fun, and it does get rid of the water spot. It also takes care of spots that are made because somebody put a hot dish on your furniture. Now, look at that. That looks pretty dog gone good, doesn't it? And it was very easy. You may not be able to make it happen quite this quickly, but it can happen almost that quickly. And also, if you have a hot dish on there, you can just take petroleum jelly and spread that all over the area. Leave it overnight, wipe it up and the spot's going to be gone.

Episode 003 1995 - 96 Season

| Wind Reinforcements | Rafter Clips | Cut-in Roofs | Truss Roofs | Truss Floors | Treating Water Stains | Calking Bathtubs | How Much Per Month? | |

To order a Video Tape, call 1-800-TO-BUILD and ask for Episode #003.