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Fast Way to Clean Lampshades If you find dust on accordion-pleated lampshades, you can clean them easily by using a soft, clean paintbrush (or make-up brush) that you use only for this purpose

Deck Board Spacing

Fastening deck boards ain't what it used to be. For a long time we just banged them down with galvanized nails (no hammer tracks, please). Screws hit the scene and now there are any number of hidden fasteners available that space the boards and disappear when installed.

When using nails or screws only, you must consider how to space the boards. One common spacing method uses a nail width between boards. This works if the boards are good and dry; however, if the boards aren't dry, lay them down tight and nail them. When they dry out and shrink they will be spaced just right.

- Stephen Corwin

-- Anonymous, September 10, 2001


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