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Shower Spray Recipe

Posted on by September 13, 2013avatar
Shower Spray Recipe - The DIY Girl

After recently doing a refurb on my 28 year old shower stall and realizing I had no soap scum and hard water stains to remove I thought maybe I should share the shower spray recipe I use: Shower Spray Recipe 1/2 cup alcohol 1/2 cup peroxide 6 drop of Dawn dish soap 1 tsp Jet Dry Get a 32 oz. spray bottle, add the alcohol, peroxide, and Jet Dry. Fill to top with water. Add 6 drops of Dawn. (Adding the Dawn last prevents soap bubbles when you fill the bottle with water.) Spray shower after every shower. I don’t … Read more…

Shower stall re-grout and re-caulk project

Posted on by February 18, 2015avatar
Shower stall re-grout and re-caulk project - The DIY Girl

Defining the problems I have two showers stalls with ceramic tile walls and floors and glass doors and both are in need of repair. The master bathroom gets the most use and is in the worst shape so I’ll start with that one. The master bathroom shower had been “repaired” by the previous owners of the house and they had chosen to use white caulk along the seam where the walls and floor meet and about 12″ up 3 corners. This caulk is deteriorating and cracking. I want to completely remove the caulk and replace with white grout like the … Read more…

Refinishing rusty metal – Ospho

Posted on by February 18, 2015avatar
Refinishing rusty metal - Ospho - The DIY Girl

When I bought my house the 2 decks on the back were cantilevered (supported by floor joints extending outside the house), but they had never been cared for and were literally rotting off the back of the house. I decided to have those decks removed and replaced with decks supports by steel posts. The steel posts will probably be standing when everything else is gone, but they are a maintenance issue since every nick or crack in the paint is an opening for rust formation. After 10 years there were quite of few rusty places and the white paint on … Read more…