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| Libbie |
Posted - Nov 15 2006 : 9:10:17 PM
An older lady farmer friend of mine here told me this neat way of getting a loose screw to tighten up or to make a screw hole smaller. Take some fabric or cotton batting or a cotton ball, soak it with glue (the "regular" white kind) and stuff it in the hole, then let it dry for a day or two, depending on the size of the hole, and, voila! A new surface into which that screw will go tightly!
XOXO, Libbie
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Nov 16 2006 : 07:02:00 AM
I kept having a drawer handle pop off because the screw was a bit stripped and I did not have the proper size to hold it other than the stripped screw that came with the handle....
so I used liquid nail over and over and it still was no help with fixing the problem...
finally I ran across an article in a magazine that said to use clear nail polish applied to the screw...
wallah! no more trouble with the drawer handle! worked like a charm and has held on for months now!
previously I was attaching the handle with liquid nail every few days and it would still fall off!
but good old nail polish...who da thunk it?
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| sunshine |
Posted - Nov 16 2006 : 06:26:09 AM
my husband does something similar but he use toothpicks with glue fills the hole then a day or two later puts the screw back in that way it has something substantial to bite into
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| Clare |
Posted - Nov 16 2006 : 06:13:23 AM
Another idea, along those same lines and which I learned from my father, is to break off the end of a wooden match into a hole that is too loose. Then put the screw in and tighten it up. It works!
Humor is the prelude to faith and Laughter is the beginning of prayer. -- Reinhold Niebuhr
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| katie-ell |
Posted - Nov 16 2006 : 05:00:25 AM
Excellent tip!
Here's my tip: 'Righty tighty, lefty loosey.' That's the phrase to remind which way to turn the screwdriver!!! (I'm a bit of a scatterbrain when doing home repairs.) |
| Beemoosie |
Posted - Nov 16 2006 : 04:55:18 AM
Libbie,
You should write a book on this stuff!
Bonnie
...she is far more precious than jewels and her value is far above rubies or pearls.
Prov 31:10
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