Isn't it frustrating to clean brass over and over again, it just turns dark so quickly. Well a long time ago an Asian friend taught me that it goes black because of oxygen that gets to the surface. Spray it with lacquer right after it is cleaned, and it will stay bright for years.Spray lacquer ...
You see a lot of TV advertising these days for what is called a rotary tool, this is like a small drill that takes all kinds of different bits with small 1/8th inch shanks.Very similar machines are made by Dremmel, Sears and Black & Decker. Are they really worthwhile.Yes.The key is the wide ...
If your good kitchen table is the only work table that you have in the house, how can you protect it and still do craft work or even light renovation?You can purchase from stationary stores or art stores special rubber-like green mats specifically made for cutting paper. You actually cut into th...
Before you attempt to etch glass, you must have very clean glass. Use vinegar and water -- and coffee filters make great lint free cleaning cloths for glass.Mac-Tac shelving paper is the stencil material to use to cover the glass. Its adhesive will keep the acid from flowing under the stenci...
If you need to bend wire for artistic or practical reasons, even fairly thick wire like heavy coat hangers or brass rods as I have in the photos, the wire bending jig is amazing.This is how I make supports to hold my one cup coffee filters up over the coffee cup, rather than letting the filter si...
Paul Kaye is a potter who makes fine terracotta pots, but we took the TV cameras to see not how he makes his pots, but how he makes his own clay. Making his own clay gives him total control over the quality of the product -- and he makes it from old scrap concrete construction blocks. He grinds...
Glue or Adhesive?
What is the difference between a glue and an adhesive? Only vocabulary, although often Glue is the term used for DIYers and Adhesive for professionals -- or for some Glue is liquid and Adhesive is gunned from a tube with a caulking gun or applied with a notched trowel. Whether...
