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Wallpaper paste as a carpet adhesive - inexpensive & ecologically sensible
April 2024

Wallpaper paste as a carpet adhesive - inexpensive & ecologically sensible

Special adhesives for carpets are expensive and keep the knives so bombproof that a replacement is often only possible with damage to the underside of the expensive knitted fabric. If you have to...

Cable ties too short - simply extend
April 2024

Cable ties too short - simply extend

If a cable tie is too short, I'll take a second, the same size, and simply tie them together. Cable ties can be used for many things to tie down. Sometimes these are too short. That's why I came up...

Processing of d-c-fix: press with a squeegee
April 2024

Processing of d-c-fix: press with a squeegee

When processing d-c-fix once again annoyed the resulting "bubbles". Although I have always stroked from the center to the outside, the endeavor was very power-consuming. Suddenly, the squeegee (the...

Making flower columns from Ytong stone
April 2024

Making flower columns from Ytong stone

For the people among us who like to work. From Ytong stones you can make beautiful flower columns etc. Simply take a Ytong stone, the motive (flowers, tendrils, hearts, tools, Autosu.s.w.) Draw with...

Moldings made of plasterboard
April 2024

Moldings made of plasterboard

Working with plasterboard: Plasterboard is a very versatile building material. It can be processed as a plate as well as a molded part. Moldings have the advantage that you no longer have to install...

Cut foam very comfortably
April 2024

Cut foam very comfortably

In order to put my freshly pasted, blown-out chicken eggs to dry, I had to divide a very large foam plate (thickness 60mm) so that I could handle it well and put it aside quickly. Place two teaspoons...