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  2. Spackling paste - Wikipedia

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    Spackling paste is comparable and contrastable with joint compound as both look similar and serve the similar purpose of filling in low spots in walls and ceilings. [3] The chief differences are that spackling paste typically dries faster, shrinks less during drying, and is meant for smaller repairs, and not for a whole room or house.

  3. The Life-Changing Hack for Defrosting Your Windshield - AOL

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    According to Reddit user Luisquin, to melt ice, put windshield wiper fluid in a spray bottle and apply it directly to your icy car windows. "There's no risk of cracking the glass like using hot ...

  4. Plasterwork - Wikipedia

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    Into the bucket also goes a large brush used to splash water onto the wall and to clean his tools, a paint brush for smoothing corners, and a corner bird for forming corners. These tool buckets are first kept near the mix table and then as the plaster starts to set are moved closer to the wall that is being worked on.

  5. Auto detailing - Wikipedia

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    Detailing is more than a cleaning process to make a vehicle look good; it is a systematic approach to help extend its life with methods and products that reduce damaging environmental elements such as dirt, sun, harsh winters, etc. [3] Appropriate maintenance or restoration of vehicles to keep them looking outside and inside as if they came from an auto dealer's showroom increase their resale ...

  6. Window cleaner - Wikipedia

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    Window cleaning with a water-fed pole in Shepparton, Australia Chamois and scrim — Chamois is used to loosen and remove dirt, followed by a buffing with scrim or cheesecloth Water and squeegee — Generally, chemicals are added to water, and a device such as a brush or cloth-covered handle is dipped into the resulting solution and used to ...

  7. Extreme cold: Why your house is popping and how to prevent ...

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    Schutt says the first thing you should do is make sure your air filter is clean and new, and that your registers are not blocked. “A lack of airflow can quickly cause a furnace to fail in this ...

  8. Windscreen wiper - Wikipedia

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    A "locomotive-cab-window cleaner" on 12 March 1903 [7] Apjohn's 1903 window cleaning apparatus design. Irish born inventor James Henry Apjohn (1845–1914) patented an "Apparatus for Cleaning Carriage, Motor Car and other Windows" which was stated to use either brushes or wipers and could be either motor driven or hand driven.

  9. Craquelure - Wikipedia

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    Typical French craquelure in a portrait from c. 1750, larger and less regular patterns, with curving cracks. Painting systems are composed of complex layers with unique mechanical properties that depend on the type of drying oil or paint medium used and the presence of paint additives, such as organic solvents, surfactants, and plasticizers.