Hi! I’m Blair Gilbert, a.k.a.
MR. HARDWARE
As a third-generation hardware store owner, licensed builder, and finish carpenter, my mission is to help you “do it right the first time!” On this site, I share expert home and yard DIY advice in over 250 articles and videos. Feel free to dive in!
Latest Articles
- Save Damaged Rotten Wood – Stabilize with Wood Hardener, Fill with Bondo (11/18/2024)
You can save and restore important pieces, like window ledges, from rotten wood by using a wood hardener ,PC-Petrifier Wood Hardener, and bondo.
The PC Products 16 oz. PC-Petrifier Wood Hardener can be used to harden damaged and rotted wood inside and outside of your home. Pour onto soft rotted wood to help restore. It is pre-mixed formula is environmentally safe and ready-to-use.
• Helps harden damaged and rotted wood
• For non-structural applications – window frames, sills, doors and wooden trim
• Water-based formula is environmentally friendly
• Safe for indoor and outdoor use
• Paintable
• Shrink resistant
• Pre-mixed and ready to use
• Can be sprayed or poured
• Dries in 12 – 24 hours
• After cutting, rebuild parts epoxy or Bondo Wood Rot
Inspect the wood and if 50% or more is salvageable then use the restoration products.
Wood must be DRY so the fortifier soaks in.
Drill holes in vertical wood at a downward angle so it does not drain out.
Apply epoxy, Bondo and push it into cracks and holes.
Shape and sand it smooth.
Stain or Paint to taste.
More New Articles
- Old Faucet Leaking at Handle – Adjust Handle or Tighten Loose Packing Nut (10/28/2024) - On older faucets that are leaking at the handle, there is a packing nut under the handle that wears out over time. https://youtu.be/oezLDzHB2qc To tighten this packing nut, use an adjustable wrench to… ...read more
- Newer Faucet Drips, Leaks at Handle, Replacement is Easy, Not for Ball Valves (10/7/2024) - For a newer outside faucet leaking or dripping at the handle, it is probable the packing which can be graphite or an O-ring. https://youtu.be/TArAtZNAZY4 Remove the handle. Under the handle is the packing… ...read more
- Tin Snips – Right Hand vs Left Hand – Tricks Every Siding/Tin Knocker Knows (9/16/2024) - Right hand, or green handled, scraps or crinkles the metal to the right leaving the left-hand edge, clean and straight and the Left handed, red, snip scraps to the left leaving the right… ...read more
- Tap New Threads in Steel and Aluminium, Cutting Tips and Tricks (8/26/2024) - To tap threads into Steel is easier than Aluminium because aluminum is softer and the shavings can seize the tap causing the amateur to break the tap in the hole. Once a tap… ...read more
- Boat Storage Hoist – Easy Access Against Pilings With a Small Winch (8/5/2024) - Store the row boat near the water and easy to launch. The boat is winched up on its side by piviting on simple homemade pipe brackets against the pilings. I can launch the… ...read more