How to Repair Wall Damage from a Metal Bed Frame

Fig.1 Crescent wrench

By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:
Crescent wrench 
Cordless driver
Phillips tip 
Gypsum mud 
Sheetrock 

Mark's home was located in Ontario, California. He purchased a 4 poster bed frame. This frame had a metal extension for the headboard that wasn't used which extended 4 inches past the mattress set. It was there to hold a vertical post which was not used in this room. This extension created severe damage to the wall behind the bed.

This post shows the three steps to repairing the damaged wall by the bed.

Step 1: Removed the extension frame using a crescent wrench to stop any more wall damage. Fig.1 shows the hole created by the bed frame. This was a very large and heavy wooden bed not easily moved. Working on the bed was necessary to access the small wall space that needed repair.

Fig.1 Securing the wallboard back

Step 2: Fig.2 shows the new wallboard which was secured using a cordless driver with a Phillips bit. The sheetrock screws were placed into the top and bottom edges of the wallboard. 

Fig.2 Wallboard applied

Step 3: Fig.3 shows the wall was patched, sanded and primed.

Fig.3 Patch sanded and primed

Step 4: The last step was to apply wall texture, but Mark just wanted to have the patch primed and painted. Now Mark can enjoy his repaired bedroom.

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How to Make Huge Dog Leather Bones Smaller

Fig.1 New leather bones

By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:
Aviator snips
Dog chew bones
Large bag of dog leather chews

I have two small dogs, and when I purchased those leather chew bones they came in 3 sizes. The smallest bag is the most expensive and the largest bag is the least. 

This post shows the two steps on how to solve this problem. 

Step 1: Fig.1 shows the largest bag of leather chews, large leather chew bones and aviator snips placed on a table. 
Step 2: Fig.2 shows the use of strong industrial scissors to cut the leather into smaller pieces. Now my two dogs can chew and eat these treat without getting sick on to much leather in their stomachs.

Fig.2 Leather to smaller pieces

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Blue Bedroom - Part 6 of 7 - Painting the Walls Blue

Fig.5 Wall cutter loaded with paint

By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:
Masking tape 2-inch
Metal paint tray with plastic inserts
Paint brush 2 inch Pole sander
Roller cover 3/8 inch nap
Roller frame 9 inch
Sandpaper
Tarps 9x12

Tyler Zowat, noticed the listing and called me to come to his home in Perris, California. He had a little girl's room with blue walls and since his daughter had grown up and moved to private school, he wanted the bedroom closet finished. This post is a continuation of the previous post to finish the painting the wall blue. 
 

This post shows the seven steps to use an impact driver.

Step 1: Fig.1 above show a large plastic tarp that was used over the bedroom carpeting. 

Fig.1 Plastic tarps

Step 2: Fig.2 shows that the doorways were taped with painter's tape.

Fig.2 Painter's tape around doorway

Step 3: Fig.3 painters tape was applied on all edges of the carpeting.

Fig.3 Painter's tape on carpeting

Step 4: Fig.4 and fig.5 shows the tools needed to cut the bedroom walls.  Both a paintbrush and a paint cutter will edge the walls.

Fig.4 Paint brush, wall cutter

Step 4: Fig.6 through fig.9 shows the cutting of the paint near doorways, electrical plugs, closets and near the ceiling. The cutting tool prevents the paint from touching the ceiling thus leaving the wall with a neat trim painted line.

Fig.6 Cut around the door

Fig.7 Cut around the receptacles

Fig.8 Cut above the closet

Fig.9 Cut near the ceiling

Step 5: Fig.10 through fig.13 shows the walls being painted.

Fig.10 Corner being painted

Fig.11 Corner painted blue

Fig.10 Wall painted by the bedroom closet

Fig.11 Walls painted by the bedroom windows

Blue Bedroom:

• Part 1 of 7 - Wallpaper Border Removal 
• Part 2 of 7 - Acoustic Ceiling Removal
• Part 3 of 7 - Sanding and Priming the Ceiling
• Part 4 of 7 - Ceiling Painting
• Part 5 of 7 - How to Paint a Closet Blue 
• Part 6 of 7 - Painting the Walls Blue
• Part 7 of 7 - How To Paint White Baseboard

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