How to Paint Kitchen Lime Green

Paint supplies

By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:
Clear plastic
Newspapers  
Lime green Paint

Painters tape 

Painter's tarps

Paint brushes

Roller cover 9-inch
Roller frame

Mrs. Black lives in Vista, California, wanted her kitchen painted in a wild color. She had the kitchen painted white for 10 years and she decided to paint it lime green.

This post shows the fourteen steps to painting a kitchen lime green.

Step 1: Tape all the electrical outlets in the kitchen.
Step 2: Fig.1 shows the windows and baseboards.

Fig.1 Tape baseboard 
with blue tape

Step 3: Fig.2 shows clear plastics tarps on the kitchen cabinets and newspapers on the floors. Painter's tarp was placed on the floor to protect against paint drips.

Fig.2 Place newspapers 
on the counters

Step 4: Fig.3 shows the cutting around all the outlets and knife rack. Cutting refers to paint around the room, and any object that a roller can not go around. 

Fig.3 Tape wall knife rack

Step 5: Fig.4 shows your the paint we purchased for the kitchen.

Fig.4 Paint around knife rack

Step 6: Fig.5 shows the cutting the room ceiling and around all the windows.

Fig.5 Trim around the top of 
the wall and window edges

Step 7: Fig.6, fig.7 and fig.8 shows all the walls of the kitchen painted in lime green and Mrs. Black is very happy with her new kitchen.

Fig.6 Right side finished

Fig.7 Kitchen painted

Fig.8 Back door finished

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How to Make Kitchen Cabinet Microwave Plug Hole

Fig.1
Angle drill

By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:
3/8'' Angle drill
Chuck key
Hole saw kit with 1-1/8 inches
Electrical cords

Willie is a postal employee that travels 360 days a year, and has little time to work on his century old studio cottage in downtown Chino, California. Willie called me to solve a carpentry solution in his kitchen. He had less then ten inches between the refrigerator and the custom kitchen cabinet. His goal was to create a hole into the cabinets for a microwave power cord. The problem was that the microwave was inside the cabinet, and there was no electrical outlet in that cabinet. Seems simple enough but I needed to cut two holes to get the cordage to the outlet.

This post show the five steps to make circular holes.

Step 1: Above fig.1 shows the drill, not an ordinary electric drill there is little space to get a hole under cabinets, this requires a electric powered 3/8'' angle drill with 1-1/8 inches hole saw. With the hole saw attached to the drill using a chuck key to grab the hole saw in its jar measures just under 4 inches, plenty of room to drill into the cabinet from the bottom. An extension cord was used to supply ample power to the angle drill. 
Step 2: Fig.2 shows the end of the microwave plug as a guide to choose which hole saw. Willie wanted the hole just a bit bigger to get the plug in and out.

Fig.2 Close to the same size

Step 3: Fig.3 shows drilling from the bottom helped me to place the hole just two inches from the cabinet. 

Fig.3 Hole underneath

Step 4: Fig.4 show the hole saw plug that came out of the cabinet.

Fig.4 Plug in saw

Step 5: Fig.5 shows the hole that Willie wanted for his microwave.

Fig.5 The hole is done

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How to Clean Drip Coffee Maker

Fig.1 Vinegar and 
coffee maker

By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:
Dish soap
Dry towels\
Sink 
Toothbrush (old) 
Vinegar 1-gallon

We are coffee people, we grind our fresh coffee beans everyday. We enjoy our coffee in the morning, with our breakfast and listening to the news before we start our day. That the reason we maintain our coffee maker monthly. Removing minerals (decalcifying) from the coffeemaker makes the coffee feel fresh. Minerals in water will leave deposits within the coffeemaker and will slow the brewing process.

This post shows the six steps on how to clean a common coffee maker.

Let review the parts of the coffee maker:

• Filter Basket Lid
• Water Reservoir
• Water Windows
• Pause ’n Serve
• Cord Storage
• Warming Plate
• Control Panel
• Glass Decanter
• Removable Filter Basket
• Shower Head (drip system)

Step 1: Fig.1 shows the solution of four cups of white vinegar and water will rid the coffeemaker of these minerals. The empty glass decanter back in the unit, centered on the warming plate.
Step 2: Fig.2 shows the removed coffee basket from the the coffeepot.

Fig.2 Coffee basket

Step 3: Fig.3 shows the twelve cups of vinegar solution and water through the coffeemaker.

Fig.3 Water and vinegar

Step 4: Fig.4 shows the cleaning solution used in fig.5 to fig.6 to clean the glass decanter and its parts and rinse thoroughly with clean water.

Fig.4 Soap

Step 5: Fig.5 through fig.7 shows the washed glass decanter, decanter lid and the filter basket washed in dish soap and water. Rinse until all soap is removed from the glass decanter.

Fig.5 Toothbrush

Fig.6 Wash the 
glass decanter

Fig.7 Coffee grind cover

Step 6: Fig.8 shows the full decanter back on the coffeemaker, centered on the warming plate. Begin brewing and allow the full brew cycle to complete.  

Repeat Steps 2 through 6 three more times. Your coffeemaker is now clean and ready to brew the next pot of coffee! The job is finished, the vinegar has done the job and removed the coffee oil. The last step is to wipe down the heating element that the glass coffee pot sits to stay hot. Use a clean towel to clean up any spills that happened during the cleaning process. Now you can enjoy a clean cup of delicious coffee.

Fig.8 Job Finished

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