Friday, April 10, 2009

Mesh Patches

Okay, so now the holes in your walls are all filled in and ready to go. But what about when you got a little too crazy dancing around your place and accidentally punched a hole in your window screen?

Well, like those patches for your clothes that were popular in the late '90s, luckily a similar solution is available for window screens.

Step 1: Head out to that favorite hardware store of yours (my, they're getting to know you quite well!) and look for a patch kit that matches the mesh of your window screen.

Step 2: At home, take the kit and cut out a piece of screen. You want to make sure it's bigger than the hole- about an inch in all directions.

Step 3: Using pliers (or your nails, if they haven't been freshly manicured), unravel some of the strands from the hole-y screen and weave in the strands from the repair piece. Bend the ends of the repair patch strands in place. Good bye unwanted flying visitors, hello full security deposit refund!

Here's a great link if you want an animated guided tour of every which way to fix a mesh screen: http://www.doityourself.com/stry/h2workwithscreens

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