April 6, 2010 Newsletter and Tips
Copyright 2010 - Tim Carter
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I'll be on a plane headed West in a few hours for two weeks of R&R
mixed with some high-powered business. A week from today I'll be
attending the spring conference with many of my close Internet
entrepreneur friends. This next week will be spent visiting some
National Parks and other scenic spots in the Southwest that I've
not been to in over 40 years.
At the end of the trip I'll be visiting one of my original
subscribers. I've communicated on the phone and via email with
Patricia for over 13 years, but never seen her. For years I've
promised to stop and see her. She's given me permission to do a
video together, so I can't wait for that. I'll upload that video
and share it once I'm back.
If you're a new subscriber, I try to always carve out time when I
travel to meet you. I'm doing it again in Albuquerque, NM next
week. I had planned for next Monday at a Starbucks, but that was
before I looked at my itinerary.
It's impossible for me to be at that location that early in the
day. I'll not yet have arrived in town. Sorry for the oversight! If
you do want to get together next week in ABQ, email me and we'll
figure out a time and place.
Chinese Drywall
This past week, Dave, a subscriber who lives in Florida, gave me a
second heads up about the severe issue with Chinese drywall. Dave
first brought this to my attention many months ago, and I broke
that story here in the newsletter.
The latest news is that houses with this
material need to be gutted according to the most recent directive
from the Consumer Products Safety Commission.
This drywall contains fly ash from Chinese power plants. The
trouble is some of these plants burn high-sulfur coal and the ash
has way too much sulfur in it. It then off-gases hydrogen sulfide
which corrodes copper wiring, and just about any other metal found
in homes like air-conditioning coils, gas piping, etc.
This drywall streamed into the USA a few years back when there was
a huge demand to rebuild from back-to-back natural disasters. The
Southeast part of the USA seems to be the hardest hit.
What a mess. I sincerely hope you don't have this product in your
home.
Plastic Shims
Last month I was in Cincinnati, OH getting my house ready to sell.
While I was gone, a manufacturer sent me a sample packet of plastic
shims to my office in New Hampshire. They're called Handi-Shim.
While pretty pricey compared to a bundle of traditional cedar shims
you'd pick up a lumber yard, these can come in handy if you need to
space things evenly. A traditional shim is a long wedge that gives
you infinite adjusting capability. These plastic shims don't have
that. They are flat and come in different thicknesses. You can make
adjustments to the 1/32nd of an inch.
They're great in places where you can't afford a shim to compress
or rot over time. I'm sure I'll use them in any number of places.
Annual Spring Stain Solver Sale
I've talked about this for weeks, and it's now time. Each spring I
have the biggest sale of the year on my Stain Solver. Last year you
nearly crushed us with orders. Every person who was associated with
AsktheBuilder and could fog a mirror was in the warehouse mixing,
pouring and packing. You and us together made a sizeable
contribution to the UPS Pension Fund!
If you're about to clean a wood deck, a composite-wood deck, a
dock, etc., this is the product you need. Maybe you're hosting a
graduation party or a wedding event at your home and need to make
that grout in your tile floors look like new. Stain Solver is the
magic product to do that. In fact, a close friend of mine calls the
product Uncle Tim's Magic Crystals. It cleans anything water
washable.
Carpet stains, red-wine stains, chocolate stains, etc. are easily
removed. A woman two weeks ago told me it saved a special
embroidered shirt. Her husband had tried every other stain remover
with no luck. My Stain Solver made it look like new in a few
minutes. I have thousands of success stories, many are at the Stain
Solver website.
This sale only lasts a week, and it only happens once a year. If
you're a seasoned subscriber, you know I'm not yanking your chain.
You'll regret not buying it now.
This sale is a little different than last year's. This time you get
rewarded the more you buy. Here's the deets:
You get 15 percent off the four-pound size.
You get 20 percent off the eight and sixteen-pound sizes.
You get 25 percent off the monster fifty-pound size.
The sale officially ends Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 8 a.m. Eastern
Time. I'll be sending reminders in case you don't open this email.
Faux Painting Kitchen Cabinets
Dixie Glover from Cowarts, AL emailed me a day ago. She asked:
I have some light-colored cabinets that are not real wood. I want
to paint them to look like they are cherry wood. Someone has told
me to use a rose/mauve/pink paint with a dark plum glaze over it.
Do you think this will work or do you have any suggestions?
Dixie, faux painting like this can be done. I was lucky enough a
few years ago to watch a master do this. His name is Gary Lord.
There are many artists and master painters that can do what Gary
does. Gary has several books you may want to read to help you.
The bottom line is you absolutely can produce this effect. How hard
will it be? Well, it's absolutely going to take some practice. But
that's the neat thing. You can practice on a cabinet door until you
get the technique down, or choose to practice on a smooth piece of
plywood. Once you get the colors and graining you want, then do all
the cabinets. Take before and after photos so we can all see how it
comes out. Good luck!
Gutter Guards
Several weeks ago I mentioned that I'd be talking about spring
tasks. You may think cleaning gutters is something for the Fall. In
my experience of testing gutter guard products over the past 12
years or so, Spring is when most of them fail.
You see, deciduous trees produce flowers each spring that in turn,
create the seeds. These flower blossoms rain down on roofs and end
up in gutters. It created a huge issue at my Cincinnati house, and
I was not alone. Over the years I've tested MANY gutter guards, and
I've never been paid to do a test. You can read all the columns about
this at my website if you just type:
gutter guard
into my search engine.
For years I tried to discover the gutter guard that wouldn't fail
in this situation. I found it about three years ago. You can watch
two videos that document this test. I apologize in advance about
the tie-dye shirt in the one video. I happen to like bright colors
and tie-dye.
Here's the good news for you. The manufacturer of the gutter guard
that I put on my Cincinnati home has a special offer that only lasts
this month of April. Here's the actual email I got from Karen, the
president of the company:
MasterShield is offering your readers a Manufacturer's Rebate of
$1.00 per foot off the purchase price of an installed MasterShield
Gutter Protection system during the month of April. If your
newsletter readers fill out the form for a free estimate at our
website, we'll immediately know this homeowner is one of your
readers and that this special offer should apply.
That's a great deal, especially in these tough economic times. If
you're looking for a gutter guard that works, I can tell you that
nothing has gotten into my gutters the past three years except
water.
Please be aware that I do get paid a small commission if you fill
out the form at the Mastershield website AND they have a dealer in
your city or town. I only do this type of arrangement for products
I actually use and believe in.
Latest Columns
You want your interior steps to be the most unique? Look how you
can paint them.
Cork Flooring Planks work well. I have had cork flooring for years.
Pedistal Sink Pluses and Minuses
Did you ever think of having drawers in EVERY kitchen cabinet? See
my cabinet drawers.
For years I tried to discover the gutter guard that wouldn't fail
in this situation. I found it about three years ago. You can watch
two videos that document this test. I apologize in advance about
the tie-dye shirt in the one video. I happen to like bright colors
and tie-dye.
Here's the good news for you. The manufacturer of the gutter guard
that I put on my Cincinnati home has a special offer that only lasts
this month of April. Here's the actual email I got from Karen, the
president of the company:
MasterShield is offering your readers a Manufacturer's Rebate of
$1.00 per foot off the purchase price of an installed MasterShield
Gutter Protection system during the month of April. If your
newsletter readers fill out the form for a free estimate at our
website, we'll immediately know this homeowner is one of your
readers and that this special offer should apply.
That's a great deal, especially in these tough economic times. If
you're looking for a gutter guard that works, I can tell you that
nothing has gotten into my gutters the past three years except
water.
Please be aware that I do get paid a small commission if you fill
out the form at the Mastershield website AND they have a dealer in
your city or town. I only do this type of arrangement for products
I actually use and believe in.
Latest Columns
You want your interior steps to be the most unique? Look how you
can paint them.
Cork Flooring Planks work well. I have had cork flooring for years.
Pedistal Sink Pluses and Minuses
Did you ever think of having drawers in EVERY kitchen cabinet? See
my cabinet drawers.
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