Home Improvement Ideas

Keep Pests Out of Your Backyard, the Automated Way!0

If you live near a forest, or even near a wooded area, it has happened to you.  Deer.  Ya, they are cute and Bambi’s mom shouldn’t have died in a kids movie, but what do you do when they start eating everything including your flowers and bushes you just bought from Home Depot?

You only have two choices.

1. Kill them.  Not legal in all areas, and not recommended shooting your gun in your backyard.

2. Encourage them to leave.  You can do this “encouraging” with a quick and hard blast of non-lethal water.

AwesomeTools.com has an awesome tool (sorry, lack of creativity) that does just that.  It’s called the Scarecrow Sprinkler and is available for $74.95.

The Scarecrow Sprinkler detects movement then shoots water at that movement.  At AwesomeTools’ website they have a cool video showing the SS in action.

From the image below you can see the after effects of the Sprinkler.

Posted: Backyard, New Products, Pests

Removing and Preventing Rust0

TheRustStore has some great articles on how to remove and prevent rust. Better than that, they have hundreds of different items that will do the same, prevent or remove rust. Rust is the common term for the corrosion of steel or iron. Whenever iron or steel comes into contact with oxygen and moisture, there is the potential for rust. One of TheRustStore’s best selling product is Evapo-Rust which claims:

Evapo-Rust is a safe, effective and fast-acting rust remover. In addition, it’s easy to use. Simply soak your rusty object in Evapo-Rust for 20 minutes to remove light rust or overnight to remove extremely heavy rust. Evapo-Rust™ will not harm surrounding materials like steel, plastic, rubber or paint. It is a water-based, non-toxic liquid that is environmentally safe to use – no fumes or bad odors. The biodegradable solution requires no special equipment or scrubbing to use and can be safely disposed into sewers and drains. Evapo-Rust has an indefinite shelf life and can be used over and over again until it stops working. Unused portions can even be returned to the bottle for re-use later.

Here are some before and after pictures of Evapo-Rust:

If you have any additional experience or tips for removing and preventing rust, please leave a comment!

Posted: Backyard, Boats, Cleaning, Exterior, Garage, RV's