Article: Glazing is best done on antique looking pieces with nicks, carving or other details, rather than flat, modern pieces. Sanding will even out the piece of furniture and prep it for painting. However, it can also remove some of the distressed portions that give the glazing character. If you do plan to sand, use 120-grit sandpaper. You don't want the sandpaper to be too coarse. This will create a durable base coat for the furniture. You can purchase primer in a spray can or in liquid, paint-like form. You will want to choose white, ivory, tan, blue or another light color. The glaze will always be darker, so you will need to ensure it will show up on your piece of furniture. You can use paint or spray paint from your local hardware store. Keep in mind that the more you plan to use the piece of furniture, the more coats of primer and paint you should use. Allow the paint to cure overnight after you apply the last coat. There are two ways to do this: ask the hardware store to mix it with your favorite paint color or do it yourself. Choose a dark color, such as black, brown, dark red or dark blue, to color your glaze. To mix the glaze yourself, grab a yogurt container or plastic cup. Pour one cup of opaque glaze into the cup. Then, add several squirts or one tablespoon of your dark paint. Mix with a chopstick or paint stirrer. Add more paint as needed to achieve a dark color. This is the color that will remain in the molding or crevices on your furniture. Apply it to one leg or portion of the furniture. Work in no more than one-foot sections at a time, so that you can complete the section before the glaze dries. The advantage of using glaze instead of paint is that glaze takes longer to dry than paint, so you can create the look you want without risk of it drying before you perfect it. You have about 10 to 20 minutes to work on one area. Work the glaze into the crevices and carving. Spend plenty of time getting it into these areas, because that is where the glaze will remain when you wipe the rest of it off the furniture. Use the rag method if you want a "dirtier" look or you want to use more glaze, because it will be harder to wipe off to the original base color. Use baby wipes if you want to remove as much glaze from the top of the furniture. Wipe in clean, straight strokes. Don't get the rag or wipe into the crevices, because you want the glaze to remain in these areas. Try to get the glaze off the surface of the furniture. Then, replace your rag or wipe with another when it becomes too covered with glaze to wipe off completely. When you have completed the entire piece of furniture, let it sit overnight. Reassess the piece to see if you need to apply more glaze for darker accents. You can apply a second coat of glaze in exactly the same way you did the first coat. The more coats of glaze you apply, the more dramatic the carving and crannies will look. You can do the whole top, side or back of a piece at once. The more detailed the piece of furniture is, the more you will need to break the work down into smaller areas. Apply two coats to ensure it is durable.
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Choose your piece of furniture. Decide if you want to sand the piece or not. Prime the piece of furniture before you paint. Paint the furniture a light color. Mix a cup of glaze. Dip a foam paintbrush into the glaze. Wipe the glaze off with a damp discarded rag or baby wipes. Continue glazing the furniture in one-foot areas. Spray a clear poly coat sealer to seal in the glaze.

Problem: Article: Try to use fresh, ripe bananas if you can. If you like your smoothies extra thick, use frozen bananas instead. Cutting the bananas up first will help make your smoothie smoother. Don't add the chopped nuts yet. You will be adding those last. For a healthier option, use honey instead. The ice cubes will help thicken your smoothie. If you are using frozen bananas, you do not need to add the ice cubes. Keep blending until there are no more lumps or chunks of banana or ice. From time to time, you may need to use a spatula to push the smoothie down the walls of the blender. This will help things mix together more evenly. You can use a spoon or spatula. Keep stirring until the nuts are distributed evenly throughout the smoothie. If you'd like, you can garnish it with a sprinkle of chopped up nuts.
Summary: Peel and slice 2 bananas. Add the bananas, milk, and yogurt into the blender. Consider adding 1 to 3 teaspoons (5 to 15 grams) of sugar if you like your smoothies extra sweet. Add the ice cubes and ice cream. Blend until smooth, about 1 to 2 minutes. Stir the chopped nuts into the blended smoothie. Pour the smoothie into 1 or 2 tall glasses, and serve.

Retrofitting an existing room in your home or business is the cheapest and simplest way to protect your loved ones from storms or intruders. While building or installing a prefabricated safe room can cost between $2500-$6000, you can retrofit an existing room for a thousand or less. Choose a room that is in the interior of the house with no windows or skylight, and no walls shared with the outdoors A large walk-in closet works well. A safe room needs a door that can withstand high winds or being kicked in by an intruder, and should ideally open inwards rather than outwards in case debris is stacked outside the room during a storm. Remove the existing door and doorjamb. Replace the doorjamb with a steel one, and reinforce the surrounding wood with steel angle iron (which will prevent the door from being kicked or blown in). Replace the door with a heavy, solid wood door (such as one sold as an exterior front door for a home) or with a heavy steel door. Mount it so that it opens inwards rather than out. You can choose if you want to use a traditional deadbolt or a keyless deadbolt. The keyless deadbolt has the advantage that you don't have to find the key in case of an emergency, but can be dangerous if you have small children in your household who may lock themselves inside. Before installing the new locks and doorknob, reinforce the wood around them by installing steel or brass strike plates, which you can purchase at most hardware stores. Install the locks so that the door locks from the inside. If it's a traditional deadbolt, be sure to make a copy of the key and keep the keys in two separate but easily accessible locations, where you can find them immediately in case of emergency. If you are adding the safe room to new construction, you can reinforce the walls and ceiling with concrete, chicken wire, or steel sheeting before adding dry wall and paint to the walls. If not, you will need to tear out the existing drywall to reinforce the walls. The most cost-effective way to reinforce the walls is by pouring concrete into the cavity between the 2x4s in the walls. Then, screw plywood or 1-1/8 oriented strand board to the 2x4s on either side. You can then cover this with drywall and paint. You can also screw steel sheeting to the 2x4s and cover with drywall and paint. You will need to use steel sheeting or chicken wire in the ceiling, which can be done from the attic if you're in a one-story home, or applied directly to the ceiling (less attractive, but chances are good no one will be looking at the ceiling of your closet safe room). If you want to create a more complicated or stand-alone structure, its important that it is up to code. If you don't have a lot of experience with construction, you can contact a contractor or local storm shelter company for help planning and installing your project. Ask around for recommendations of local contractors. Ask family or friends who have recently remodeled or done construction work, or contact the National Association of the Remodeling Industry or a local building inspector, who will be able to point you in the right direction.
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Select your room to retrofit. Replace the door. Install locks. Reinforce the walls and ceiling. Contact a contractor for help.