I have my own ideas about these problems, but I am constantly amazed by the creativity of the PPOT brain trust, so I'm throwing these out there for comment.
MrsWD dragged home these two windows from somewhere. They are mildly curved (about a 3" bow). They are about 34x34 inches with 25 panes of beveled glass in each window. As you can see from the photos, the paint is in bad shape. What would be the best way to remove and restore the paint? Heat is fast and clean, but I'm afraid of cracking some of those pieces of beveled glass. Is chemical stripping the best option?
MrsWD wants to turn an area in front of our house into a flower garden. There is a DSL line buried in the area she wants me to dig up. Fine, I've located and exposed the wire, but after I'm done, what product is available to protect the wire so she doesn't cut it 2 years from now while planting some Creeping Charlie or whatever? The depth of the wire varies from 2 to 6 inches and it zigs and zags all over the place.
