Repairing and Maintenance Tips to Prolong the Life of Your Stuff

Published Jun 5, 2020, 8:00 AM

How do you make your stuff last longer? Along with reducing and reusing - prolonging the life of our things can save us money, build life skills, and increase contentment! Listen in as we talk about some of the ways you can take better care of what you already have so you can spend on what you want and need.

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Notable Notes:

What the Internet has to say:

This article from Martha Stewart gives us a list of 12 items we should repair before we replace!

What Jen + Jill have to say:

  • “fix it first” mentality
  • Lamps
  • Favorite sweater (AND ALL CLOTHING!)
  • Rugs and carpet
  • Ceramics 
  • Handbags- buy nice products that can be repaired
  • Scuffed furniture- salt + heat take out water rings!

More from the Internet:

This article from This Old House gives us a great list (one to earmark for the future) of 23 things you can actually fix yourself!

More from Jen + Jill:

  • Learn a lot about how things work!
  • Lots of plumbing stuff - leaky faucet, uneven water stream (calcium build-up)
  • Sticking door
  • Vacuum
  • What's not a DIY fix

- Thank you Brittany for sharing about your PAID apartment bills!BILL OF THE WEEK

- Top 2 things we take care of so they last longer (and how)Lightning Round

  • outdoor furniture (bring cushions inside each night; wash yearly - bought the kind that can come off for this reason!)
  • Clothing - line dry and sew repairs
  • Bonus: anytime I do a painting project/refurbish something I paint a clear coat overtop which makes the finish last longer and more resistant to chips

Episode one eleven, Repairing and maintenance tips to prolong the life of your stuff. Welcome to the Frugal Friends podcast, where you'll learn to save money, embrace simplicity rights, and liver with your life. Here your host Jen and Jill. Welcome to the Frugal Friends podcast. My name is Jen, my name is Jill, and today we are going over a listener request for a lot of repair tips for things around the house, et cetera. Yes, gotta gotta take care of stuff. It's part of it's part of growing up. You know, you gotta you gotta take care of your things, make them last long. Yeah, you save a dent of the money you don't spend. So if you can repair something at home with things you already have, you saving a lot of money. A lot of money. Girl, so smart. Yes, but first let's get that money and talk about our sponsors. So our next sponsor is June Carter Cash. Five time Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, comedian, author. June Carter Cash is the is the woman we all want to be. And June is June Carter Cash month here on the Frugal Friends podcast, because hey, her name is June duh, and be her last name is Cash. Duh. So take time this month to listen to a few of our favorite j c C songs, including it Ain't Me Babe Jackson and a good Man, and emulate your own inner June this month as you kick butt and take names with your cash months here. Haven't I think you've been in isolation for too long? I mean, I love it. It makes sense you also wrote duh in your show notes, like when you said dah that was actually written plan to say that I read scripts. Yeah, follow the script. But I always I love June Carter Cash. I've always loved her. She's a fantastic woman. And we should all be our own version of June Carter Cash because Johnny Cash gets too much of the publicity. Like, but the real power behind that empire is June. And so you be your June this month and get that cash, get that cash. Well done. Well, let's let's not waste any more time. They're so sorry, but I'm not sorry. Uh, We're gonna talk about repairing things today. Um. We have had a few other episodes covering maintenance, but it's been a long time since we've done something like this. So um an episode twenty three we talked about home maintenance and building an essential toolbox that has like all the things that you're going to need for home maintenance, for general home maintenance. So that's episode twenty three, and then episode ten we talked about car maintenance, so a few car things that you could do on your own. But here to this episode a hundred eleven, we haven't done anything since. So that's we're gonna go a little deeper in it to it today. Yeah, So first article comes from Martha Stewart. Jen was so excited to actually use a Martha Stewart article. Martha Stewart is another woman I admire. I I'm so into the powerhouse women, like with Empires. You're building your own over there. I see you. I just love them. They see you with your books on your bookshelf. You. So she gives in this article twelve things that you could repair instead of replace. Something that I will say is Martha, good old Martha is coming from the perspective that all of your things are very nice to begin with. She find expensive, high quality, real products that you should repair instead of replaced. So keep that in mind. We're not going to go through all twelve of them. We're going to go through our favorites and give you our take on it. Like always, we've been here for a hundred and eleven episodes. You know what to expect. But also it's worth noting that if it's not real, we might go about this in different ways. It's not high quality. And this is really great if you find something of good quality that somebody is trashing or getting rid of, or maybe at a thrift store. Uh, this could be away when if you familiar eye yourself with these different points and these different products, you could get that for a low cost, bring it back to life and have something of really great quality that stays with you for a really long time. Oh, such a good point, jen Man. You are you are an empire. It's the only reason I have nice stuff. The only reason I have nice stuff is because I got it for free. We're super cheap. That that is true. A lot of times people with money who afford these things brand new, they get a little stain on them and just donate it. And then that's when we swoop in, us frugal friends swoop in. We're like, that stains not a problem. Yeah, you can find it on eBay. A lot of times I'll find things on eBay or Facebook marketplace that just need a little love. Yeah. Yeah, So I love how this article starts off just by talking about a fix it first mentality, which I do think is the foundation for what we're describing that And you've heard us say this before. Can you fix it? Can you shop within your home? Do you have what you need before going out and buying? And then once you do go by can you buy used instead of new? And so kind of these these first barriers before we actually replace something. So if we begin to adopt a fix it first mentality, fix it first mentality, any time we see something that we might want to throw away or we might want to give away, to think, well is this of use to me? What I still want to use it? If it worked? Okay, how do I fix it? Fix it first? Yes, definitely, I really loved um some of the things that I learned from this article. The first one was about handbags, so I know, um, I've been in some groups where they talk about buying less and buying better quality and uh and handbags, leather handbags, um or like briefcases, book bag stuff like that. That is probably one of the biggest things, like a leather laptop bag. You could use that for years and years and years and then and pass that down to like someone in your family or someone you love. Um, leather just stay. It just gets better with time if you take care of it, as long as you're conditioning it. Yeah. Yeah, it can dry and crack, but you can take care of it, it can last forever. Yeah. And so but if you have a good quality bag with worn or freight straps, um, you can you can replace hardware on your on your bags. You can get stains out of leather with you can buff them out with white vinegar. Vinegar does so. Um. If the leather is untreated, you can use a natural shoe polish. UM. And then you can Martha Says or whoever wrote this, Um, you can boost your functionality by adding a grummet and a carabineer for keys. Yeah. So, like it's a versatile, A really good bag is versatile. So I'm always on the lookout for like good bags on like eBay and stuff. Yeah, I've even with backpacks or some totes or different things if they've got emblems on them or designs on them that I don't like. Sometimes all like embroider or put fabric in shapes that I do like over top of it. I remember I did that with a backpack once it had butterflies, and I don't know, I'm probably the only one in the world on popular opinion, I don't really care for butterflies. I don't think you're the only one in the world. I well, also, because this is a side tangent, but my brother put a dead butterfly in my bed when I was little, and it just like flaked apart. Like I'm like, you know how moths just they flake up? And then and then I saw the butterfly for what it was, which is just a really big insect. And from that point on, I'm like, they're they're pretty, I get that, but ultimately they are an insect and I will enjoy from afar. That's why you didn't want to go through the butterfly garden at Epcot, you know, like the butterfly I was like, no, oh, where they're going to crawl all over me? Oh my gosh. It all comes together. So they've had a butterfly patch on it, and I put a bird patch on it, bird on it, but just put a bird on it. So moving on, speaking of mending, uh sweaters your favorite sweater. So certainly with knits you can learn how to darn holes or fixed snagged threads or frayed parts or button holes. I mean this article just list sweaters. I would argue that you can do that with any type of clothing. I remember, Jen, when we were staying with you, guys, Travis picked up a sweater from the thrift store when he was on a work trip and he bought it was a really nice sweater, but it probably got donated because it had some holes in it and the pocket on the front was kind of pulling away from the rest of the sweater. And you guys happen to have thread that matched, and we sewed it up and good as new. So definitely don't let that be a reason to throw away clothes that you like that you wear. Often with a little sewing tutorial, you can be good as new. Yeah, I think we're still all waiting for that sewing tutorial, Jill. I actually I do have some mending to do. I will I'll try and record a video for you, Jen, okay um. And then the last one I liked on this one is uh scuffed furniture. So I learned a new technique from here that when you have water rings on a piece of furniture, you can put salt over the ring and then use some heat to draw out the water um like a like a blow dryer, and then that can remove the water ring. And I know, so most of these I think you're seeing a pattern is that we're not repairing our own stuff. We're repairing other things that we got for cheap. Um. So we got we have this, Uh, we have a table, and we also have a coffee table with water rings. And the one are dining table for some reason, it has a ring that's like singed into it. Um. But this coffee table has some water damage. And so I'm about to go put some salt on it and see what happens, and just maybe put it out in the sun because Florida's heat take up. Before and after picture Okay, definitely yeah, because Travis are already um, he sanded down the coffee table and you can still see some of the water damage. So I'm going to see what happens and see how if it has to be like newer water damage or if it can be older because I don't know the age of the water damage. So I will I will practice it, and I will report back by the time this episode of ours. Yeah. So, but this is even easier if you already own something with water damage. You can really quickly put the salt on it and put some heat on it. Nice. So yeah, I really like that, um because you can find some great furniture that's been mistreated. Yeah, get a good deal on it. Lastly, on this list that I liked is rugs and carpet, So there's a lot that you can clean and repair. When it comes to rugs and carpet, I will say she's a crazy suggestion, and I guess it depends on how expensive your rug is and how far you're going. But the thing she says that you can patch a rug with a similar piece of other rugs and die the fabric to match the original pattern. And I don't know if I would go that far, honestly, because my rugs, in my mind, there's a square of like carpet in my rug that I that I would try and paint to match the design on my rug, And so would be the square that's like a little bit higher than the rest of the pill and it's it's been clearly painted with like I don't know, water paints or oil based paints, and that's it's not even good. It's like just free handed. Um, that's probably a repair gone wrong. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. But a couple of my suggestions, you know, because this frugal friend does not spend thousands on rugs. Again, I'm from Ross, let's be real. But some some tricks that I've done. Honestly, I've moved a stained part of the rug under the couch because rotate that sucker. Sucker, rotate that sucker. Yeah, it applies to many things. Also renting a carpet cleaner or borrowing if you've got a friend who has a carpet cleaner and you can do some uh, utilize some water with your cleaning, not just vacuuming. Man that can do wonders. All kinds of carpet cleaners out there, certainly, um. But and depending on what kind of rugg it is, Like if it's one of those knitted ones, do you know what I'm talking about, Like the spiral you could sew back together like a woven yes, thank you. Um. Also and this this might be try all in error but certain rugs you could, especially if it's an area rug, take it outside and power wash it, particularly on high wind um sunny days. The thing about washing rugs fully is that oftentimes they can have a really hard time drying out. So I wouldn't recommend doing this with like a super thick rug, um, but you're thinner area rugs, you could certainly just take it outside in the driveway, power wash it and and if you can kind of get it up, you know, on a chair on a clothes line on a on a sunny, windy day. That has also done wonders for me. Yeah, and that's a cool way. When we are allowed to start having parties again, you can have a pressure washing party and everyone could go in on a pressure washer um and and bring your rugs and uh washman drive together. Only where there's so much you can power washing your outdoor furniture, your rugs, your who knows, that's so fun? A power wah shing is addictive. I know it's fun. So if you're looking for excuses to have people over once we're allowed to do that again, um, we should. We should make a list of like frugal parties, pressure washing party, power washing parties number one on that list, lamp rewiring party. A lot of people, a lot of people would probably be into that right now, even if it's just video tutorials. We're all at home trying to figure out like what needs fixing next, learning these new skills could be great. Yes, I agree, speaking of learning new skills. Next, next up, we have a list of twenty three things you didn't know you could fix yourself from this Old House dot com um. And I will be honest, this is a very dry article. There's no room for our interpretation in But after looking at a lot of articles with things that you can d I Y, this one I felt was the most comprehensive. It's the things that you can fix, how to do it, what the if you need a piece for it, how much the piece costs, and what it's called, and even on some what it looks like. So you can determine if the price is right for you, if the skill level is right for you. And so we'll have the link to the this Old House dot com um article and definitely click on it book market and just look at it whenever you have at your leisure. It's certainly wanted to hold on too, It's interesting. I was going through my grandmother's sewing stuff yesterday, speaking of uh, editing your minimalist life and all of that on previous episode, but there she had kept so many newspaper clippings of how twos, and it hit me that's the equivalent of us earmarking websites that we want to refer back to when we need them. So, yeah, this is our generation's version of, oh, when I need this, when I need to do that repair, here's a spot that I want to go to and reference. So yeah, that's essentially what we're saying, keep this news newspaper clipping someplace. Yeah, it's got fixes for like an uneven shower stream, leaky faucet, puddling toilet, toilet bowl, scratches, stuff in the kitchen like your vent hood, cracked glass, cooked top, drippy, dishwasher, all the things, very crunched, crimp, drippy, that like all these words that are like, oh, yeah, this feels like how I would describe it. So this is with the article for me. Um, there's definitely lots of plumbing stuff on here, which I know can be really daunting for a lot of folks, but I think it's helpful to see this on here, and just to learn how stuff works. I think that's part of this. Trying to fix things yourself. D I y ng some simple fixes helps us to learn how things are put together, how they work, which then can grow our confidence level to be able to handle some of these fixes as we keep going, like we we wouldn't normally know where the waterline to the fridges and how that connects to the ice maker unless we take some time to do that. Um. So I think it's all worthwhile. I will say a lot of this stuff in some ways comes down to cleaning, where we think, oh, this thing is broken, it needs to be replaced really, especially when it comes to plumbing stuff. Calcium build up um can really cause low or slow um flow out of faucets and shower heads and that kind of a thing. And so even just going around and unscrewing that and plopping that in vinegar can can help. So they've got some of that listed on here. But thinking about can I fix this? Is this maybe just something that needs to be cleaned really well before I go to the next step of trying to actually hire somebody. Yeah, and about half of the repairs on here are like fifteen dollars or less, and the other ones range from seventy five. And the price per repair really does correlate with how complicated it is. So, um, if you're looking on here and you see like a fifteen dollar part, then have confidence in yourself and try to do it yourself, because that's probably not as complicated as a like removing the gas coils from a grill and replacing that, even though that doesn't actually sound super hard. But yeah, so look at the price and then try it out for yourself because it's not that much money lost too if you mess up, because that's another thing you have to be okay with maybe not succeeding and and quote unquote wasting um, you know, fifteen dollars or something, because if you do succeed, then you've not only saved yourself money by repairing what you have, but you've also built confidence in doing the next thing. Um. But if you quote unquote fail, then you haven't lost money. You've just gained a little more knowledge and what you can do what you can't do. Um. So stuff like that, So don't more about how that works. It's definitely yeah, Um, one of the things on here um, let me let me find it. UM vacuums. So this stalled vacuum brush number. So we actually found a vacuum by a dumpster when Travis and I were dating sounds like right, five y um five years ago, and this is before I knew what to expect with him. And I was like, okay, whatever you you know you do. You take the vacuum and he all you had to do was clean it out. And here it says that if you have a stalled vacuum brush that it's just like three bucks to repair. Um. But he didn't even need to repair anything. He just cleaned it out. And we had this hundred dollar vacuum that we got for free that has worked ever since. We literally just got a new vacuum UM and it was kind of out of necessity because we've been using this one for five years that we found by a dumpster. But I really wanted a cordless stick to be easier to maneuver around highhair and stuff. Um. Yeah, we have been using that for five years and it was free. Yeah, it's amazing. And I do think we know this at the root of everything, that if I were willing to do some problem solving and dig into this a bit more. It might be I might be able to fix this, But I do think some of it just comes down to our willingness and our desire to problem solve and whether or not we just want to be lazy and buy new. Frugality is not going to let you be lazy. Um. Yeah, turn that vacuum cleaner upside down, grab a screwdriver, and see if you can figure this thing out yourself. I mean, right, And it's not just with vacuum cleaners, but using that as an example, I think just being willing with take a small tool and start figuring it out, and then when it gets beyond you YouTube it. And then when it gets beyond that, all right, maybe call for some help. But let's try and fix it first, you guys, Yeah, give yourself an hour at an hour away from the internet is not going to kill you in trying to repair something. Because we also realize your money is worth or your sorry, your time is worth money. So it shouldn't take away from time you should be working or doing something else, um, like having valuable time with your family. It shouldn't take away from that. But if you are thinking about scrolling on some Instagram. Maybe you take those apps off your phone for a day or two and and try out repairing something that you need to repair. So you just have to balance um. Your life isn't going to be all about fixing stuff. It's sometimes it's worth getting something new. But I think too quickly we resort to that first, and it's just get creative, get get resourceful. Yeah, or we we want to spend the money. You're gonna beat this thing up so I can't get a new one. And I'll say with my new uh, Dyson cordless vac. I did a survey on Instagram of what cordless vacs people were using, and unanimously everyone said Dyson. And obviously Dyson is not cheap. But I told Travis, I was like, if you don't get me a Dyson, I'm gonna I'm gonna hit you with the stick that you whatever it is, so a stick or like or like the old vacuum whatever, chordless Yeah, chordless stick vacuum you do get me with I'm gonna hit you with that. So uh, and so he got me one, but he got me one in traditional Travis fashion, where he went on eBay, we love eBay and he got one that was open box, so it was half the price that it would have been new, but the vacuum was brand new, and he had a cupe on for like ten fift percent off, so he got additional money. Even he does coupons, I guess, yeah, right, it also does cash back on racketin. So yeah, so he got this UM. I think it's normally three hundred dollars UM and he got it for a hundred and thirty I know, I know. So I think I just had to like praise him for a second because he got me exactly what he wanted, what I wanted UM, and he didn't get hit over the head, which is I'm sorry, Travis, we'll be, we'll be. And for the record, to him, he'll attest to that I didn't say that. But yeah, so you do need to buy something. You can still get creative in how you buy it. There's no excuse. Well, the article also has a what's not a d I Y Fix list, so you're welcome to check it out. But there are definitely things that are too dangerous for the average person to try to attempt. I remember we talked about this um on one of the previous episodes that you had mentioned, like replacing a garage door is one of those. And yeah, on this one, microwave ovens that don't heat up. It's it's pretty dangerous to replace the magnatron tube. Okay, just the fact that it's called Magnatron, you should probably know. We're not going to be able to do that. Um, Pressure washers with a leaky flow, cracks on a furnace, heat exchanger, squeaky bearings on a front load washer, refrigerators that don't cool. Yeah, those compressors and all those things don't do it. If it's got the word compress or magnatron, triplex pump carbon monoxide, we probably want to stay away. Yeah, so those are the So those are the things you shouldn't attempt to do yourself. Um, But everything else just look up a YouTube video unless you're a professional. I'm sure we've got professionals listening to us, and they're they're probably dying right now. Like I'm sure they're not dying agreeing with us. But if you have any um things that you have repaired yourself and have made you feel really accomplished, please go to our Frugal Friends community on Facebook. And post those. Uh, you can post a picture of your thing or maybe a video tutorial that you used to fix something. UM, that would be really helpful for encouraging people to get in on the d I Y repair train. Knowing that there's other people that have done it and succeeded, so that would be really helpful, does help to motivate us. It's time for the bill of the week. That's right, it's time for the best minute of your entire week. Maybe a baby was born and his name is William. Maybe you paid off your mortgage. Maybe your car died and you're happy to not have to pay that bill anymore. That's Bill Buffalo Bills, Bill Clinton, this is the bill of the week. Hi guys, my name is Sidney. 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Yes, being your own woman, paying your bills from your couch. That's what's uh. You don't need a good one. You love a good man, but you don't need one. I hope you guys can buy that house in a couple of years. Way to get at your goals. If you have a bill that you want to submit to us, whether you're sitting on your couch drinking a glass of wine or out and about, if you're allowed, visit us at Frugal Friends podcast dot com. Slash Bill leave us a bill. We love to hear it, all of your different bills. It's so fun. Yes, we love cheering you on, so please let us cheer you one more. Yes, and that brings us to round. So we went over some things that you can fix to prolong. But we will now proceed to share with you the top two things that we each take care of so that they will last longer, and how we take care of them. Nice. Yeah, I'll start. So we have outdoor furniture, and we bought the kind that the fabric around the cushions can come off so we can wash it. So we bring in the cushions each night. I know some people have storage bins on their deck or bringing them inside. It is a pain, but it makes them last so much longer. And then you don't walk out and sit on wet, zoggy cushions, and then you can't even enjoy it anyway, because the cushions are wet and zoggy. So we bring in the cushions each night, and and then I wash the covers yearly so it has stayed in really nice condition. Yes, what about you? Um, so this one you wouldn't like. I don't know if this is allowed. But I'm thinking of our grass, our podcast Oh good good um, so of ours grass. We so, Travis and I installed this grass with our own four hands, and we really do make an effort to maintain it and take care of it so that we can enjoy it for longer. And we made an effort to buy the type of grass that was right for the season we were planting it um and then learn how to maintain it. And then there have been a few times where what we've done to help it have has actually tried to kill it. Travis got a few fertilizers that kind of did not do well with the grass um, but really quickly tried to rectify it. And so that is one of the that's probably the biggest thing right now that we are trying to maintain because we want to have a like a good grassy area for Kai to play in because he's about to learn to walk, and so that is kind of it's a big deal. It's not cheap either, so I can vouch for your guys care of your grass. My goodness. Literally, anytime it was sunny and Travis wasn't working when we were parked there, he was out doing something to the grass. He wasn't shirking on other responsibilities. He's still a great dad and husband. He just also is a really good groundskeeper, like watering, looking at it, cutting it, watering it again for dad looking at it, talking about it, watering it. Yes. Um. Also with my clothing. So can you tell that clothing is like you wouldn't know it by the way that I duress, but you do. I've seen you line dry everything. Um. Part of that is because our combo all in one washer dryer sometimes doesn't fully dry, which I'm okay with. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. That's another thing we got to figure out. That's besides the point. We line dry most of our clothes, and that does make them last longer. It helps me not have to iron because let's be real, I hardly own an iron and I'm not gonna waste my time doing that. Uh. And then also I so I do repairs on my clothing, um before throwing it out. I mean, certainly there's clothing that is just at the absolute last leg and I'm tired of it, so I will pass it on either in rag form or to the thrift store or something. Um. But usually I try to make my clothes last as long as possible that way. M hm, anything else for you, Jim, cleaning my kitchen appliances. We didn't do that when I was growing up, and so I didn't realize the effect it had on how the appliances functioned. I thought that we were just broke so that we had like things that didn't work right, but that could have been easily remedied to an extent, um by cleaning the refrigerator, cleaning the dishwasher, stuff like that, Um, cleaning the microwave. Even so, that is another thing that I do to prolong the life of my things. Um. Yeah, I just bought a I got this little dishwasher cleaner thing, and I don't know it did clean, but I don't know if it made any difference other than me just hand cleaning the dishwasher. But I wanted to dry it out to see. It's so true. I think cleaning is a way, it doesn't seem like it on the outset as a way to make something last longer. But you start to realize if things get more and more gunked up, the less likely they are for you to even want to use them, or for them to really even be able to serve their main function, So just dusting and cleaning and polishing can really help. I realized one one bonus one for me is that anytime I do a painting project or I refurbish something like usually referring to furniture, I will do a clearcoat over top of it, clear coat of paint, and that helps the finish last longer and it makes it more resistant to chipping. So I've seen that really do well over the years. And I also realized that with furniture that is maybe a little bit tired or I don't I'm not liking as much, if I'm able to think of a way to update it using paint or hardware or taken some pieces off of it, whatever it is, it that has really helped to make me um renewed, a renewed happiness in it and the contentment in it, and just to kind of like refresh it a bit. So that's also another thing, not necessarily repairing, but definitely um caring for it or breathing life back into it, which helps it to last longer, even for like my contentment level of that thing. Awesome. Yeah, Well, I hope that you guys found this episode on repairing helpful. Definitely head to our show notes or our website and bookmark that twenty three things you can fix yourself because that will come in handy eventually. And thank you so much for for listening and being being part of our group. Yeah uh. And also another way to thank you is by sharing a review. We were so grateful for all of your kind reviews that you all have left us over the years. We can say that now on iTunes and stitchers. So we want to read this one. It comes from Age C m D. It's titled fun, Frugal, Fabulous. They know we like alliteration, happens to be five stars and says super fun, super frugal, super fabulous exclamation mark. Thank you so much for that review. 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