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Show AS May, 1999 Wasattk Ware Snmmil County Bee Spring Horn k. Carden Review A Big Garden REFINISH Rather Than Replace a With Problem Itabs and Counter Cabinets, Tops PM Advertisement cleanAre you thinking about . Jim uses a two-ste- p cabkitchen a and special, replacing your ing process finfast dryiflg inets or updating your bathroom? Such projects can ish which can be applied to enhance the liveability and almost any surface. All value of your home, but work is done on site. Refincan consume huge quantiishing is done on existing ties of money and inconvesurfaces. Replacement is nience your family for not necessary except perweeks. haps for old hinges, handles Instead, consider having and plumbing fixtures. your cabinets, qounter tops, Refinishing a typical refinikitchen costs between $900 bathtubs showers shed. Reflnishing is usual- and $1600, and a bathtub costs around $250, Jim ly quicker and less expensive than replacing and the said. uthats substantially improvement can be quite less than buying new and striking. having it installed." Jim Fitlow, owner of All Application is done by Surface Refinishing, said, spraying on the coating EP-Aciy- lic INEXPENSIVE ished cabinets, counter tops and tubs are ready for use approximately 24 hours after the work is completed. When abrasive cleaners have been used for years, they can cause porcelain tubs and ceramic tile to show wear and become difficult to dean. Jims finish completely covers the surface, making it look new and easy to clean. Fiberglass tubs & showers can be repaired and refinished as well. One of the most common refinishing jobs involves lightening up the older kitchens. Jim said, wWe mGsEMsmasm 'No Option' Solution by Ann Barrett Owneg Park City Nursery area to ensure complete containment of the weevil. It is essential to cut deep enough Have you ever noticed, espe- into the good wood as they may cially in Park Meadows, but not be much deeper than they exclusively anymore, spruce appear. trees turning brown on top and The best disposal is to bum apparently dying from the top the clippings. Park City Fire down? We have, and many of District has a specific bum permit for residential yard mainteyou have asked us about it 6 nance. Call them at (435) Identifying the problem The problem is the white pine with any questions. weevil (pissodes strobi), which If you live in an area where attacks the leader or terminal burning is prohibited - like shoot of spruce trees from about within the city limits or you eight to 30 years old - rarely are cutting during a younger. It is most severe on period, you can enclose the widely spread trees of approx- infected branches in a plastic imately the same age, which bag with a secure closure. This explains the Park Meadows sit- should suffocate the insects. uation. Plus, once they run out of nutriThe first sign of damage is ents they should die. small, boring holes in the bark Prevention on the leaders of healthy trees. Banks from the Utah Sterling Both feeding and laying eggs by Extension Services recommends the weevil cause holes that spruce tips early April exude pitch. Later in the season spraying with Duisban, Lindane or Snrin tree be .to the appears dying all insecticides for boring-typ-e from the top down. insects. Then, when your Life cycle of the white pine k in late begins to spruce weevil and early July, cut the top June In April and May, adult weethree to six inches below vils make feeding punctures on out, infected area and dispose of the terminal growth of the proceedit as advised above. ing year. They crawl up the tree on the warm days of early To avoid multiple tops after have cut the top out of spring to feed on wood or buds. you your tree, you need to "train" a Then they mate. In May and June, they lay new leader. This is accombetween 50 and 150 eggs in the plished by choosing a strong terminals. Upon hatching, yel- branch near the center of the lowish grubs group together in tree and affixing it to a stake bands. The developing larvae tied off on the main trunk. girdle and kill the terminals but Make sure it is straight and NOT until the new growth has sturdy, then remove the stake elongated. It is easy to spot the after one growing season. It's your yard, they're your wilted, bent, infested terminals at this time. The needles on the trees, this is a grave situation second growth turn reddish which has been going on for and fall also. years, getting worse and worse. The larvae move downward We can cure it with some comas they mature, emerging as munity cooperation. adult beetles in late summer If everyone in our town where they continue to feed on checked for pissodes strobi this bud and bark tissue. They year and cut it out of their own overwinter in forest littet in die trees and got their neighbors to ground. Other portions of the do the same, this epidemic "hatch" or brood overwinter as would lessen and the spruce larvae and pupae in the infested trees in our neighborhoods terminals. Although there is would have nicer shapes. If everyone checked their trees only one generation per year, there is considerable overlap- annually, and disposed of the weevils properly, we could ping of broods. The Cure eliminate the situation all Cut off the infected tips well together. into the healthy, 649-670- non-bu- m V ! t i i die-bac- "Just about anything, from after surface preparation. apply the finish to darker bathtub chip repair to a Jim said he uses a ventila- cabinets and ugly counter kitchen update, can be tion system to minimize tops, and the change is done. Refinishing can proany odor (the finish carries immediate. The entire room vide a new look or just a mild cherry scent). is brighter and more open. make the old surface easier non-skA Jim helped his father run coating can be to dean. The customer can applied to bathtub and a furniture refinishing busisave up to 70 versus the shower bottoms. This elim- ness in Michigan for 10 cost of replacement or inates the need for the years. After moving to refacing. messy old sticky strips or Utah, Jim decided to get Jim said he can complete tub mats. This is especially back into the refinishing kitchen and bathroom proimportant in commercial, business. He works the the rooms and have rental or elderly home entire Wasatch front. jects Jim is happy to answer days. applications where liability ready for use in Finishes can be applied in could be an issue. any questions or provide temto time is free estimates. Give him a not compliment Drying any color, decorating schemes. perature dependent. Refin- - call at (435) id 1- -4 615-877- 7. ed r POOR CC |