23 Inspirational DIY Ways To Repurpose Rain Gutters
I, like a lot of us have quite a bit of recycling in my recycle pile. I have to admit I had not been saving any of these things for the most part. Especially if you are doing any kind of home renovations. Replacing your old Rain Gutters along with some handy new 5″ Aluminum Gutter Guards, but now what to do with the items that have been removed and replaced? There is some really great creative things to do with recyclable items so I will be saving mine from now on. Have a look through as I am sure you will find something that you love.
The interesting thing about replacing your rain gutters is that you will have a lot of the old ones that you now will have to get rid of. You can do a whole variety of these great and creative ideas.
If you do not have any old rain gutters on hand, Any repurposing home building place will have some of these at quite an affordable price. Have a look through this list and make something for yourself today.
23 Inspirational Repurposed Rain Gutters
Make your own paper
- Tear up all your left over paper into fine pieces.
- Put all your pieces of paper in a container and soak it for 24 hours.. Or put the paper pieces in a pot of water and boil for 1 – 2 hours, stirring occasionally and adding more water when needed.
- When the paper is mushy drain it in a fine holed strainer
- In a new bowl mix together 2 cups cold water and ½ cup flour.
- In a pot bring 2 cups of water to a boil and then add the flour/cold water mixture. Bring this to a boil again.
- Remove this mixture from the stove and add 3 tbsp. of sugar
- Allow this paste to cool down and thicken
- From the paper remove as much water as possible and add enough paste to coat the paper nicely.
- Sandwich the paper pulp between 2 pieces of wax paper and using a rolling pin make it as thin as possible.
- Put this on a tray or counter and let dry completely
