Small holes in your window screens may be small enough to go unnoticed as you walk by. But when the bugs start sneaking indoors, that hole soon seems much larger than it is. Luckily, small holes in window screens are quite easy to fix without bothering with patch jobs or replacement screens. You don't need any tools, and if you have a bottle of fingernail polish lying around the house, you don't need to leave the house either. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Remove the screen from your windowsill. Some window screens have plunger pins located on their interior edges. If your screen has these, simply grab them between your index finger and thumb and pull; stubborn pins respond to a few squirts of WD-40 and a few scrubs from a toothbrush. If you don't see any plunger pins, your screen may be spring loaded. Simply look around the top edge of the screen for some indication of where you should push the screen to pop it out, such as a finger lift or arrow. If you see no plunger pin or finger lift, try pulling or sliding the screen to remove it from the window frame.
2. Wash the screen with soapy water and a stiff brush, and set it outside to air dry.
3. Locate the small hole, and brush a few coats of household cement, clear fingernail polish or epoxy on the hole.
4. Allow the screen to dry for an hour or so.
5. Replace the screen in the windowsill by reversing your removal method.
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