I had some tile left over from a recent project, so I decided to make a trivet out of it. Here’s what I did:

  1. Spray a piece of wax paper with a light coating of cooking oil spray.
  2. Lay two paint stir sticks on the wax paper. Position them closely together so the tile’s corners will hang off the edge.
  3. To make the feet for the trivet, put a dab of hot glue in each corner of the tile.
  4. Immediately set the tile on the wood sticks and press down. The sticks serve as spacers to ensure each glue pad is exactly the same thickness.
  5. Once the glue hardens, peel off the wax paper.

Watch the video above for details.

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Joe Truini

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Joe Truini is a contractor, author, and the host of “Simple Solutions” on Today’s Homeowner TV and the weekly Today’s Homeowner radio show. He has worked on both large commercial projects and residential remodeling, and has written for national publications such as This Old House and Popular Mechanics. He has also written eight books, including three best-selling shed-building books. Joe lives in Connecticut with his family and enjoys hiking, traveling, and baseball in his spare time.

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