Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Determine what type of wood your cabinets are made of. Detach the cabinet doors. Clean the doors. Strip the old stain from the doors. Sand the cabinets. Condition the wood.

Answer: Whitewashing is best suited to a soft wood like pine. A wood like oak will require pickling, a technique of whitening wood. Pickling is considered a method, not a finish, and though you can pickle pine and other soft woods, woods like oak and ash are the most common type of wood you can pickle. You can create your own pickling stain for oak and ash wood, or you can purchase pre made pickling stains. Taking off the doors will make them easier to whitewash and give you easier access to the cabinet frames. It's also a good idea to work on the cabinetry and the doors separately. Use a drill to remove the doors. When you store the screws, label them so you can tell which door they came from. As the hardware is already set to a particular door, labelling the screws will prevent any confusion later when putting the doors back on. Before you start treating the wood, use rags and a heavy duty degreaser to clean the doors. Apply the degreaser to the front and the back of each cabinet as well as to the frames. Wipe down and repeat these steps as necessary until the cabinet and frame are very clean. Whitewashing requires a blank canvas for the wood stain to take. Paint strippers will do the job, but these harsh chemicals require excellent ventilation (or a respirator), safety goggles, neoprene/latex gloves, and a drop cloth to protect your floor. Apply one coat of paint stripper with steel wool, then wipe with a rag once the finish has dissolved. Most paint strippers are flammable, so dispose of the steel wool and rag in a sealed metal bucket. You can sand the surface by hand or by using a power sander. The goal is to uncover the natural color of the wood cabinets. When sanding, always move in the direction of the wood grain, rather than against it. If your cabinets are made of a soft wood like pine, it's important to condition them as these woods can sometimes appear blotchy when stained. Conditioning also raises the grain of the wood. You can use a pre-stain conditioner for this step. Apply the conditioner to the cabinets with a clean brush designed for latex paints and then let them sit for 30 minutes. Follow up with a light sanding of the cabinets using the 120 grit paper again. This final sanding will ensure the cabinets have a smooth surface to absorb the stain.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Get a notebook or a chart. Identify when the baby is most active. Get comfortable. Start counting the fetal kicks. Note how long it took to reach ten movements. Coax the baby into movement. Know when to contact a doctor.

Answer: This is important to have so that you can record the time it takes the baby to move. It is a good idea to keep a record of all the movements of your baby in one notebook or binder that has the charts in it, to make it easily accessible. Each baby has a time when it is most active, such as after you have eaten a meal, drank a beverage that contained sugar, after being very active, or just during certain times of the day. When you have figured out when your baby is the most active, use that time to chart the fetal kick counts. In most pregnancies, babies will be the most active between 9pm and 1am, as this is a time when mothers are relaxed enough to notice their baby’s movements. Find a position that is comfortable for you in which you can relax and still feel your baby's movements pretty well. Keep in mind that you still need to be able to write while in this position.  The ideal position is to lay on your side, with your head propped up comfortably with a pillow. This should help you feel the kicks more firmly. You can also rest in a recliner with your feet in the air. Not only is this position comfortable, but you will still be able to feel your baby's kicks. Before you start counting the kicks, write down what week of pregnancy you are in, the day, as well as the starting time of the kicks. Every time the baby makes any movement, make a check mark in your notepad or chart.  You should count only up to ten kicks, and note how long it took for you to feel the baby move ten times.  Write down the time of the first movement, and the time of the tenth or last movement. The baby should have moved at least ten times within two hours. Below you will find an example of how to note the fetal kicks in your journal.  WEEK 29 Sunday, 9/27, 9:00pm, XXXXXXXXXX, 11:00pm, 2 hrs Monday, 9/28, 9:15pm, XXXXXXXXXX, 10:45pm, 1 hr 30 mins Tuesday, 9/29, 9:00pm, XXXXXXXXXX, 11:45pm, 1 hr 45 mins Wednesday, 9/30, 9:30pm, XXXXXXXXXX, 10:45pm, 1 hr 15 mins Thursday, 10/1, 9:00pm, XXXXXXXXXX 10:30pm, 1 hr 30 mins If you did not feel the baby move ten times within those two hours, try eating or drinking something to see if it gets the baby to move. You may try tracking the movements at a later time if the baby doesn’t seem to be very active. If, after eating, drinking, or monitoring fetal activity at a later time, the baby still doesn't move at least ten times, you should contact your health care provider immediately.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Place a paper towel sheet against one edge of the cover slip. Place 1 drop of iodine or methylene blue on the other side of the cover slip. Wait while the staining agent is drawn under the slide cover. Wipe up excess staining agent with a clean paper towel.

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Set the towel against the slip’s edge without disturbing the material under the cover slip. The absorptive paper towel will draw some of the water out from under the cover slip, and pull the staining agent under the cover slip and onto the specimen.  If your wet-mounted slide specimen is pale or colorless (e.g. a cross-section of a colorless plant stem), it may be difficult to see when looking through a microscope. Staining the specimen will allow you to better see its shape and texture. This is usually done after you have already examined the wet specimen in a slide without staining it. The slide may be already prepared, even if it is not stained. Use an eyedropper and drop the staining chemical on top of the microscope slide, directly next to the cover slip. Be careful to only dispense 1 drop. Excess staining agent may run off of the slide.  Iodine or methylene blue can be purchased at any education store or biology supply store. An alternate way of doing this is to add the drop of staining agent to the water on a wet-mounted slide when you first prepare it. In this case, you do not need a paper towel. The staining agent will begin to seep under the cover slip as the paper towel draws water out from the other side. It may take as long as 5 minutes for the iodine or methylene blue to soak completely under the slide cover and saturate the specimen. Once the iodine or methylene blue has drawn all the way under the slide cover, the specimen is fully dyed. Clean off the surface of the slide so that no loose liquids spills off the side. Your wet-mounted slide is now stained and ready to observe under a microscope.