Repair the insect screen on the balcony door

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Repairing the insect screen on the balcony door and mending small cracks is not as difficult as you might think. Usually the cracks can be glued without any problems.

Protection from unwelcome guests in the bedroom.
Protection from unwelcome guests in the bedroom.

What you need:

  • Hot glue gun or
  • Colorless nail polish or
  • Scotch tape and cyanolite glue or
  • Superglue

Repair the insect screen without removing it

  • You can usually close very small holes with a small drop of superglue, and the insect repellent on the balcony door becomes impermeable again.
  • You can also close other small cracks or holes with colorless nail polish. It is best to dry it with a hairdryer so that it does not flow away.
  • In the case of major damage, other procedures are recommended, the material of the insect screen on your balcony door is very important here.
  • For coarse stiff material, you can use a hot glue gun if you have one. A small blob is enough here.
  • If the insect repellent is a fabric-like material, the nail polish method is more recommended.
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  • Superglue is suitable for both variants, but sometimes looks ugly on fabric.
  • If the crack is rather long, similar to a cut, there is a better solution than the adhesive mentioned above. You carefully mask the crack from one side with scotch tape and coat the other side with a special glue such as cyanolite. After a day of drying, remove the sticky tape again.

Remove the glue residue on the grille of the balcony door

  • With all of these methods, it can happen that glue residue sticks to the grille on your balcony door.
  • If these bother you, you can remove them with turpentine, white spirit or benzene and a cloth.

Prevents cracks and holes in the insect screen on the balcony door

  • You can usually easily prevent these cracks and holes in your insect screens on your balcony doors or windows.
  • Often these arise from being dead insects stick to the bars and birds pick them off there. This will damage the grid.
  • If you always keep your insect screens on balcony doors and windows clean, you will have fewer problems with holes and cracks.
  • Every now and then, carefully clean the insect screens with a soft sponge and washing-up liquid.

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