scraper

The next step is to clear any snow with a soft brush, before using a scraper and liquid de-icer.

"My favorite tool to 'chop' down butter for baking is my metal bench scraper."

“There could be 10 to 12 layers of paint and then I destroy a lot of it with knives and scrapers,” she says.

Then use a heat gun on the old paint and peel away as much as you can with a metal paint scraper.

The small, delicate nests are carefully harvested with a specialized tool similar to a paint scraper and then cleaned.