At HouseLogic, we love to find and share inexpensive solutions to household problems. Our five solutions this week—one a day—don’t even require a trip to your big-box home improvement store—not that we don’t love stocking up at Lowe’s or Home Depot. Instead, pay a call to your Dollar store. Its aisles are crammed with the inexpensive (and multipurpose) wares to fix what’s ailing.

Just watch out for the impulse to buy more than you intended. In all honesty, we couldn’t.

First up on the home repair list: Scuff marks on countertops.

If you’ve ever had a scuff mark on a colored countertop, you know that it sadly becomes the room’s focal point. But we found the right supplies to save you any embarrassment.

Supplies:

• Crayons

• Spatula knife

• A microwave-safe bowl, (If you have one you’re willing to sacrifice to melt crayons, you just saved another dollar twenty-five!)

What you do:

• Pick the Crayon whose color comes closest to matching your countertop. Peel off the paper and place it in the bowl.

• Pop the crayon and bowl in the microwave.

• Pour the hot, melted crayon onto the scuff mark and work it into the indentation with the spatula knife.

• Scrape off the excess with the spatula knife.

The Crayon mixture will harden and dry quickly, erasing your countertop flaw.

What other inexpensive home fixes have you found or tried? What minor home repair job have you neglected because of lack of time?

Let me know at jjbowersinc@gmail.com