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How to get gum off of clothes
Last night I somehow had chewing gum on the back of my shirt, and before I knew it was there, I leaned against a throw pillow on my couch, getting gum on the pillow too.
How would you remove the gum?
NOTE: This is different than the existing…
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How can I neutralize the odours of certain washing detergents?
Brands of clothes washing detergents such as Tide, Gain, and Downey contain a strong chemical odour which is offensive to me. No amount of airing-out will diminish this odour. Things washed using these detergents pass-on the odour when it comes into…
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How can I easily open plastic film wrapped packages?
Contrary to this question I'm not asking for a way to open thick clamshell packaging, but for a way to open thin plastic film wrapped packages.
There are various variations of these wrapped plastic film packages. They mostly are on cardboard…
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How to get skinny jeans on more easily
I like to wear slim fitting jeans and trousers simply because I have fabulous legs. Sometimes I struggle to get these bad boys on - especially when they've recently been washed and have shrunk a little bit.
How can I ease the passage of my leg…
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How can I make an improvised vegetable steamer?
My first thought was to use a colander over a pan but then I realised I don't have a colander. For my straining needs I use the inside of this pasta pan (on left).
I thought about using that. But the sieve part of the pan sits too low in the pot…
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How to undo a cable tie so that it is reusable
A lot of things come with plastic cable ties on them. Cable ties are very durable and I can only take them off with scissors. Because they're so durable, I want to be able to use them for other things. How can I undo a plastic cable tie so that it…
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What is the easiest way to get rid of spilled glitter?
I was recently glitterbombed from a "friend" playing a prank on me. It got all over my carpet, my desk, and my room. I have tried sweeping glitter to no avail, tried vacuming to no avail (because the damn glitter keeps sticking onto the carpet).
Is…
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How to prevent the rubber peg on a flip-flop from popping out
I have a pair of cheap, but comfortable flip flops. I like them, but the rubber peg between the big toe and the second toe always comes out. I don't want to have to get new flip-flops. I've tried using glue, but that did not turn out well. How can I…
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How to get rid of carpet indents
We are redoing our living room (it has a carpet floor), so we are moving a lot of furniture around. The biggest problem is that this leaves a lot of ugly indentation marks on the carpet. There are about 15 or 16 marks from the legs and then one big…
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How to stop a paperclip slipping off
Sometimes, when I'm organising notes and documents, I like to group them together and use paper clips to hold those groups together. When I start stacking those groups of documents on top of each other, 1/a few stacks' paperclips push off.
How can I…
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How do I effectively remove dog hair from carpets?
My dog's hair gets on surfaces like the carpets'. Its hard to get them off. I have to literally scratch the hair out or use brute force to remove it with a broom. I've tried vacuuming but it wasn't very effective. Are there better alternative…
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How do I keep my bed sheets organized?
I have several sets of bed sheets, and I would like to keep the like patterns together, ideally in a way that does not make my linen closet a total mess. How can I go about doing that?
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How to cut open a pita bread?
I recently tried making a pita sandwich type thing, naturally it didn't go anywhere near as well as it did in the link I provided. This is mainly due to the fact I couldn't cut open or separate the pita so that I could essentially 'stuff' it.
I am…
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Prevent mints from rattling in the car
I like to keep fresh breath mints in my car. They come in a box like this:
The problem is they rattle in two ways:
The box is metallic and it rattles against the glove compartment (or other compartment) of the car
Inside the box, the mints start…
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Substitute of styrofoam protection of appliances
What can be a good substitute of styrofoam protection of appliances which somebody wants to transport, but has already lost the original styrofoam protection?
We often by something new and after that throw away the packaging material, but after…
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