Gerowen Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 If your bottle of gorilla glue is really cold and doesn't want to come out, microwaving it for 20 seconds does wonders to get it flowing again. Had to do this one last night, :P rr_dRock 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Here is a site I just found with 99 life hacks. All really cool. http://dedalvs.tumblr.com/post/48998678919/99-life-hacks-to-make-your-life-easier Read this before...has some great ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copernic Reporter Posted January 6, 2014 Reporter Share Posted January 6, 2014 Here is a site I just found with 99 life hacks. All really cool. http://dedalvs.tumblr.com/post/48998678919/99-life-hacks-to-make-your-life-easier Those are really great! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJerman Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Here is a site I just found with 99 life hacks. All really cool. http://dedalvs.tumblr.com/post/48998678919/99-life-hacks-to-make-your-life-easier Bunch of good ones on there! I need to start being more creative with my junk and re-use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerowen Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Bunch of good ones on there! I need to start being more creative with my junk and re-use it. Wooden pallets are amazing. We used to get deliveries on them all the time and I'd take them home, and grocery stores pile them up and pay people to haul them off. If you can get hold of them you can use them for all sorts of stuff. I used a couple to build a big basket to keep all of our pop cans in, and used another one in conjunction with a couple sheets of plywood to build a trash bin to set out by the road. An old worn out tire cut into strips served as the hinges. You'd be surprised how useful some things can be if you just think about it. TAZMINATOR 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinggus Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 If your bottle of gorilla glue is really cold and doesn't want to come out, microwaving it for 20 seconds does wonders to get it flowing again. Had to do this one last night, :p Come on, you should know 100mph tape is better. Gerowen 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Wooden pallets are amazing. We used to get deliveries on them all the time and I'd take them home, and grocery stores pile them up and pay people to haul them off. If you can get hold of them you can use them for all sorts of stuff. I used a couple to build a big basket to keep all of our pop cans in, and used another one in conjunction with a couple sheets of plywood to build a trash bin to set out by the road. An old worn out tire cut into strips served as the hinges. You'd be surprised how useful some things can be if you just think about it. You can use pallets as spices shelves or wine racks... there are many uses for pallets whatever you think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Use newspaper with window cleaner instead of clothes for a streak free finish To add to that, using vinegar with newspaper removes hard water spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted January 6, 2014 Member Share Posted January 6, 2014 Shake 'N' Vac. A load cheaper than Odour Eaters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted January 6, 2014 Member Share Posted January 6, 2014 Wooden pallets are amazing. We used to get deliveries on them all the time and I'd take them home, and grocery stores pile them up and pay people to haul them off. If you can get hold of them you can use them for all sorts of stuff. I used a couple to build a big basket to keep all of our pop cans in, and used another one in conjunction with a couple sheets of plywood to build a trash bin to set out by the road. An old worn out tire cut into strips served as the hinges. You'd be surprised how useful some things can be if you just think about it. I helped a mate build an entire band rehearsal space out of nothing but pallets. Many moons ago though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mps69 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 When traveling by air, with your husband/wife or kids. Mix the contents of your luggage between all your cases. I the event of one of the cases going missing at least you?ll have something to change into until the missing case appears. Take a picture, using your camera phone, of your cases, including any unusual features, and beside something to give it scale. If the case does missing you can simply show this to the lost property guys to help them locate it. Also using the camera on the phone, take a backup of all important documents, passports, insurance cert, etc. Try and store these pictures in the cloud, as the phone could go missing at the same time. If these go missing this will speed up the process of locating or replacing them. The Evil Overlord, djdanster and Rohdekill 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Technically these are pictures and belong in another thread, but I'm too lazy to copy out the text And I can confirm most of these work, (as many others can probably confirm too) (I've never tried the soda pop trick or the rubber band on the paint can) Victor Rambo, srbeen and He's Dead Jim 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Hello, Put your shower nozzles/taps in a bag filled with white vinegar and leave overnight. It will descale them well.Im gonna try this ASAP. FMH 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_K Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Technically these are pictures and belong in another thread, but I'm too lazy to copy out the text And I can confirm most of these work, (as many others can probably confirm too) tumblr_mbyigiVdpj1qhkzpz.jpg tumblr_mbyigogm891qhkzpz.jpg tumblr_mbyigyq7B51qhkzpz.jpg tumblr_mbyihiiK0p1qhkzpz.jpg tumblr_mbyiiieNxk1qhkzpz.jpg tumblr_mbyiliac2f1qhkzpz.jpg (I've never tried the soda pop trick or the rubber band on the paint can) They were on a link on one of the first posts. Wooden pallets are amazing. We used to get deliveries on them all the time and I'd take them home, and grocery stores pile them up and pay people to haul them off. If you can get hold of them you can use them for all sorts of stuff. I used a couple to build a big basket to keep all of our pop cans in, and used another one in conjunction with a couple sheets of plywood to build a trash bin to set out by the road. An old worn out tire cut into strips served as the hinges. You'd be surprised how useful some things can be if you just think about it. WHAT you get PAID to take away pallets in the US? You can't touch them in the UK, they're sent back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 They were on a link on one of the first posts.So it was, ok mine was a repost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Hello, Doing the white wine vinegar. Will report tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 WHAT you get PAID to take away pallets in the US? You can't touch them in the UK, they're sent back. In US, we have wooden and plastic pallets... If pallets are in good shape, we can send them back to warehouse to reuse. Otherwise, we throw them away if they are torn or unstable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted January 18, 2014 Subscriber² Share Posted January 18, 2014 I don't have one to give but I have an issue which may have an odd solution.. I've got a blue ink stain on plastic which is coated with soft rubber. So far I've tried: Rubbing it against paper. Soaking in hot water. Nail polish remover. None of them have really been effective. I've gotten tiny tiny TINY amounts off but it would take a century to remove it all completely. The object is a phone case.. so it's small enough to be submerged in any kind of solution.. but I want the right one!! Anyone got any suggestions? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Use plastic bread clips to label a power strip, saving yourself time having to trace the cable, as I have done: srbeen 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted January 18, 2014 Supervisor Share Posted January 18, 2014 I don't have one to give but I have an issue which may have an odd solution.. I've got a blue ink stain on plastic which is coated with soft rubber. So far I've tried: Rubbing it against paper. Soaking in hot water. Nail polish remover. None of them have really been effective. I've gotten tiny tiny TINY amounts off but it would take a century to remove it all completely. The object is a phone case.. so it's small enough to be submerged in any kind of solution.. but I want the right one!! Anyone got any suggestions? :p I guess you need a less polar organic solvent like xylene or hexanes (though I'd try alcohols like isopropanol first), but these come with a likelihood of marring the plastic/rubber. A lot of pigments can be sensitive to bleach. The other alternatives are to dunk the entire thing in ink and make it uniformly blue, or leave as is and declare that the stain adds character. Here's a list of solvents by polarity that you might consider, though nail polish remover is usually something like acetone, so you would perhaps not want to try methanol. http://macro.lsu.edu/howto/solvents/Polarity%20index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachno 1D Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 You might try a small drop of petrol on a q-tip but try it in an unnoticable place first to ensure it doesnt smear the stain or mark the rubber.What did the stain originate from? djdanster 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMH Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Here's one of my mine! If after a wash your socks and other items of clothes lose their softness, slam them against a wall. Or any surface. After 4 or 5 strokes, it would be soft as new! :p djdanster 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon Fiber Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Tech lifehack: I use as many portable apps as possible and put them in my Dropbox. This way, I have the same settings on all my devices for all my portable apps. RatherLargeBear, Dick Montage, djdanster and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachno 1D Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Do you put your bitcoin wallet in there too :D As for machine washing the use of hard rubber balls during a wash is supposed to make it software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Veteran Posted January 18, 2014 Veteran Share Posted January 18, 2014 I don't have one to give but I have an issue which may have an odd solution.. I've got a blue ink stain on plastic which is coated with soft rubber. So far I've tried: Rubbing it against paper. Soaking in hot water. Nail polish remover. None of them have really been effective. I've gotten tiny tiny TINY amounts off but it would take a century to remove it all completely. The object is a phone case.. so it's small enough to be submerged in any kind of solution.. but I want the right one!! Anyone got any suggestions? :p Soak it in lighter fluid. Also: Use lighter fluid to easily remove oil stains from your driveway. Pour a can of Coca-cola in your washer to remove stains on your clothes. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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