1. Getting dents out of wood with boiling water.
2. The T Shirt folding trick.
Using wallpaper paste to remove old wallpaper that won't shift.
Clean your windows and mirrors with damp newspaper.
That t shirt one is great. How do you get the dents out? Just pour on the boiling water?
On the boxes of tinfoil and clingfilm there are little perforated tabs at the ends that you can poke in so the roll doesn't fall out every time you take some.
Those little paper sauce pots you get in McDonald's and the like? They expand at the top to make dipping/getting all the sauce out easier.
To peel an orange the way you would a satsuma or clementine, place orange on table and use the palm of your hand to roll it around. This removes the orange segments from the peel (whilst still inside the orange) allowing you to peel it like a satsuma...
bananas are easier to open from the other end.
The banana-stem flick is way more funbananas are easier to open from the other end.
For getting dents out of wood it better to use a damp cloth and an iron. Obviously depends on where the wood is and the size of the dent.
When I did a lot of shooting, my rifles would occasionally get a knock and a ding in the stock. This worked every time on everything from cheap beech to exhibition grade walnut.
To centre disc brake callipers apply the brake while the bolts are loose, then tighten the bolts and release the brake. Perfectly centred with no rubbing.
I thought that ^ was how to do it? Is there another way?
Although - if you have a sticky piston it doesn't work as well, so then I use a spark plug feeler gauge to adjust whichever side isn't retracting so far.
Remove permanent marker from a whiteboard (or other surface) by scribbling over it with a non-permanent marker. The solvent that makes it non-permanent will break down the permanent ink making it easy to wipe off.
Separate egg yolks with a pop bottle. Squeeze the bottle, put the neck on the yolk, release and it sucks up the yolk whole.
Good thread.
akd95 - Member
To centre disc brake callipers apply the brake while the bolts are loose, then tighten the bolts and release the brake. Perfectly centred with no rubbing.
This has NEVER worked for me.
In an emergency, you can use fresh water instead of brake fluid. Will obviously boil if you overheat them, but good enough to cruise home on.
Clean your windows with damp newspaper.
Further to that, wipe horizontally on the inside and vertically on the outside so if you get any streaks you know which side they are on 🙂
In an emergency, you can use fresh water instead of brake fluid. Will obviously boil if you overheat them, but good enough to cruise home on.
Can't really imagine a scenario where this would come in useful.... happy to be enlightened though.
You can find out if an egg is hard boiled or not by trying to spin it around on a hard surface, or gone off if it floats in water.
Peel ginger by scraping with the edge of a teaspoon. No waste.
You can remove mug ring marks on a nice table using a hot air gun
Carefully
From a little distance away
Chop spring onions at an angle to stop the little bits rolling all over the kitchen. If I had known this for the past 10 years...
Slip a piece of heatshrink tubing onto the ends of your gear/brake cables then slip on a nipple, pull the heat shrink tubing back over the nipple then apply heat to shrink the tubing - far neater than a simple crimp and a doodle to remove if necessary.
Peel ginger by scraping with the edge of a teaspoon. No waste.
wash and grate with the skin on, even less waste
A pillow under the hips increases enjoyment
One over the face makes it better.
We40 iaS very good to clean up taps and showers
Rich, you dog!
You can remove stains from your trousers by rubbing the same fabric on it.
Obviously, this can be extended to other fabric items....not just trousers.
In an emergency, you can use fresh water instead of brake fluid. Will obviously boil if you overheat them, but good enough to cruise home on.
What sort of brake fluid? DOT 4 or Mineral oil? I've heard baby oil can be used instead of mineral oil in a pinch.
Paint away and too the light, rather than strokes across - you don't see the brush strokes as much when it does.
*most* cars have an arrow next to the fuel gauge symbol on the dial to indicate which side the fuel filler flap is...
Also, when filling up your chainsaw, ALWAYS fill the chain oil first. That way, you'll never forget... 🙄
Here an STW one. To clean the glass on your woodburner, use damp newspaper dipped in a tiny bit of ash from the bottom of the burner. Makes it so easy.
To stop your cycling glasses steaming up, particularly when it's raining, rub a bit of washing up liquid on the inside of the lens with a bit of kitchen roll. Centering the disc brakes helps if you do a quarter turn on the alternate clamps and tighten up gradually.
Pillow over the face made me spit my cake out 😀
Store canned goods like baked beans, spaghetti, chopped veg and so on upside-down. That way when you open one and shake it out the contents all come out in one go rather than you having to spend a fortnight trying to retrieve the last few beans clinging tenaciously to the bottom of the tin.
FFS! That t-shirt thing! Why would you even want to do that?
GET IN THE ****ING SEA!
Cougar - Moderator
Store canned goods like baked beans, spaghetti, chopped veg and so on upside-down. That way when you open one and shake it out the contents all come out in one go rather than you having to spend a fortnight trying to retrieve the last few beans clinging tenaciously to the bottom of the tin.
Or turn canned goods upside down before opening.
matt_outandabout - Member
Paint away and too the light, rather than strokes across - you don't see the brush strokes as much when it does.
Or...thin your paint properly to prevent brush marks 😛
With the snow falling.... If you've got a fire / wood burner a scattering of the the ash makes packed down snow and ice non-slippy.
If you've gubbed the heads of screws (or bent them) and can't get them out take the bit-holder out of the drill driver and clamp the screw in the chuck instead
If you get expanding foam or gorilla glue on your hands (it will practically tattoo you if you let it set) you can clean it off with WD40 so long as you do before it goes off
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Use the fuel filler cap to hold the pump trigger open when you're filling up your car.
Walnuts are good for filling light scratches in furniture and floors.
You can get rid of those white rings on polished tables, caused by hot mugs, by rubbing on meths, and lighting it for a second before wiping off.
Loosen your spark plugs with a spanner, to remove, push a bit of garden hose over the end and lift out, even works on awkward angles.
Sharpen knives using the unglazed ring on the bottom of cups, works an absolute treat.
If you have an Audi or a BMW using your indicators stops people from crashing into you..
Get loads of onions on whoops, dice them with a food processor, freezer and handfuls when cooking.
Put your car in the garage overnight in winter, windows with be clear of frost in the morning. 8)
Sprinkle talc on your new tyres to lubricate the rubber and allow you to fit them with your thumbs.
Use hand sanitizer gel containing isopropyl alcohol to remove ink marks from leather.
To clean the mould from your camel back hose, tie a knot in the middle of a long piece of string, poke the end of the string into the hose, then run water from a tap down the hose, this will draw the string through the hose. Then you just need to pull the knot back an for the an hey presto no more hose mould!
Use muck off (or similar) on your tyre beads when seating tibeless tyres. Washing up liquid is good, but muck off is already in the shed.
Stuff wet shoes with napies to dry them out.
To remove spark plugs just put the HT lead back on shirley?
Little finger downward flick to stop your pint sticking to the beermat.
Twist and lift, man, twist and lift.
When drilling hole in the wall, stick a folded post-it note just below where you're drilling the hole. Catches the dust nicely.
not nappies, they are full of chemicals, newspaper is fine
Don't touch your MIL inappropriately
News paper and window cleaning changes when they changed the printing technology in the '80s. Before that it worked but since they invented colour in newspaper they have changed the chemicals and all you are doing ins smearing dirty paper over your windows
To fold work trousers, hold at the waist take the first loops either side of the fly and put together = folded along the crease. Grab bottoms and fold in half (or bung on hanger)
When cooking pasta bring it to the boil, turn off the heat, leave lie on, pasta will be ready in 10-11 minutes.
*most* cars have an arrow next to the fuel gauge symbol on the dial to indicate which side the fuel filler flap is...
I thought that on most cars the little fuel pump image indicated the filled cap side.
Little finger downward flick to stop your pint sticking to the beermat.
Lift one side of the glass a split second before the other. Aka tilt press lift.
My grandad taught me "if you can't get all the scratches out, at least get them all going in the same direction". Same applies for brush marks, allsorts. Very handy.
If you have an Audi or a BMW using your indicators stops people from crashing into you..
In the same way that cyclists in London stop at red lights and signal when they turn?
[quote=langylad ]Pillow over the face made me spit my cake out
Doesn't that make a mess on the pillow?
not nappies, they are full of chemicals, newspaper is fine
That's why it works better (polyacrylamide).
Not having 'relations' with your wife's sister will save you thousands in legal and other costs not to mention distress.
Quickest way to get at frozen ice cream - microwave it for 30s with a teaspoon pushed into the top.
bluehelmet - Member
Not having 'relations' with your wife's sister will save you thousands in legal and other costs not to mention distress - [b][i]if you get caught[/i][/b]
FTFY
When a 16 stone London fighter comes at you, keep your guard up. It might stop you from being knocked out.
Never shove your granny when she's shaving
To remove spark plugs just put the HT lead back on shirley?
I missed half the story, doh!
Also, stick them in a bit of hose to put them back, gives you enough purchase to catch a thread but will slip before you cross thread it
A hot air gun 'might' remove the bird poo damage on your cars paintwork.
Boiled linseed oil makes faded black exterior plastic car trim look like new.
Lasts for a while too.
The Swirl
If you have any marks on natural wood furniture. Give it a rub with a walnut of Brazil nut to hide them.
If your bare metal kitchen surfaces look all streaky after you clean them and are picking up marks or fingerprints then rub on a bit of baby oil.
Doesn't need much, just a splash and rub it around with a paper towel.
Works great on hobs, cooker hoods etc and also makes them easier to clean.
Any tips on how to easily strip the grease from a kitchen extractor fan unit?
Use a can of car/bike brake disc cleaner and spray it into the fan opening/blades, leave it to evaporate before you switch on otherwise you may inadvertently turn a 4" extraction fan into a diy jet engine.
EDIT : this [i]may[/i] work or it may be a very stupid idea - give it a try and post back
@Lazgoat - have a chip pan fire. It probably won't burn the grease off your Smegs but you'll be too busy cleaning up that mess to care anymore.
Also, can't believe noone has said "Don't eat the yellow snow".
Sheesh, standards are slipping.
Avoid getting prosecuted for using your phone while driving. Simply pop your mobile inside a large shell and the police will think you are listening to the sea.
