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the classic way to clean electrical contacts is by gently rubbing the contact pads with a soft pencil eraser. Don't press too hard or you'll remove the gold plating, which is a bad thing.

There is a product called Mother's Mag And Aluminum Polish which is sold in hardware and auto supply stores which is very effective.

Removal is easy. Get you a roll of duct tape, tear off a convenient length say 12" long, and then stick it against the clothing- let it grip for a moment- and then peel it off. The hair will stick wel …

I use a liquid product called Concrete Prep which is used to etch concrete cracks before patching them with fresh concrete. It is actually phosphoric acid and does an extremely thorough job eating rus …

next time you do it, wipe you hands first with a generous amount of hand lotion, then do the spray job. the hand lotion will prevent the paint from sticking to your hands.

tissue paper can be used as a filter for particulates in air, but because the material itself is so weak, a strong flow of air through it will cause it to tear to pieces. In addition, even if it wer …

The soda-lime glass commonly used for blender jars is susceptible to being surface-etched by food acids. This effect is sensitively dependent on the chemical composition of the glass, and it is possib …

Facial soap like Dove contains oils that adhere to the skin as a surface film, and to the container with which the soap and water mixture has come in contact. You can remove that film by scrubbing wit …

rust can be removed from tool steel parts by soaking them overnight in phosphoric acid, which is sold as concrete etch or concrete prep at hardware stores. This product is used to prepare cracked conc …

those are droplets of cooking oil that have condensed on the metal grille. They come from the smoke that is made while frying food. The best way to remove it is to take down the grille and put it in a …

I use liquid cigarette lighter fluid to soften and remove dried-out tape adhesive of all sorts. it is fast, but dangerous, bad-smelling, and not good for your skin.

Use medium-fine grade steel wool and a spray cleaner like formula 409, rinse often.

The gases released by rotting meat are soluble in fabric and plastic: they actually soak into them and it is then impossible to extract the stink back out of them. The gases even soak into paint and a …

place them in a dishwashing machine and run them on the standard cycle using supermarket dishwashing machine powder.

an electric hair clipper works fine for de-pilling cloth items. use the "closest" adjustment setting on the clipper, without any of the hair guides that snap on to the clipper head.