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Most paper labels on glass bottles (at least on commercial products) are glued with a water soluble glue. I've found soaking for a few minutes in the hottest tap water available lets me peel them cle …

The most effective "dry shampoo" I know of is corn starch. It works by binding to skin oil on the hair shafts, but not bonding to the hairs or skin (as long as they're dry). Spread a couple tablespo …

Natural bristles in a wood brush are generally held with a hot-melting glue (either hide/gelatin glue or modern plastic hot glue, depending where it was made). Neither of those will be compromised by …

Unless the cards are extremely rare, your odds are better of replacing the card from a used source (auction sites, game-specific trading sites) than of removing the ink without damaging the card furth …

If you can peel up enough of a corner to get a grip with pliers, you can then use ice, cold gas/canned air (upside down), etc. to freeze the adhesive, and peel the tape off when the adhesive weakens f …

It's likely the only chance you have is if the varnish is water based; otherwise, it's probably chemically bonded to the screen surface and there'll be no way to remove it without taking a chunk out o …

Best thing for that purge valve is to buy a snorkel that doesn't have one. I snorkeled for years in open water with a plain J-tube snorkel, and never had any scum in my snorkel. Put a little air bub …

An oscillating brush will work a lot better than a rotary brush to get into tiny indentations. I'd suggest an electric toothbrush as an experiment (obviously, use a head you won't use in your mouth a …

The standard first rule of cleaning optics is: Don't! Cleaning with an abrasive like toothpaste is far more likely to render the lens evenly "milky" due to putting fine scratches all over it. …

Tthere's nothing to gain by using a special product on the ring. All that ring is, is dead skin cells rubbed off your neck, made visible mainly by the presence of your skin pigments (the darker your …

First off, don't use bleach; bleach works by oxidizing the stain, which tends to make rust stains worse. There's a commercial product called "Iron Out" that uses a thiocyanate to very effectively rem …

So, the toothpick is now glued into the port, locking the ball in? I think you're to the point of needing a technician. This would be a major operation on most laptops, but with the proprietary part …

Loss of brighteners from the fabric will cause whites to become dull even if bleached every wash. You need to put the brighteners back to restore the whiteness to its original value. There are comme …

Most products of that type, in my experience, are more like a form of paint than ink. That is, they're a latex based pigment carried in a water based solution, rather than a dye solution. Most will …

Most candle waxes melt at 130-150 F (55-60 C). Immerse the votive glass in near-boiling water, and the wax will melt and float out. While still hot, wash with the hottest water available from your t …