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Remove dish soap residue from tile floor
I'd start with scooping up any solids, a dustpan or garden scoop can help here. Use metal tools carefully, or they might scratch the tiles. A plastic baking scraper can do the job (but it'll mess up ...
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Remove unknown white stain (maybe varnish) from polyester shorts
Naphtha (e.g., charcoal lighter fluid) is solvent that can dissolve pine tar (which readily drips from branches onto grass or benches below the tree), without harming most fabrics (test in an area ...
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What is a pet-safe cleaner to use on carpets?
An upright carpet cleaner is partly a vacuum cleaner to pull water from the carpet. Followed by circulation fans. I wash our white carpet about once a year, getting fairly wet in dirty spots. It works ...
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How to cure "stickiness" on walkie-talkie rubber components
Here’s a solution that hasn’t been posted on this thread:
Use melamine foam. Sometimes they’re sold ( for a lot more ) as “Magic Erasers” but they’re just pieces of white melamine foam, and ...
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How to cure "stickiness" on walkie-talkie rubber components
My remote was super bad, like ultra sticky, I used a product called "Gumption Multi Purpose Cleaner" - got it off super quick with hardly any effort!
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How to remove ear wax and other dirt that went into my pods without opening them?
Born and Bred in Cairns and I used to get a Tropical Ear every summer when I was younger and my Nanna put 2 drops of warm cooking oil 🧫🐰👵
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Removing Pepper Juice From Eyes
I just had a very ripe jalapeño squirt directly into my eye. It was a small one too. Supposedly the small ones are hotter.
Anyways… I ran cold water over my eye for 2 minutes. It Just made it worse. ...
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