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Here are tips that do not require professional knowledge and skills, but require ingenuity and a desire to do something with your own hands. For example, please a child with a self-propelled car, and share the experience of opening cans with the hostess.

How to lubricate door hinges with aerosol lubricant without damaging the door frame

You need to cut a piece of paper to the middle and put it on the hinge, and after lubricating the hinge, the sheet can be thrown into the trash.

Convenient open-end wrench

Open-end wrenches may slip off the bolt heads during operation. To prevent this from happening, you need to use a magnet.

Eternal garbage bag

Instead of dividing the bags into parts, you can put the entire roll in the trash bin, then you don’t have to think about where to look for a replacement bag.

How to connect a frame profile without welding

It is necessary to make two identical U-shaped cuts in profiles of the same standard size. And then dock with each other.

Crimp the joint ends with pliers.

How to quickly collect scattered nails and screws

For these purposes, you will need a magnetic head and a narrow plastic bottle without a bottom.When the head with magnetized nails rises inside the bottle, they will fall off, touching the sharp edge.

How to refill a gas lighter without an adapter

For these purposes, you can use a medical needle, that is, its plastic end, which needs to be slightly modified.

Having freed yourself from the metal needle, you need to slightly modify the plastic end with a stationery knife to match the diameter of the valve on the lighter. Then put the adapter on the gas cylinder and use it for its intended purpose.

How to lay laminate flooring in a round corner

The main thing here is to choose a round product according to the diameter of the rounded corner, for example, you can use a plastic lid.

Then take the lamella and a metal corner to mark the parameters. As a result of the adjustment, the laminate fit perfectly into the seat.

How to fix a cable on a vertical wall

Any piece of insulating tube cut into small pieces lengthwise and crosswise will do here. The fastenings are secured with self-tapping screws.

How to accurately measure the distance in a room

If there is a need for measurements down to a millimeter, you can use a plastic card and a stationery pin. Even a laser rangefinder will be jealous of the result.

How to clean a mixer attachment

In most cases, it is enough to tap the nozzle on a hard surface.

How to paint a wall with an aerosol can if you don’t have a stepladder

You need to tape the can to the stick with masking tape, not forgetting about the lever made from a piece of wire.

And tie a strong cord to the end of the lever to transmit force.

How to mark a block of wood if your pencil is broken

You can smear the tip of the tape measure with the remains of the lead and use it to make marks on the wooden surface.

How to firmly secure wire using a nail puller

You need to bend a loop at the end of the wire and use the sharp end of a hammer to wrap it around the nail. Bend the nail at an angle for security.

Slot for self-tapping screw

You can hide the screw head by digging it flush into the wall. And drill the recess with the head of a self-tapping screw, securing it in the drill with the cutting part.

Acrylic pearls

Each aerosol can has its own pearl, which can be removed by sawing off the bottom.

How to open a jar correctly without getting hurt

In order for the lid to open even in children’s hands, you need to turn the tab 180 degrees and pull it towards you.

That's all, until the next meeting.

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