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How to quickly cook beets to preserve their vitamins

Cooking beets, depending on their size and degree of ripeness, can take from 20 minutes to 3 hours. However, if this is done at maximum heat, then there will be no vitamins left in it. Let's look at how to cook it quickly and correctly.

3 useful ideas for the generalist builder and DIYer

To solve many problems, you can adapt a homemade tool, with which things will go faster and with less labor. Let's look at 3 such ideas that make complex work easier.

How to clean the bottom of a pot or frying pan from carbon deposits without effort

When washing pots and pans, the main focus is on the inside surface. The bottom and side parts are only rinsed from obvious dirt, so over time an indelible soot appears on them, which even a metal scraper cannot remove.

How to melt PET bottle caps into a useful tool

An ordinary round wooden mallet is prone to cracking along the grain if it is not used exactly as intended.Using plastic waste, you can make a very beautiful, more durable tool.

How to clean a baking sheet and oven from carbon deposits without commercial chemicals

The carbon deposits on the baking sheet and oven walls dry out so much that removing it takes a lot of time and effort. When cleaning, use the suggested advice, and everything will be washed off quickly and easily.

How to make a keyless secret lock for a gate

A secret lock with a hidden pedal will help protect your site from unwanted guests. If the gate is made of a metal profile like a fence, then with such locks it is even impossible to find it, since it does not stand out from the street.

An easy way to descale your iron

When filling the iron with regular water, not distilled water, scale accumulates inside it. Over time, so much of it is formed that steam stops passing through the holes in the sole. In this regard, the iron needs to be cleaned.

10 ideas on how to carefully lay and mark wires using a cable tie

To route exposed wires neatly, all you need is several packages of cable ties of different sizes, self-adhesive labels, and clear heat shrink tubing. You'll be surprised how much you can make from these materials.

Let your shoes be stylish: 5 types of simple but interesting lacing

How do you lace your sneakers? I guess the answer is usually. I offer you 5 ways to lace up your shoes in style.

How to make glue from cottage cheese

The idea to make glue from cottage cheese did not come to me right away. Having tried recipes with various components, I settled on the curd-ammonia composition. The main reason was the cost of the final product. And about the ease of manufacture

How to clean tools from dried solution

Once you use a spatula, an indelible layer of putty, plasters, and tile adhesive sticks to its blade. Over time, it becomes so thick that the tool simply has to be thrown away. Don't rush to do this, it will help you

How to make a twist waterproof

Regular electrical tape and heat-shrink tubing do not guarantee that the twisted wires will be completely airtight. If wiring is installed in a wet area, the connection must be made watertight to avoid short circuits.

How to quickly dry shoes without dryers and remove odors

Drying wet winter shoes with fur lining near the radiator takes at least one night, and even longer when they are soaking wet. If you literally scooped up water over the edge with your boots, then regular water will help dry them quickly.

How to quickly install a threaded rivet without a rivet gun

If you need to install a threaded rivet, it is not necessary to buy or borrow a rivet tool. It can be installed in just a minute using regular wrenches.

How to melt aluminum cans into ingots at home

Melting down aluminum cans can be a profitable business, since solid ingots of metal end up being worth much more on the market. Also, using remelting, you can make ready-made parts, such as blanks for a grinding machine. In general, application

How to make an electronic lock from a DVD drive

Nowadays you can find as much computer hardware as you want. CD drives are fading away over time and are a great item to make into a fun DIY project. For example, an electronic lock with radio control,

How to easily untie a tight knot on a lace or rope

If you have such an unfortunate misfortune, and the lace on one of your sneakers is tied tightly in a knot, then there is nothing annoying. Even the tightest knot in a rope can be easily untied with this simple method.

How to pull a concrete pillar out of the ground alone

If you are faced with the task of pulling out old pillars from concrete or pipes, do not rush to pick up a shovel. Use this simple proven method. It will help you pull out the post intact, and not leave behind an excavated pit.

How to make a metal detector from a multimeter in 5 minutes

Do you think it’s not realistic to make a full-fledged metal detector in 5 minutes? Now your ideas will be destroyed. Surely almost everyone has a Chinese multimeter at home, not necessarily like the one in the photo, any similar one will do. So, on

Repair Cannot Throw Away. Or how to fix an uneven hem in a knit T-shirt

It's no secret that quite often the purchase of clothes is made spontaneously, by inspiration. And sometimes because of this, some shortcomings of products go unnoticed at first glance. However, after some time they still become visible, and then it befalls

4 useful uses of the DVD drive mechanism

DVD and CD drives are gradually becoming obsolete, regardless of where they are installed: be it a computer or a DVD player. An era is passing, but a pile of iron remains idle. Now I will present to your attention 4 useful homemade products,

How to unscrew an angle grinder without problems if the disc is jammed and broken. Advice from an experienced locksmith

When working with a thin cutting disc, a situation may occur where it breaks at high speeds. As a result, the nut on the spindle is clamped so tightly that it is impossible to unscrew it without breaking something. Let's look at how we can

How to remove a seam inside a round pipe

When using welded pipes as a guide, you have to spend a lot of time trying to remove the seam that sticks out inside them. If the tube is short, then it can be knocked down with a chisel or polished, but this is impossible on long workpieces. They need

How to clean an iron very quickly, something that is 100% likely to be found in every home

Are you getting ready to iron, take out the iron and see a black layer of soot on it? And you probably don’t have a special solution for cleaning soles at hand. Don't rush headlong to the store and look for this product. What everyone always has will help you out

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