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2 life hacks: How to easily peel or split a coconut

If you decide to eat fresh coconut flesh, then the question immediately arises: how to split or peel it to get to the juice or snow-white pulp. If you don’t know about the life hacks described below and immediately try to “discover”

My way to quickly clean a toilet from rust and limescale with what you have on hand

If you live in a rented or communal apartment, then you are probably faced with the fact that the toilet is most likely in a state of disrepair. When many people live in the same space, it is difficult to divide household responsibilities. The result is in

How to sharpen concrete drills for easy drilling of carbide and hardened steels

It is almost impossible to drill hardened, high-speed or alloy steel with conventional drills, and those designed for this are very expensive, require constant correction and also fail. We will use it for drilling the above-mentioned steels

How to easily fix a stuck toilet cistern button

A common toilet malfunction is the button sticking. After flushing, it does not return to its original position, and water from the tank continuously flows into the sewer. Such a breakdown can easily be solved with your own hands without replacing components.

How to make a jig for absolutely straight cutting with a jigsaw

Due to the small width of the file, an electric jigsaw is considered convenient for sawing along curved trajectories and, for the same reason, of little use for straight cuts. If you don't use the guides, it starts to move to the side. But having supplied

How to unravel a PET bottle onto a ribbon without a bottle cutter

Many people make special bottle cutters that are used to cut PET bottles into ribbons. The latter are then used as rope, for weaving cords and various crafts. This tape is durable and also has heat-shrink properties.

Are your plastic windows sweating and there is no heat? There is 1 simple solution

Moisture in the room condenses on cold surfaces, which are double-glazed windows. This happens not only in houses with poor ventilation, but even when the humidity is within normal limits. In this case, the problem is that double-glazed windows are much

Secrets of working with a universal square

Many tools have a universal Svenson square among their tools. There is a scale on all its sides, and complex shaped grooves are made in the body. Each of these elements has its own purpose.The design of the tool is so well thought out that with its help

3 ways to remove a sticker from any item or dishware

You can often find price tags and barcodes stuck on purchased items. In most cases, it is not possible to rip them off. They begin to tear and also leave traces of glue. Let's look at 3 ways to remove stickers without unnecessary hassles.

How to Unfasten a Plastic Tie with Your Bare Hands and Reuse It

There is an opinion that plastic ties are disposable. If you tighten them, you won’t be able to remove them; you just need to cut them. In fact, they are easily removed, with bare hands without special tools, and then reused.

Repairing the remote control with homemade graphite varnish

Sometimes remote controls for TVs and other household appliances break down, this manifests itself as “sticking” keys - in order for the key to work, you need to press it forcefully several times. The weak point of many remote controls is the rubber conductive contacts,

5 carpentry tips and tricks for every day

When working with wood, you often have to deal with minor difficulties, such as unscrewing screws with a damaged head, screwing them into larger holes than necessary, and other troubles. Most of them can be solved simply, you need

How and with what to quickly dismantle old coatings during repairs

No less difficult stage of repair than finishing is the dismantling of old plaster, tiles, and screed. This can take a lot of time.But if you find the right tool for each type of coating, then finishing the rough work will be much easier.

How to clean the oven with soda and vinegar without commercial chemicals

Cleaning the oven is not the easiest task, so it is often postponed. As a result, an amount of soot and grease can accumulate on its surface that a regular detergent cannot cope with. If you are afraid of using powerful chemicals that may

5 carpentry tools to increase precision and make work easier

Carpentry is always a creative process. Absolutely any problem can be solved in different ways. Let's look at 5 useful homemade tools and attachments with which you can do many tasks faster and better, saving a lot of time.

How to ideally apply film to furniture curves

You can often find desks and computer desks with a rounded edge. This creates certain difficulties when gluing film on them. When you try to do this, wrinkles inevitably form on the edges. They can be avoided by knowing a few secrets.

How to level the floor under laminate without dismantling

The rough under the laminate is rarely perfectly smooth. Over the years, the substrate ceases to compensate for these depressions, and the covered ones begin to sag and creak. If this happens to you, then the unevenness under the laminate can be removed with a simple

How to drill a tile under a socket box with a crown or a thin drill

When laying tiles, the main difficulty is not cutting, but drilling holes, especially for socket boxes. There are special diamond-coated crowns for this purpose. But their presence does not guarantee that the hole will be obtained in exactly the right place,

How to stick self-adhesive film on the corners and edges of furniture

Updating old furniture with self-adhesive film is an excellent inexpensive solution. Gluing it to the facade is not at all difficult, but you get sloppy folds on the edges and corners. It is immediately clear from them that the furniture has been restored with film. Stick it without similar ones

Life hack: how to quickly remove grease stains from clothes using lemon and mustard

There are different ways to remove stains from fabric. It all depends on what kind of greasy product you stained your clothes with and how much time has passed since the contamination. Undoubtedly, if you quickly carry out the cleaning procedure and wash the item, then you will not

How to properly clean a cast iron frying pan after use to maintain its non-stick properties

Meat dishes are best cooked in a cast iron frying pan without a non-stick coating. However, many people refuse it because it is difficult to wash. Let's look at how to properly care for a cast iron frying pan so that you don't have to scrape it later

How to replace a laminate board in the middle without dismantling the adjacent ones

If one laminate board in the middle of the floor is damaged, you have to remove all the adjacent boards to the nearest wall and, after replacing the damaged one, put them in place. A lot of hard and painstaking work.But there is an option to replace one board with

How to Easily Remove Silicone Sealant

Silicone sealant has very good adhesion, so it is very difficult to remove it from the surface. Solvents do not take it in, so you can’t get rid of it easily; only a mechanical method works. However, there is a method that allows

How to quickly clean a file

The file blade becomes clogged with small sawdust. As a result, it stops working and just slides across the surface. To return the tool to its effectiveness, you need to clean out its notches.

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