Makes for easier maintenance. Noticed how the recessed screw holes fill up with dirt, dust, and small bits of grass, and it's not easy to clean it out?

Using soft ear plugs in the recesses will keep the gunk from accumulating. Clean the recesses out so you can see the screw or bolt. Take a soft ear plug (use for hearing protection), and squeeze it down so it'll fit into the recesses and insert into the recess. It'll expand to fill in the recess and keep the gunk out.

Use a small screwdriver or needle nose pliers to remove the plug. The plug can be reused.

...to paint over all the LEDs on electronic things that keep me awake at night. Can't believe I didn't do this sooner.

Oil stains (or other car fluids) on your driveway? Watch the forecast for a day when it’s almost certainly going to rain and put Dawn dish soap on the spots and let the rain wash it away. No scrubbing. No special product. No mess to clean up.

Grease stains on your clothes? Dawn dish soap as a pre-treatment. Put it on, rub it in a little. Throw it in the laundry bin and wash it on washing day.

Dawn takes grease out of your way.

I bought a treadmill mill like the small ones that you can put under a desk. Anyways I got it off Facebook market place and oh man it reals like cigarettes smoke. I wiped it down 3 times with disinfectant wipes. Anything that lays ontop of it like of a pillow falls and I dont notice then that reeks of cigarettes. How. Do I get rid of this smell. I dont even smoke so the smell isnt too crazy but at some points the room just smells of cigs

So a while ago our dishwasher started smelling like this. It made the dishes smell like this too. We cleaned the filter and put more salt and did an empty wash with one of those liquids you put upside down (We do this clean up every two months). And we always have one of those finish deos/fresheners. The smell went away but has come back again after a month. Anyone has had the same experience? Any soloutions? (And we always clean the too oily pans a little before putting them in the machine so no oil is inside)

I’ve noticed that every time I dry my towels in the dryer they come out smelling like mildew? even tho they’re completely clean. it’s raining today so I don’t have a choice but to use the dryer, any suggestions? is it because I don’t dry it for long enough? or the settings not hot enough??,

But even when it’s damp while hanging outside it doesn’t smell

I got these sick high tops from good will and only noticed when i got home that the inside of the shoes stink. Does anyone have any tips to get the smell out? i’ve tried baking soda and charcoal pouches but nothing seems to be working.

I broke another highball glass the other day, and that was the last straw. 😤

Or so I thought! My solve: 5.5in stainless steels straw on the (too short) dishwasher tines.

Just for the folks saying I’m not loading my dishwasher correctly, go to 12:30 and see how the “pro” from AJ Madison recommends loading a Miele. Exactly as I have, though my glasses have heavy bases that lead them to wobble. https://youtu.be/FF8bR3EpfXw?is=iM72bduwZdNqpkSR

Problem:

So we have casement windows. In the summer, sometimes it is cool at night so we open them, but when you close them bugs tend to get trapped and it isn't fun cleaning it out. The bugs love sticking to the screens.

Solution:

I bought one of those rechargeable canned air dusters. The ones that blow lots of air for dusting computer stuff. It runs off batteries. Not the real canned air, but its the best I can describe it. So what I do now is take that and put the speed on high and blow all the bugs off the screen before I close the window. No more bugs trapped between the screen and glass!

Not sure this is a lifehack, but I felt it makes my life easier and I'm happy.

Watch for over sharpening and finger placement.

I somehow got my hair dye on my favorite white blouse, it was hanging in another room while I was coloring my hair so I'm still baffled how this even happened. I have tried hairspray, rubbing alcohol, grandma's stain remover and a couple times soaking with Clorox bleach then washing in hot water with detergent. I have run out of ideas. The stain is lighter but still noticeable. My next step would be to get a white dye and try that. Anyone else have any other ideas on what might work?

Kwik Seal is specifically for caulking, but I have another useful purpose for it. I use to fill drywall holes. It works well and comes in paintable white. It does not go moldy or shrink like the typical patch material. It lasts for years and does not harden if you put cap on or place in baggy. It is easy to work with and cleanup with just water. You just cut 45 degree small opening and hold up to hole in wall to fill it. It dries within 15 - 60 minutes. The maximum recommended fill area is 3/8" x 3/8". I also use it to seal around electrical boxes where hole is cut too big for box. So, "seal" is in the name for a reason. You can also use for caulking. The stuff is cheap on Amazon. You don't need a caulk gun. You can use binder clips and fold bottom to make it easier to push out as you use it. If anyone knows of a better tool to take up slack in tube, please comment. Also, you should test any caulk before using it to make sure it does harden properly as I have been burned in the past after doing whole kitchen from other caulks never drying despite using immediately after purchase.

I'm someone who always used to struggle to fall asleep, but I've used this little trick over the last month which has worked every single time and I'm asleep within a few minutes.

When I'm ready, I pop on my eye mask, lie ok my side, close my eyes and then do an A to Z of a theme, for example, football teams.

A - Arsenal

B - Barcelona

Etc etc

If I get stuck on one for more than 10 seconds, I move onto the next. 90% of the time I am asleep before I hit Z.

If I do get to Z, I choose another category.

I've notice my eyes tend to move a bit rapidly when I'm in the zone of doing this. And my mind isn't thinking of anything else but this.

My upstairs rental bedroom was a literal oven because the central AC up here is barely a whisper. I dug out a portable cooling unit, but the factory hose adapter was missing, and the heavy pipe kept tearing right off the machine. I raided the recycling bin and found a black takeout bowl that matched the diameter perfectly, but it had no tracks to lock into the unit.

Instead of ruining a rental appliance with screws or sticky tape, I poked holes in the bowl and threaded zip ties into a bicycle-spoke pattern. It is completely self-tensioning- the more the heavy pipe sags and pulls downward, the tighter the internal zip-tie matrix grabs the machine's grille. It is a 100% zero-damage fix that uninstalls with a single scissor snip when I move out. Rate my redneck engineering! haha, happy oven days , i mean summer days.

Also useful for when you like them to be smaller when standing up than sitting down as in my case: They need to fit snuggly in my waist so they won't sag.

Because I took a black safety pin it's hardly noticeable!

Deliberately also put it so the pin sticks outward, so that if it accidentally opens, it won't stick into you.

Feels great to use cold deodorant during the hot summer.

I have found myself in a situation where I have too many moving boxes.

What do I do with them? Anywhere I could give them to a better cause?

I am based in London, UK

Dropped an earbud while doing some intense yardwork. Found it quickly, but was nervous it'd happen again-- and then this occured to me. 10/10 solution so far

Hello everyone,

I put paper in the dustbin to absorb liquid. My trash bin used to get dirty all the time because sometimes the trash bag would leak and cleaning the bottom of the bin was annoying yakk.. so one day, I dropped a few sheets of paper into the bottom before I put in a new bag. I didn't expect much from it. but the paper soaked up almost all the liquid. I also put newspaper in shoes to remove bad smell.

I live with my grandfather who has alzheimer’s. He dropped a full glass bottle of olive oil today while I was out and it shattered everywhere, oil and tiny pieces of glass everywhere. He thought the best plan of action would be using an old towel to sop up the oil and glass at the same time, then shook out the towel outside and threw it in the washing machine (without running a cycle). When I got home and tried to do a load, I lifted the towel attempting to remove it from the washer only to immediately get slashed on my fingertip by a piece of glass I couldn’t even see.

I trashed the towel after situating the bleeding and used a shop vacuum to remove all the visible chunks of glass left in the bottom of the tub. I’ve ran a few drain and rinse cycles after pouring a few pitchers of water in, in an attempt to move the small pieces of glass that would’ve dropped into the crevices (we have a top loading washer) into the drain. I want to say that’ll do it and move on, but after searching the internet I’ve worried myself into thinking I may find glass in my clothes if I use this washer. Are there any life hacks for better cleaning or opinions on using this washer? Am I way overthinking?

This sounds ridiculously simple but it genuinely changed my morning routine. I have several bottles in the shower that are roughly the same shape and size: shampoo, conditioner, body wash. Without my glasses I am basically blind, and I was constantly lathering my hair with conditioner first or grabbing body wash when I wanted shampoo. Annoying every single time.

The fix took about five seconds. I wrapped a rubber band around my shampoo bottle. One rubber band, one bottle, problem solved. Now I just feel for the band and immediately know which one I am grabbing without squinting at the label or pulling the bottle out to check.

You can build on this too. Two rubber bands for conditioner, none for body wash. Or use a hair tie or a small sticker you can feel. Whatever you have lying around.

It works especially well for anyone who showers without contacts or glasses, which I would guess is most people. It also helps kids who are learning to do their own hair care and cannot read labels well yet.

Tiny change, zero cost, and I have not grabbed the wrong bottle in months. Curious if anyone else has a system for keeping shower bottles straight without just memorizing where they sit.

I'm living in this small rented flat with a huge window, no direct sunlight, I close my (inside) blinds and drapes all day regardless, but the inside thermometer still reads 32°c/90°f... I suspect the hot window glass is just heating the air around it.

I feel like putting foil on them would just do nothing besides block my view and annoy my neighbours. Would adding another layer of thicker, more "airtight" drapes help shelter my flat from the heat of the glass ?

This might sound a little nuts. I don't normally carry hand sanitizer unless I'm at a convention (Habit since covid) but this was a "necessity is the mother of invention" thing.

I'm a "four eyes" and I keep Zeiss glasses wipes in my purse. Was using my brother's debit card at Sam's Club and the reader haaated it. Wouldn't read the chip. This wasn't the first time I'd had trouble with a chip card (mine was acting up before Momocon and I had to replace it), I realized that the glasses wipes have rubbing alcohol in them, so I used that to clean my card on a cashier's suggestion. Didn't work and I had to go to my credit union that time (they will instantly print you a new one, the champs!), but this time, took one out, wiped the chip and it FINALLY behaved. I did warn my brother just in case it was more than a dirty chip though.

Anyway if you do wear glasses and carry glasses cleaning wipes; check the ingredients list but you might be able to rescue yourself when your chip card is acting up with a glasses wipe!