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Homemade Boot Brush
Why would anyone ever want to make their own boot brush you ask? Well, for one they can be quite expensive if you don't shop around. Another reason is that many of the so called boot brushes don't work...
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Toilet Bowl Cleaner
An easy way to clean your toilet with a drill. It makes toilet cleaning fun. Gather Supplies Get your drill, a saw, a medium drill bit, and a round toilet brush with a plastic handle. handle Cut your...
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TarBallTrap - How to Clean Up an Oil Spill (Part II)
What's the worst thing you can imagine happening to something you love? For the crew of R/V Magnet, who love the ocean for more reasons than we can count, one of the worst things we can imagine is...
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Wash reminder
Never forget that you left wet clothes in the washer again! This instructable shows how to make a clothes in the laundry reminder device. Why and How The problemOur laundry room is next to the baby's...
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How to Make Your Own Non-Toxic Glass Cleaner
So why would someone want to make their own glass cleaner? It won't really save you money, I'm guessing it costs almost exactly the same to buy new versus mixing your own. A local grocery store has new...
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How to Host a Park Clean-Up in San Francisco
You don't have to wait for Earth Day to do some green good around your neighborhood. Host a Park Clean-Up any time of year (weather permitting, of course) and improve your local hang out while making...
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Clear a clogged drain with SCIENCE!!!
Hey guys, howzit?If you are, or know someone who is, a person with excessive facial hair, this one's for you.So I trimmed my beard recently, and, like an idiot, neglected to clear the larger masses of...
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How to do laundry
We all have laundry. Some of us do the laundy and some of have the laundry done for us. This instructable will show you how to do the laundry, with ideas for making the job easier and ideas for making...
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Grout and Tile Cleaning
This Instructable will teach you how to clean a bathroom, for those of you who don't have maids. Everyone should know how to clean a bathroom, my mom taught me how when I was very young, and it became...
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Add a Shower to your Toilet
Have I got your attention? It's not what you're thinking - and if you have kids in diapers you may wonder why you didn't do this sooner!Disposable diapers are very hard on the environment. That's why...
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Repair Cigarette Burns On Carpet
Over the years I have forked out money to carpet cleaners to repair carpet burns. Until lately when I watched one guy do it and learned there super money making trick. Forget paying carpet cleaners or...
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Hand-powered WASHING MACHINE
I have probably been washing clothes in this hand-powered washing machine for over 25 years. It has two funnels inside the tank that serve as plungers, agitating the water every time the handle is...
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Emergency Cardboard Dustpan (with 4 features)
Some days ago, my dustpan was broken. Last night, suddenly I woke up with this design in my mind (I was really surprised) and realized this will become an instructable. Here you have!It has four...
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How to 'stop' a leak with scotch tape and a bottle
I will show a very simple method of collecting water from a leak (ie a ceiling dripping) using scotch tape and a bottle. The tape acts as a guide to let the dripping water flow into a bottle. This is...
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Easy Fruit Fly Trap
I used to make the inverted cone type traps but one day I didn't have any tape so I tried this. Much to my surprise it worked just as well, but was way easier to make. Fruit flies can be a pain in the...
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Unclog bathroom sink without chemicals
My sink has been draining slowly, and finally, people are coming over and we need to clean. It's all backed up, yuck.The steps of this instructable show you how to remove biological mysteries from your...
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Swiffer bottle hack
Quick and simple. Drill a 5/16" hole in the top (when upside down) of the bottle. Hot glue a 5/16" nut around the hole you just drilled. Once cool, insert your 5/16" bolt into the hole. We refilled...
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Clean & Green Laundry with Soapnuts
Doing your laundry with soapnuts is a great way to avoid polluting the earth while cleaning your clothes. These days soapnuts (or soapberries) are all the rage, and I have to say that I agree. I have...
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Cradle to Cradle Dishwashing
This method of dish-washing saves energy by minimizing the amount of hot water running right down the sink and away, which can be a fair amount. It also saves water via the same simple action of...
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DIY laundry detergent / bathroom cleaner / kitchen scrub, no synthetics.
Here is a simple laundry "detergent" (actually pure soap, no synthetic detergents at all!) that also does a good job scrubbing toilets, sinks, surfaces, tough floors, pots and pans, cleaning ovens,...
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How to make a Velcro snake drain cleaner
Do you find yourself purchasing Drano every few months to keep that shower drain from clogging? Here's a simple guide to making your own drain snake so you can stop dropping money on Drano. I got the...
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Simplify Doing the Dishes
At my house we hate doing dishes. Doing laundry is considered slightly less painful. We have a dishwasher but because we almost never eat out and frequently have to make food from scratch we have LOTS...
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Home made Lens Cleaner...
I wear glasses, and cleaning them with the store bought lens cleaner can get spendy at $12 a bottle. (I tend to use it on other things as well...) So after buying a bottle of it, I started making my...
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How to Clean Mold from a Wood Floor
This is how I cleaned up and removed mildew that grew on a wood floor. I left a mattress directly on a hardwood floor, and some mold grew underneath. There is no insulation in the crawlspace beneath...
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Slipper, Shoe and Glove Dryer
A simple wire rack dries things easily if you have floor air vents. I machine wash my slippers (Wal-Mart), and this rack dries them quickly while retaining their shape. Since I wear the slippers for...
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5 Vinegar Mysteries Solved!
Vinegar (Acetic acid) is a sour liquid found in many homes. It has also been touted for centuries as a wonder drug, and ultimate cleaning product. But does it actually work? We will test 5 common...
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Soap on a Rope
When I was a kid it was pretty standard to give my dad a bar of Old Spice "Soap on a Rope" for Father's day each year. This was a big fat oval bar of soap with a big fat twisted rope coming out of it...
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“High Spray” Extension handle to spray bugs up high.
Living in a house with high ceilings and clerestory windows is usually a good thing, but when flying or crawling pests -such as flies and spiders- invade the house, they tend to head up to the high...
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Disposable cobweb broom - easy, cheap environmentally friendly.
If you have high ceilings or eaves, it can be hard to reach cobwebs with a conventional broom or cobweb broom... plus you end up with a very yukky broom to clean. I’m assuming you have some trees in...
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Use Your Old Soap Scraps - and enjoy it!
Everyone knows the feeling… you have a lovely, new bar of soap, a joy to use, but it fast deteriorates into a little scrap of soap that doesn’t lather, breaks when you use it, and slips through your...
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Homemade Laundry Detergent
I wanted to A. Save money B. Be ecologically phosphate free If you learn from my mistakes your results will surpass mine in both respects, I am sure.In addition to my clothes coming out "so fresh and...
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Removing water spots from velvet?
Last time I wore my favorite purple velvet skirt out dancing, it rained! The skirt now has a bunch of water spots: both from direct raindrop hits, and from splash-up from a nice long hike through...
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How to soften up new boots.
This instuctable covers how to ease the pain of breaking in new work boots, it will help soften the leather and help reduce the chance of developing blisters, It also helps to waterproof the leather...
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Be Rid of Stuck On Food!!
It happens to all of us. We have friends over and make a delicious meal. We hang out, chillax and by the time the night is over, there are dishes to be done. We shrug it off and say, "I'll do it...
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Unusual Use for Tooth Paste: Shoe Cleaner!
Surprisingly, tooth paste works well on shoes by taking off scuff and other marks. It is sticky and can pull out most stains from your shoes. Here is the list of supplies that you need: ~An old scuffed...
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Homemade Green Cleaning Recipes
Clean nearly everything in your house with simple and non-toxic ingredients. Whether you're worried about the chemicals you're using, wanting to save money, or hoping to save yourself from all those...
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Baseboard cleaning tool
I hate cleaning. I also hate having to squat down on the floor. Therefore, cleaning baseboards is not high on my list of fun things to do. So, one day I decided to make a baseboard cleaning tool...
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APRON OF HOLDING
Everyone has a Bag of Holding these days, but no one has an Apron of Holding. With its multiple ridged pockets always held open to receive, its various soft pockets to hold things close and a glowing...
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What You Never Knew About Doing the Dishes With a Sponge
After living with college roommates that couldn't seem to do the dishes properly, I realized I had to get the word out there about proper dishwashing duty. Dishsoap and Sponges The first thing to...
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Iron Skillet Seasoning & Modification
Updated, improved, and much, much more efficient and energy saving. Changes are in step 7. I've long thought that the classic standard of American kitchens, the iron skillet needed a little work. Lodge...
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