Tag: diy
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Degrossifying Sponges, also Tinctures
Two posts in one this time. Ok so you may have heard of the sponge de-grossifying thing before. You put kitchen sponges in a pot, cover them with boiling water, let it cool, then wring them out and put them back. Do this once or twice a week and you won’t have a problem with…
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Shoe Liners
You know those thin foam shoe liners you can get pretty cheaply that help with foot comfort for about a week or two til they start to fold in on themselves? Here’s my attempt to deal with that problem. I bought the liners and followed the included template to cut out the foam to size,…
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Tired Of Microwaving?
Edited on February 10, 2026 for better recipe performance! The other day I was microwaving various foods, and too tired to think straight. Next thing I knew I was microwaving bowl after bowl of stuff for two minutes each instead of putting it on one plate. But my microwave is pretty annoying anyway as it…
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Making The Most Of Instructables
So I’ve been on Instructables for years. Browsing, trying stuff, saving recipes you name it. However, it’s a weird site in that I’ve also spent months digging for information, finding unrelated stuff, finding things I needed years ago but that aren’t useful now etc. essentially it’s a pile of some of the best library books…
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Sunscreen Applicator
July 10, 2025 by HTV9 Look at this thing. Photogenic it is not. Anyhow, this is an attempt at putting sunscreen on the middle of your own back without needing help. The idea is to use it diagonally like how you can scrub your back in a shower with a washcloth, by draping its long…
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Lap Desk Resurrection
June 9, 2025 by HTV9 Not too surprisingly, the gluing on the lap desk gave up the ghost. So here’s my new idea. This is 2 long pieces of paracord tied with trucker’s hitches in 2 places on each end of each cord. 4 trucker’s hitches total. I looped each around two corners of the…
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Bamboo Solar Crosses
Feb 24, 2025 by HTV9 Many religions have their own traditional versions of protective amulets. This is a Pagan one. They’re called Solar Crosses, or for whatever reason, Alrums. So in my particular kind of Paganism, the purpose and intention of these is to protect you and your loved ones, your hearth, your home and…
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Body Butter Attempt (dangerous)
Jan 22, 2025 by HTV9 Ok so this is an idea I had for a while. Unsweetened chocolate for baking is basically just cocoa solids with cocoa butter, right? Well what if I used that instead of cocoa butter when making body butter? Here’s my super dangerous double boiler setup for that purpose. Broken chopsticks…
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Dusting Tool
Nov 18, 2024 by HTV9 This is more experimental than anything else. It’s three chopsticks rubber-banded together, with one of those knit dustrags I made kind of wadded at the top and attached to it with a hair tie. Does it dust more easily and effectively than just the dustrag itself? Only time will tell.…
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Portable Zen Garden
Oct 2, 2024 by HTV9 Ingredients:1 bag of aquarium sandA few pebblesReclosable plastic containerForkYou can close it up when it’s not in use so you can keep it in a high traffic living room or office without as much fear of it spilling © http://www.abrandnewbookofdays.com 2024
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