Lifehacks and useful tips. Page 8

White tulle turns gray over time and looks ugly. There are different ways to clean it, but not all are working or safe. Housewives, in search of returning tulle to its former whiteness, use powders, soaps, and pastes. So how to clean tulle from grayness?

Herring is a fish that housewives use to prepare many dishes. To ensure a tasty salad or appetizer, it is important to remove all bones from the fish. How to clean a herring and remove all the bones? There is an amazing "breaking" way to do this.

The siphon design of a sink or bathtub is such that hair washed down the drain is retained in it. Over time, so many of them accumulate that they completely block the drain. Usually the problem is solved by dismantling and cleaning the siphon manually, but you can

Frost in the freezer reduces drawer capacity and uses more energy. In addition, frozen food in the freezer may change taste due to ice. There is a way to get rid of ice in freezer drawers and prevent it from continuing.

In some cases, there is a need to smoothly bend wood material (MDF, chipboard, multi-layer plywood, etc.) most often at an angle of 90 degrees for the manufacture of new or restoration of used furniture, as well as for other applications

A variety of techniques and materials can be used to serve the holiday table. But the simplest and most affordable way is paper napkins. It is from them that we propose to make a lush flower that can become decorative

Sometimes simple solutions can save a lot of time when doing routine work, or do it much better. There are many such life hacks. Let's look at a selection of some of them.

Sometimes elementary ideas make it much easier to complete certain tasks. We offer a selection of 7 great ideas that will definitely come in handy. They are all just basic, but very useful.

White plastic tends to turn yellow, so over the years it takes on a completely unsightly appearance. This happens due to the oxidation of its surface layer. This is not an irreversible process, so there are many ways available

Sometimes it is necessary to bend a profile pipe into a ring. Considering the rigidity of such rental, it is quite difficult to perform such an operation. But by making a simple device from leftover metal, you can turn a profile pipe into a ring

The method of laying firewood for long-term burning, which will be discussed, is known to many. But for some reason, you rarely meet those who use it. But this method has a number of huge advantages: the burning time increases by 3-5 times, smoke

After the first use, the grill grate, even stainless steel, stops shining. It becomes covered with soot and soot. You can clean it to perfect condition quite quickly, you just need to know one secret.

In winter, so much snow accumulates on the roof that the rafters literally crack under it.To prevent it from damaging the roof, it must be removed periodically. Climbing onto the roof is unsafe, so it’s better to make a simple tool with which you can

With a little thought, you can come up with completely unusual solutions to everyday and work problems. We offer a selection of 8 life hacks that really work. Many of them will surely prove to be very useful for you both in the workshop and in the garage.

To restore a home control panel, say, for a TV, home craftsmen resort to non-standard and unprofessional solutions: they glue foil to the back of the buttons, as here. Or they are trying to restore it themselves in a different way

Cutting holes in metal is a simple matter, but there are times when the usual tool is not able to provide the desired result. Or, for example, when it is cutting in hard-to-reach or inconvenient places. Let's imagine what we need in

An ordinary plastic canister of water in the trunk of a car is needed at least to wash your hands after minor repairs on the road or loading goods that dirty your hands. The inconveniences are obvious: the canister needs to be pulled out of the trunk and the lid unscrewed

Sometimes everyday difficulties can be solved in a completely unusual way, using ingenuity.Let's look at 6 interesting ideas for the home craftsman. At least several of them will definitely come in handy in the near future.

In any home you can find many previously white plastic surfaces that have turned yellow over time. This could be a cover on the refrigerator, a window sill, a remote control, the housing of the indoor air conditioner unit, etc. Similar

There are many ways to solder a conductor to an aluminum surface, but this one is a little special. This method is chemical and consists of pre-coating aluminum with a microlayer of copper. But don’t be afraid, because everything is extremely

Not everyone has a professional torch for high-temperature solders in their home workshop. Is it possible to use a regular, tourist, gas torch for hard soldering with a melting point of about 800 degrees

It turns out that you can solder a wire to any aluminum surface with regular solder, without special flux. Most DIYers are familiar with the method of soldering under a layer of machine oil. Yes, indeed, the method works, but it is not very effective.

A gas boiler has a very simple chimney through which hot gases are released into the atmosphere.If it is slightly modified, the heat emitted to the street can be taken away and used to heat the house. The proposed modernization is significantly

Even seemingly simple tasks may not be as easy as they seem. There are many subtleties in every case, only by observing which you can get the perfect result. Let's look at cool useful tips from builders and carpenters who can