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How to vacuum room with minimal amount of effort?

I'm trying to find any life hacks which helps me to safe time on vacuuming the room. Especially if you need to repeat the work every few days over and over again. I'm not talking about the right posture or time management, but physical things which…
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Filling a hot water urn from a kitchen sink

The answers given so far don't seem to work for my situation. the hose would not be suitably hygienic, as it would not be sterile enough (I am working with elderly people and the hygiene is very important). the urn becomes too heavy to lift up onto…
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Boiled water to clean leather

I've just been advised by a furniture repairman to clean my leather reclining armchair as follows: boil some water let it cool down wipe down the armrests and headrest with that water Now, thinking back to my Chemistry 101, it seems to me like…
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How to take macro pictures using any smart phone camera?

Is there any way of taking close up photos with a camera phone? Are there any life hacks to do that?
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How to restore a rulers edge?

I have a standard plastic ruler which I have been using for a couple of years and through general use the edge has become not so smooth and quite bumpy. This is somewhat unhelpful when trying to draw a straight line, so I was wondering if there was…
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How can I keep my phone from falling over when watching videos?

Now and again I like to watch a video on my phone, I also want to have my hands free to do other things or just simply because it more comfortable but I find due to most phones not being particularly 'grippy' it is hard to lean them up against…
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Water Softener salt and Dehumidification

I have a Water Softener which uses tablet salt so I have plenty of salt available. I have a problem with my loft (attic) in that it is constantly very damp. I've noticed that salt seems to be able to draw moisture from the surrounding air,…
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Life Hacks for Urine Guard

Urine Guard is a product for animals that protects from them spraying the walls with Urine. I need a substitute for this, because the original product is to small and my pet jumps and sprays. Also, the product is pretty expensive for something that…
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How do I use the belt on a jeans or a pant such that the button is not visibly suspended

Because the pant is a bit bigger in size and I'd like to tighten it a bit, what happens as a result is that the button gets suspended and visible. I do not want to use suspenders because it is not in fashion in my geography, so looking forward to…
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What is an easy unobtrusive way to keep stuff stored on the fridge from falling off?

My wife complained that stuff on the fridge has a tendency to slow migrate forward with each door open close cycle, and several times a can of soda has taken the deep dive. How can I easily keep this from happening, and win peace in m household? One…
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How to remove wrinkles to ease ironing

What is best way to iron clothes with so much wrinkles? I find it’s so hard to iron. What are ways to make ironing easy?
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Keep motion sensor on

Occasionally I need to work at a building with lights controlled by motion sensor. With the recent high energy prices, they have shortened the "lights on" period from 10 minutes to about 3 minutes. It is a real pain to work like that as I need to…
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Are there any sure fire ways to soften up cotton?

Not having much luck with a few 100% cotton bandannas. I tried what online sources recommended such as baking soda and vinegar in various combinations of washing and also I dry them in a dryer to soften. But they are still very stiff when dry. I wet…
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Touchpad misbehaves when laptop is resting on my stomach. How to prevent this?

I frequently use my laptop in this position of the person in the photo, laying on my couch or bed. The touchpad is very close to the edge of the laptop, so any "gestures" requiring multiple touches (scrolling, swiping, etc) often get screwed up…
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How to remove blue pigment from clothes from whitewashed wall?

I have walls that whitewashed using water emulsion paint, and bed linen of dark blue color. Bed linen pigment is unstable, and always paints everything it touches with the same blue-ish color. I tried to wash it in big temperature to remove that…
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