Sometimes that board is just out of reach and you’re in a prone position that makes it difficult to rise and walk (or you just don’t want to waste energy walking over to it). Just flip your tape measure out and pull or push materials up to eight feet or more away.
Turn Your Regular Hammer into a Dead Blow Hammer
Don’t leave your next wood project looking like a woodpecker attacked it. Use the soft end of your hammer handle to adjust stubborn pieces of material into place without leaving indents into soft woods. Improvised dead blow hammer!
Why a Pizza Cutter Might Turn Into Your Favorite Herb Slicer
Unless you have Chef Gordon Ramsay’s lightning fast, samurai-like blade skills, chopping up herbs like parsley or cilantro can be a drag. We heard a pizza cutter can make quick work of herb slicing, so we gave it a shot. Yup, it actually works! Just lay those herbs (the legal kind, right?) on your cutting board and roll your pizza cutter back and forth with a little a pressure. Voilà! Fast, finely chopped herbs, no chef knife or special skills required!
Ketchup as a Metal Polish
Copper or brass looks great, but it also gets tarnished and ratty looking pretty quickly. Turns out that a little ordinary ketchup and some elbow grease can have your copper and brass goods looking like sparkling pirate booty.
Hide Emergency Cash in a Spice Jar
Have you considered hiding your cash in one of those fake soup cans but worry that thieves already know about those a little too well? You’ll want to skip the cupboard and head directly for the spice rack. You’ll need glue that dries clear and a spice jar that is about 25 percent full. This works best with small darker flakes such as oregano, but as you can see, even garlic or onion can work if you don’t mind adding an extra layer. Empty the jar and coat the inside with glue. Then, pour your spices back in, put the cap on, and shake until the inside of the jar is completely covered in spices. Take the lid off and let it dry. Repeat the process if you are using lighter spices. The inside of your spice jar will be hollow to hide emergency cash, while the outside will look like any other jar of spices. Just don’t try to use it for cooking!
Loosen and Refresh an Old Tube of Mascara
If your mascara is getting clumpy or you are having a tough time getting the last bits out of the tube, try this hack to loosen and refresh an old tube of mascara. Soak the closed tube in a cup of hot water for a few minutes to melt away the clumps and loosen the mascara from the sides of the tube.
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