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Old 08-11-2010, 05:30 AM
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What products have you discovered work for things not intended by the company that made them?

As an example oven cleaner for cleaning greasy parts.
Coke (the cola) for cleaning off battery corrosion.
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Old 08-11-2010, 05:39 AM
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Baking Soda is good for gettin the stink out of shoes.
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WD40 for cleaning sticker residue off nice surfaces.

All I can think of at the moment.

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Baking soda.battery chager and water cleans rust off of metal. lol
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(in the locksmithing industry) those pointy things the dentists use are great for removing handles off of a schlage entry lock.
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Teflon bicycle chain lube is great for loosening rusty bolts. It expensive but better than PB or WD.
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Originally Posted by BAILEIGH INC
What products have you discovered work for things not intended by the company that made them?

As an example oven cleaner for cleaning greasy parts.
Coke (the cola) for cleaning off battery corrosion.
A few weeks ago at AAA lockout training course I had to take for my job the instructer informed us that the correct way to clean battery terminals is to make a mixture of 25% baking soda and 75% water. I just figured I'd pass the information along...
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Why not just a wire brush?
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because with a wire brush..the corrosion gets thrown around.

the baking soda and water actually Dissolves it,
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I see. Well i will stick with my wire teminal cleaner, the baking soda method seems like more trouble than its worth
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ATF works as a great cleaner. I use it on my muzzle loaders after the season I just let them soak a few hours and the inside the barrel is good as new
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I once heard the gel inside a baby diaper is a good fire retardant. I hear some guy took it and made a product for people to spray on there homes in CA. during wild fires.
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....are you brain dead?

gel inside a baby diaper...people spraying it on their homes? wtf lmao
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brake cleaner kills spiders better than raid for spiders.... and you can light them on fire!
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ya know what works better?

hairspray in front of a torch.


or just a torch? lmao
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Originally Posted by camo31"10.50"
ya know what works better?

hairspray in front of a torch.


or just a torch? lmao
Bingo - I don't mess around with spiders.

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Originally Posted by camo31"10.50"
because with a wire brush..the corrosion gets thrown around.

the baking soda and water actually Dissolves it,
Wrong, it neutralizes the acid.

Originally Posted by camo31"10.50"
....are you brain dead?

gel inside a baby diaper...people spraying it on their homes? wtf lmao
He isn't but you may be....

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/science/9810...ire/index.html
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AH! i thought he was talking about PLACING gel INSIDE of a diaper....not the ACTUAL gel IN THE DIAPER.

sorry i don't watch national news, just local!


it's been a while since chemistry sorry DC,

either way, the acid is no more.
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i'm not scared of spiders, unless it's crawlin on me and i don't know about it..

we have A LOT of brown recluse spiders around my house AND inside...yep..got em inside..exterminated a few times...just keep comin back.
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