I know these are all over the place, but wanted to post this list (from lifehackery.com, by the way) and see if any of you guys had any favorite tips that you could respond with
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#8 also works for other electric heating items, like a humidifier. I had some BAD hard water deposits on our humidifier. I just filled the bottom with straight vinegar and let it sit for about an hour. About 90% of the hard water deposits came right off. We're talking a quarter of an inch thick. No wonder it kept overheating!
A second round will get rid of a lot of the rest. The active ingredients of commercial product CLR is mostly lactic acid, which acts the same way vinegar does. CLR also contains gluconic acid, which chelates heavier metal ions, which is why it works better. The point is that you can use vinegar (cheaper) as a pretreatment for the heavier-duty stuff.
Overall, only a few of these are usefully true. Most seem like useless effort, or work only up to a small point. I've commented on some where I can be informative. 14. If they are coming under a door, draw a line on the floor with chalk. The little bugs also won’t cross a line of chalk. Ants won't cross arsenic-based chalks, which used to be sold for just this purpose (as I understand). Definitely in the do-not-use-around-the-home category nowadays. 4. When boiling eggs, add a pinch of salt to keep the shells from cracking. True enough, but not for the reason stated. Salt helps to coagulate albumin protein, so leaks seal up instead of making streamers. This can't stop a serious breach, though. 7. Will milk curdle if it is allowed to boil? It turns out that this age-old piece of wisdom isn’t true, after all. Milk that has been boiled is perfectly safe to consume. When you've got milk at the boiling temperature, small amounts of acids will cause the milk protein to coagulate. This is how you make paneer. In olden days, when milk wasn't
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#5, #6, and #8 are true. #12 makes some sense. #16 is some what true, they do emit a gas, but only ripen fast when the gas is held in, like with plastic. #20 scares me, ewww....
The gas bananas give off is ethylene. It mixes easily with air, but in still air it will concentrate, even if exposed. So a bunch of bananas in an open bowl ripens faster. This is the reason for those banana hooks on the market.
Incidentally, you can use this effect to hasten ripening. A banana sealed up with unripe pears, for example, significantly speeds up ripening.
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14. If they are coming under a door, draw a line on the floor with chalk. The little bugs also won’t cross a line of chalk.
Ants won't cross arsenic-based chalks, which used to be sold for just this purpose (as I understand). Definitely in the do-not-use-around-the-home category nowadays.
4. When boiling eggs, add a pinch of salt to keep the shells from cracking.
True enough, but not for the reason stated. Salt helps to coagulate albumin protein, so leaks seal up instead of making streamers. This can't stop a serious breach, though.
7. Will milk curdle if it is allowed to boil? It turns out that this age-old piece of wisdom isn’t true, after all. Milk that has been boiled is perfectly safe to consume.
When you've got milk at the boiling temperature, small amounts of acids will cause the milk protein to coagulate. This is how you make paneer. In olden days, when milk wasn't ( ... )
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Incidentally, you can use this effect to hasten ripening. A banana sealed up with unripe pears, for example, significantly speeds up ripening.
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#28:Though I've never tried it, Super Glue. That's what it was made for.
#34: Works great.
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