So I took the door off its hinges, but I didn’t think to measure the distances and angles around my bed first. And I call myself a mathematician. :rolleyes: There’s room under the bed, but I can’t get the damn door under there because the walls are in the way. And since the bed probably weighs a thousand pounds, it ain’t moving. Any tips on how to deal with this?
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It might fit behind the bar you hang your clothes on in the closet, which would make it mostly out of sight. But depending on the layout of the closet you might have the same problem your having getting it under the bed.
I like that idea! I’m using a big fishing tackle box for my sewing supplies - same idea, lots of trays of little compartments for all my fiddly little sewing things (thimbles, needles, spare buttons, thread, bobbins, etc.) and a big compartment in the bottom for larger things.
Better yet, since it sounds like you’re space challenged, put a few nails in to the studs at either side of the closet and make it into a storage shelf.
I use the flat, plastic tackle boxes in my arts and crafts studio to hold small parts. The dividers are adjustable so that I can fit a dozen pair of specialty scissors in one, multiple rubber stamps in another, paintbrushes in one, caligraphy supplies in one, etc . My dad even made a set of shelves for me that hold them in single layers so that I don’t have to unstack them anymore.
As long as Plano keeps making that size in clear plastic, I’m set.
Holy smokes! So it’s Christmas Eve and I’m preparing family dinner and decided to pull out the silver(plate) and fancy things up a bit. Since it hasn’t been used since the Carter administration, it’s all tarnished. I remembered this thread and decided to try toothpaste, the apparent miracle product. And I’ll be darned if it didn’t work! And just as fast as those fancy schmancy cleaners.
For really nasty, grotty soap scum buildup on a fiberglass shower, don’t waste your time with Happy Scrubby Bubbles from the grocery store. Go to Home Depot and get a bottle of ZEP Shower, Tub and Tile Cleaner. (Blue bottle with a purple label)
This stuff really works - Spray some on, let it do its thing for five minutes, then just a little swishing around with a scrub brush and my shower pan went from nasty to gleaming white. Before I tried using this stuff, the best I could manage with anything from the grocery store was off-white.
Just another vote for Magic Eraser. Sure, it’s basically 5000 grit white sandpaper, but it really does work like Magic™. I was blown away. When we moved out of our last place we had a ton of scuff marks on the walls. Three magic erasers later (I told you there were a ton), it was good as new – no maybe it looked better. That stuff is truly amazing. (And yes, toothpaste is the same kind of thing, but magic eraser is a bit easier to deal with for many applications.)
thanks to folks above about the foaming-soap refills! i knew there must be a much cheaper alternative!
At a restaurant, when they bring you a cold drink and put it on a paper napkin, put a sprinkle of table salt on the napkin. It keeps the napkin from sticking to the bottom of your glass when you pick it up.
I can attest to this. Only difference is that after spraying ZEP and letting it sit for an hour or so, I then took the abrasive side of a cleaning sponge and put toothpaste on it and then scrubbed the tub. Seemed to make the job easier than just ZEP alone. Tub is now lily white and this is a tub that hasn’t been white in the 15 years I’ve lived there. I’d given up and settled for off-white and worse.
Am I doing this wrong? It didn’t work for me. Regular latex gloves. Terrier-Mix dog. Upholstered couch and cotton jacket. The gloves do nothing… What’s the trick?
I’m going to be testing the toothpaste-for-scratched-CDs trick sometime soon. The disks I got from the library were so scratched my player wouldn’t even accept them.
My guess would be that it’s because there’s a difference between rubber gloves and latex gloves. I would take “rubber gloves” to mean the kind of gloves you wear to wash dishes, whereas latex gloves are the kind you’d wear for medical-type stuff.
I have five children, taking them for immunizations was always a disaster. When the first one cried, the rest would be terrified and start crying before they even got the shot. My solution, which has worked wonderfully for me, is to let them cuss. Either hell, shit, or dammit, one time only, as loudly as they want when they get it. But if they cry, no cussing allowed. They really seem to get a thrill from it. I usually warn the nurse.
