Introduction: Over 40 Original Daily Quick Fixes
No pictures so to encourage people to use their imagination for them to be able to think it out and to mentally interact with the tips to come up with extra ideas when it comes to their own variation of their own product. This will not be a picture book to show any pictures just instruction, most instruction pictures seem useless and their to show that they have pictures, and so it would be pointless to show for this one on certain things since they do not apply, or I am not going to break everything to fix which defeats the purpose and deprives people of the fix which deprives visitors. I too can put multiple useless pictures but that will only takes away from the "instructions". Also everyone has their own type of equipment so most have to be taken into consideration on certain circumstances, and I am giving a one size fits all explanation which you can most likely use to fix, than a special case scenario which only a few can use. The info is mostly original and maybe a few people stated something close to it. This has all been done and not speculation but this is at your own risk. This is to help you save time, money, sanity, and health if it may be. If you appreciate the original fixes then you know what to do. Message me if you find technical post errors.
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1 Speaker Sound
2 Fans
3 Electronics
4 Iphone
5 Dvd Disk
6 Pc Viruses
7 Bottle Liquid Flow Control
8 Tooth Paste
9 Cheap Foam Soap
10 Cholesterol, Sugar, & Vitamin D
11 Sweet Tooth & Salt
12 Migraines & Blood
13 Improper Power Supply
14 Motivation
15 Multi Programs &Virus
16 Shoe Soles
17 Over Glass
18 Battery Charge
19 Water Purification
20 Floods
21 Close Cabinets
22 Simple Hangers
23 Door Cushion
24 Printer Ink
25 Faucet Unclog
26 Metals Expanded
27 Water Proof Phones
28 Fixed Beds
29 No Belt Pants
30 Memory contacts & fan filter
31 Rough Hands
32 Open Jar Easily
33 Fix Old Video Tapes
34 No Xbox 360 HD
35 Quick Grinding & Honing
36 Bike Flat
37 Bike Brakes
38 Wood Yard Tools
39 Tape Cutter & Removal
40 Boxer Fracture
41 Compress Pages
1 If a speakers making scratching noises or just does not work sometimes when you adjust the volume then open it up and put some DW-40 on the volume knob/power button to reach the inside to un-rust it, and no need to break them open. If you can not open it up then see if you can take off the power/volume knob and if you can put one shot of dw-40. If you can not access at all the inside then you can just generate a lot of friction to help remove the rust from turning the volume knob or pressing the power button many times until it is satisfactory which one minute of moving it should help.
2 For old fans not spinning or fast enough after not being used or months, then shake or bang it so that the metal that holds the baring to loosen up for it to spin. It gets loosen while moving it around to help realign it. If that does not work then DW-40 or oil if you can if you see a hole behind the far to put oil or on the spinning part at the back face down, and for extreme measures take it apart, clean it up, then grease it up if you have the time to spend, which usually its not worth the effort.
3 Many Every electronic thing you see thrown out that seems to not work no matter if it’s a $20 laptop charger, $100 computer motherboard, to a $2000 hdtv, it usually is a $1 capacitor which is the problem. You can open it up and see if any capacitor is building or leaking for you to replace with the exact one to have the same numbers if not a little higher in voltage since those are made to burn out so that you buy another one. If your device shows power but does not turn on then most likely the capacitors work but not fully which will be very hard for you to fix without a proper device. Usually when you see many capacitors bulging, the ones in parallel are the ones that are most likely damages. If you can put a fan flowing on the capacitors to help cool them down it can help the life expectancy. Since all capacitors voltage degreases over time and then the voltage limit is reach it busts. This is not as original but these tricks are not known or explained by many.
4 If your Iproduct is not charging due to the wire being exposed and you do not see the ground wire just take a scrap piece of wire and connect the broken gap than throwing it away. Also what many do not know is that if you double tap the home button you can see the programs that are on standby when it pops up. Hold the icon and it will allow you to close them which can fee up memory.
5 If your DVD is scratched beyond repair then you last result is to crack it in the middle in between the disk to remove it and replace it with a new disk. This only works on some brands if you see the edge of the cd/dvd bumpy as if it was glued. This might only work for bank DVD and not commercial ones and this is not safe to do so. The best way is to sand off one side to get a gap inside if it has a gap to pry it apart. This should be done if you are ready to throw away since this is risky. Break a bit of the end of the dvd enough to put a knife in between to separate the part where the metal is on the one disk and the protective disk. Hold knife properly just in case it slips which it will. If it all comes out smoothly then do the same to a good one and put it together without any dust and seal it well from the outside around. Glue it or just melt it with a soldering iron.
6 Fix your windows OS by going back to old settings. You can try doing it in safe mode to restart your pc, and press F5 on the boot up a few times, then select safe mode. When in windows press start, programs, accessories, system tools, system restore, and select the date you feel your system was working well. This is not as original but not many do it and so most don’t know about it.
7 When you buy rubbing alcohol one quick fix to make to come out easily is when its new take off the cap, take a needle and puncture a hole in the center of the protective cover. To not put a lot of pressure to bust open the cover. Now when you use it you can control the flow and not worrying about shooting out too much and it won’t evaporate so easy. The same can be done with other bottles even in the kitchen like vinegar and such. If they do not have protective layer then you can make a small hole on the cap and you can feel more secure when putting more pressure on the bottle that it won’t burst open in the other method. You can always put an aluminum foil as a cap over it you feel your place is dusty, if you do not want the smell out, or whatever reason. You can use this method on other chemicals as well around your home for flow control.
8 When it comes to toothpaste do not do what TV ads do to cover the entire toothpaste from end to end with a thick coat. All you need is a rice grain size and it should foam up enough. If you want it to come out a simpler way then try the trick above to make a small hole to adjust the amount. Or just use baking soda which is cheaper and has no dangerous chemicals that say do not swallow but do not use too much. Brushing to hard will wear off enamel which will make teeth sensitive over time, and do not brush if you are going to have orange juice in the morning. If you do not want cavities try not brushing in the morning to weaken it with all the acidic food you will eat, but do it at night to let it recover while you sleep.
9 Don’t throw away those foam soap bottles when it’s done, just get any liquid soap pour it in to 1/3 soap and 2/3 water, shake it and its good as new without having to waste money on a new bottle. You can even do this with any soap from hair soap to bar of soap if you leave it in enough water for it to break up to be liquidly. For the bar of soap you do not need a lot maybe a penny size (or nickel size) in a bottle but you have to melt it first. To think that a penny size of soap that is probably worth a penny is equal to a full $4 foam soap bottle or some that sell it for $30. Soap is being more expensive than silver by the ways people act buying it. You can go to those all natural soap stores and buy a small piece which would be cheaper than the commercial brands.
10 If you have too much cholesterol then know that your body needs it to repair itself so the bad cholesterol is kind of a myth as the main culprit. If you worry about your arteries building up with “plague” then stop eating sugars that causes plaque, which can also wrinkle the shin. But if you must reduce cholesterol then make it work for you by converting it to vitamin D from the sun at its peak hours for less than 20 min of full body exposure. If you want it to absorb you need to wait 2 days before taking a shower with soap for your body to absorb it.
11 If you want to get rid of your sweet tooth then stop easting sugar for a while like a month or more so that your tongue can adjust. What did not seem as sweet before will be very sweet later. The same applies to salt, but salt is good for you as recent studies report which does not raise blood pressure unless you eat the proper natural salts like sea salt of Himalayan salts which have minerals, and not striped with bleach like white salt.
12 Migraines are not easy to fix, and many medications need prescriptions. But one simple natural way is to use “milk thistle” or other things similar to it which help clean the liver. The migraine can be also due to the blood being toxic from fumes or foods that has something which got absorbed that should not have, or leaky gut syndrome. If you take Milk Thistle with a simple head ach pill you might see results faster and it will be safer on your body. Again this is works if your blood has been tainted and if it works then it’s most likely the case. People might ask about other blood ailments but try it out and see but do not over do it.
13 If you have a laptop and don’t have a “popper” power supply to test it out, just take a small piece of paper like a post-it roll it up into a small tube to fix in the laptop power inlet. Take 2 wires to have one go in the tube (or use a paper click if you want something solid) and the other outside and tape it up with the one wire hanging to the side and the inside firm inside held by the take at the entrance of the tube. Connect the other 2 wires to the power supply and tape it up or do the same to make a tube to make it go in and out well. You can attack the 2 parts to make it solid.
14 If you are unmotivated and need to focus them make a list of the things you want to do, make to do list and assign each one a set amount of time. Every time you accomplish your goal for the day you give yourself a point. If you have 10 things on the list and you do all 10 then you should reward yourself with a “small” treat. If you do well within the week then a better reward to treat yourself, but you adjust what you feel is right at your speed. Do not over do it at first and take it slow and increase the amount of to do list and make it a little harder to get rewards. If you cheat you only cheat yourself. Break certain things down from if it’s to lose weight then put extra thing for the day to set time when you work out =1 point, eating the proper amount = 1 point, eating healthy =1 point, etc. Or making looking for into on your project from how if you spent at least 10 minutes looking to make a better electromagnetic coil and you failed but tried =1 point. This is not as original but not so common to most. You have to adjust it to your motivation level and if you cheat then you only cheat yourself. This is a slow but steady trick which is like the turtle than the rabbit in the race, since the fast way can go off track and you can not each the goal.
15 If you are afraid of getting a computer virus then you can download a program called sanboxie (sanboxie.com). It makes you work in a virtual sandbox where it tricks programs that it’s accessing windows when it isn’t. Right click a file and select it to “run sandboxed” and you can do things without fear of virus or you can have fun if you get one if someone sends you an attachment with a virus, of it a site has a file that has a virus. When you are done go to sandboxie next to your clock and press sandbox tab, select delete program and everything is erased from cookies to viruses. Sometimes sites or email attachments are infected and sometimes you erase it. Play around with the program to get to know it. Even if you are not worries about viruses its good to have different windows open to multi task since some sites make take up memory on your browser and you have the sanboxie browser that can work quickly at. It just is more efficient since some sites are memory and cpu hogs which slow down the entire work flow. You can also open multiple times a program if it only lets you open it once.
16 If your shoes get detached from the sole a quick and easy trick is to use Gorilla foam glue. Just put an even coat quickly since it will start to foam up rub it with each other (shoe/sole) to cover it evenly and let it dry with some weight on it and a paper under it so it does not drip. Check up on it within the first 10 minutes to see if you did not put too much to foam out of control so that you can wipe it off properly. Also crazy clue just sucks since it gets hard and cracks easily. Gorilla foam glue is flexible which is why it sticks. And keep it air tight since that thing gets hard fast.
17 Clean hard or sticky particles on ovens glass without chemicals by just using a “new razor blade” and a bit of water. Wet the flat glass surface with warm water and let it set for a minute and then take a sturdy razor blade at around 20 degrees peel it off. If the razor blade is not new it can be uneven and scratch the glass. You may need 2 hands to get to scrap off hard food particles. Speaking of glasses if you have eye glasses don’t use tissue paper since it scratched the glass, so use wool.
18 Charge any battery with a car charger. I charged my AAA, 9volt, and lithium with a car charger but keep it short and be protected since that thing can burn you if over heated. It takes about 10 seconds to get some charge which can sometimes last for 2 minutes or 2 days depending on the battery, so this is a quick if you need a battery now trick. If you want to charge a stubborn car battery then you might need to hook up the positive of the 12 volts car charger to the non working battery positive, a the negative to a working batteries positive, and have the working battery’s negative connected to the non working battery’s negative. If you want get a charge from a near dead flat lithium battery give it a squeeze with a tool to make a small dent, which can bring new life to it for a few weeks to a few months depending on the use. Some batteries need a boost of energy before they can be used for long time. One dead battery was in an outlet timer, which leaving it in the plug for days did nothing but a 10 second jolt with a car charger or power or a regular 12 volt adapter gave it enough life to make it work non stop for months. It all depends on the use. If you don’t like any of that then use search online for a bedini motor to recrystallize the battery as some say.
19 Water Filters and distillation in reality can not get rid of all chemicals in the water. To use chlorine is not the choice for many health experts in Europe even for their Olympic swimming pools unlike the US. Another solution is to use 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide (which is 2 hydrogen and 2 oxygen atoms) which you can put 1-5 drops in a cup to see. If you see fizzing then you know the water has some kind of germs. Another is chlorine-dioxide (It has one chlorine atom and 2 oxygen atoms, but it’s not considered as chlorine), which you should not eat anything that contains vitamin C since it gets neutralized. And do not digest both without diluting since they are too concentrated, but depending on the water type use 3-6 drops in a cup.
20 To empty out a basement flooded or pool and you do not have access to a wet vacuum or pump, you can always try using the venturi effect if you have an air compressor and a thick hose. Put a thin aid compressor tube into the thicker tube and place it in the water to be sucked up into the tube. A wider end would be best.
21 If a cabinet won’t close and moved put a magnet on the door and a piece of metal on the cabinet, or vise versa. If you don’t want or have magnets then use a heavy duty paper clip and bend it like a smooth question mark (?) shaped hook so that the top part of the ? Hits the door when it comes in to close and the inner part of the back side of it holds it in, while the dot part is screwed onto the cabinet.
22 If you want to hang things but you can not make holes then use a paper clip and bend the small metal part sticking out and put simple tape in between it, over it, and to the side in a triangle pattern. Now you can hang a calendar on glass if you want without a big mess.
23 If your door makes noise when it closes you can buy some soft cousin foam strips. And place a small piece at the center outer part of the stationary part of the doors that impacts with door, but not much since too much will not make the door close. Or you can use other soft materials and staple, tape, or glue on it. Each door has its own thing and each cushion is different so you have to take things into consideration.
24 Printers take a lot of ink and one way to double the efficiency is to select the quality type to draft since the default is always on normal. This can work for ink or toner, but it depends on the printer type and brand it will make the prints look the same and print much faster from 2 or 4 times as fast. Go to control panel, and select printer, and right click properties, select printing preferences, and select draft. Make note of what you changed if you want to fiddle with it since you can even change the details which might help. That will keep the setting permanent. If you want temporary setting then in the document you want to print fiddle with the printer setting to see if this tips works for you. When the ink is low you might want to increase the quality to use up more ink. If your toner is slow shake to make the powder inside loose which can work for another 50 copied or so. When it can not print no more there are people that will pay 1 or 2 dollars depending on the brand, but if you take it to some stores they will give you 2 dollars deepening on the rules they have or give you a discount or replacement ink/toner.
25 Sometimes the water in the faucets do not come out even and you have to unscrew the faucet’s end and clean it from sand or gunk. Sometimes it’s tight on to use a tool, but when you screw it then just use your hands with no tool. If you are not sure about your water how clean it is try putting a very think piece of cotton and compare the color it within a few days which is a simple way to see if dirt gets built up or some sticky germs. Obviously this will not solve major things just fix that end and a quick look. The pipes of the water traveling to your home out on the street may not be good despite the water had been treated from the water facility.
26 If your gate is made out of metal and has a hole at the top it may cause damage. When rain goes in the open spot the water may not evaporate as easily and when winter comes it can freeze up and expand the metal, which can make the gate not close properly due to being warped. After you hammer the door straight, take a drill and make a hold at the lower part of the budge or where you assume the water ends so that when it rains it is not held inside.
27 If you are going to fish or use your phone where their will be a lot of water take a zip lock bag to place the phone in or any small see through bag to protect it and seal it well. Your smart phone’s touch screen should still work and you can do everything. If the extra bag is bothering you just take it to the back to make it tight. Now if it falls in the water you are safe, since an ounce of prevention is better than fixing or buying a new phone.
28 Your bed sheets can be all messed up in the morning, but if you tie the bottom to ends together then you can pull all you want and it won’t mess up. Sometimes the sheets may not reach and you might need a rope to tie them properly spaced to fix the issue. Sometimes even a pillow and use knot at the end to not slip out if it is very lose.
29 If for some odd reason you have no belt and the pants do not fit, but you have some small hope tie your pants 2 belt straps close for a quick fix. Even a good elastic band can help.
30 Memory chips can not work sometimes or even old game cartridges. Always make sure that the metal contact is clean and sometimes you need some extra strength substances to clean them. Semi abrasive chemicals like alcohol can help with a tissue on a memory chip and it may need a lot of rubbing to clean it. Sometimes computer components need to be plugged in and out a few times to help make better contact. Small dust particles seem to gunk things up depending on the environment. You can also try putting a thin cloth on the outside of the pc care where the intake fan is and wipe it off every so often. If your pc is on the floor it will collect more dust. Also try to give the intake fans room to ventilate. The same goes for laptops on bed which they start to overheat fast.
31 For rough hands that feel like sand paper, they sell many products to try and help. But if you want a different way to smoothen them try putting them in warm water and increase the heat over time to a bearable hot temperature but not to the point you feel serious pain. Within 15-30 minutes your hands should soak up enough water to make them spongy enough that even taking a regular smooth shit you can be able to rub your hand and remove the lose skin and a bit more. To not press hard or do many passes since your skin can be so smooth that when it dries and you touch something it will stick to your skin or objects from being “too” smooth. If you over did it within 2 days your skin should have its natural texture back.
32 Did you try opening a jar and your hands slip? Take a rubber band and place it on the jar and it will give you a super grip. You can even use this as a prank to close regular items that have a smooth cap and tell your super strong friends to open what you closed. If they get mad then that’s your problem. The rubber band has to be tightly secure on the cap. When people try opening the can they put pressure on the cap which makes it harder to open, and in this method all the strength is needed for turning than compressing.
33 If you have an old VCR cassette or music cassette that you want to transfer and got cut you can tape the inner part of the tape which is not contacting the VCR head. If your VCR tape went inside then remove it all very slowly and know how you took it apart to pit it back, then transfer the video and throw it away the tape. This may seem not as original or outdated it is a reminder.
34 Xbox 360 may be latest system and the next one will suck to have so many restrictions that you can not be able to use it without a being online all the time, will limit the amount of people that are using it, its camera will detect and report how many people are in the room and who they are, and so many other things which they say they will not put in after the backlash but will most likely put in after enough people bought the system to lock out people that do not agree with the terms of services. But if you are stuck with the 360 and your HD dies out, do not have one, or want to make sure you have a backup then use a USB stick to have a profile. With a USB stick as your profile you would not need to buy an official hard drive which I do not see anyone state this and everyone I tell does not know this. Also you need to set it up in an xbox 360 that has a hard drive so go to a friend, a store or anywhere that you can make another account. Also with this you can have many accounts and set up new 30 day trials on certain programs as your backup profile. Note that they have a 16GB limit which has been put it to disadvantage consumers to force them to buy their proprietary items. Also that thing heats up too much and there are ways to fix the red ring of death but if I state then it won’t be an original fix, but if you want help just take out the fan and let the system over heat until it shuts down, then let it cool down for a while and it will start up again as it should. But that is just a hint on how it works to help you in the right direction. But all in all the game systems are pretty much dull and fading away.
35 For flat of cross screw drivers that can not fit in a screw due to being broken, too pointy or too wide and that’s all you have to use to fix in an emergency then take them and sand it down with the cement pavement to sharpen it the way you want to make it fix. Watch out for any sparks that may fly up. The rougher and even the surface the better, and places that are smooth and not so rough it can not work as effective. You can even use this to sharpen or grind down other thing, but if you want to sharpen a knife you have to hone it since the blade end gets bend and it is not worn off. To sharpen a kitchen knife you probably need to do it once a year and have a professional do it if they are worth something and to hone try to do every one or two week. The storing and cleaning of the blade damages it so take care of it. But if you want to hone properly put the honing rod vertical and place the knife 20-10 degree while going down 5 on each side, then 4, 3, and 2 gently
36 For bike flat and you do not have a patch but a string then remove the tube and find the hole. When you find the hole take a string and tie to tightly around the hole. You will need to pull with pliers a bit to get extra room to tie it. If it’s not very tight it can come off so make sure it’s secure before you put it back. I saw this once which I figure some might find it useful.
37 Bike brakes are funny which after a while you have to adjust it to make sure they work. Most think that tightening the front brakes to dead lock is the best way but if you stop abruptly and press it too fast you will fly off with your face first on the ground. So so not make the front tight and make the back tighter. Next to the hand breaks at the steering wheel you can adjust how tight the breaks are. Watch out you do not extend it too far out to make it tighter since they can fall off so try to protect it so that they do not fall off on your ride if you extended it too much with a rope to tie it to the brake line and to the knob.
38 Wooden yard tools can weaken over time with humidity and rough conditions and they can give you a lot of splinters. Take the tape of your choice and tie it up to cover the wood so to protect the wood and your hands.
39 Plastic Scotch tapes cases tend to have dull cutters so try fixing that problem by sharpening it. If you want to remove a label tape off a glass jar then put it under hot water for a minute, and try to remove it that way. If it does not come off completely and only the outer layer then peal off the outer layer and put it back in the water to soak up which would come off easy. You can take something like a razor to remove it if you have trouble when wet. If the content has something inside you do not want to heat up then just use whatever temperature you want but it may take longer to remove.
40 The most common bone fracture is a boxer fracture or brawler fracture mostly at the pinky. You should see a doctor but if you are in the middle of nowhere and it is 100% impossible to get any help, then touch it to see if it hurts and if it hurts a lot then you probably broke something but if it just a little it might be a sprain or a crack. You can try seeing if you can move the finger up, down, left, right in a full range of motion. Even place your other hand next to it and see it you can extend it the same distance. Put it in ice to make it not swell so much so that the blood can circulate freely to help it heal but not too long but around 20 minutes without the ice contacting the skin. If not then maybe your bone dislocated and you might need to pull the finger to place it back and try again. But this advice is at your own risk since you can make it worse and if you are going to see a doctor within 2 weeks then keep it still with your wrist bend 20 degrees, and finger 45 degrees. The bone starts to get hard within 2-3 weeks which after that it won’t move easily and will be stuck in that position unless you want sugary which surgery usually can cause other problems. If you can move your fingers move it to not atrophy. Warm water helps with the pain and helps bring blood to the place. Some doctors may charge over 600 just for a check up and tests another 300. Plenty of people in martial arts classes break that bone and they let it heal by itself which may or may not heal properly. If you feel it is badly injured you should seek attention since the bone marrow leaking into the blood can cause death. To detect if it’s broken you can use a tuning fork to hit one side of the bone and use then small part of the stethoscope on the other side, and if it makes a normal vibrating sound then its find, if it]s not normal or no sound then broken. This is more like gathered up info from what others have stated and done.
41 Fit a multiple page document or website on one page or as little pages as possible. I have taken 20 pages and put it in one page as a quick reference. If the document is online highlight the part you want or press “Ctrl A” to select all, then “Ctrl C” to copy it. If you do not want to use the exact format as online to remove bold, underlines, faint text, or other things which can not show up on the printer or just distorted open notepad, by pressing start, programs, accessories, notepad. If you want a shortcut to it, then hold the right click over it and drag it on your desktop or quick launch toolbar and let go to make a shortcut. Past document by pressing “Ctrl V” on the notepad, then press “Ctrl A” to select all, then “Ctrl C” to copy it again, which this process does not save the special code when you copy which you can skip this step if you want.
Now open MS word which my preference is the old one since everything I need is easily accessed and past the document with “Ctrl V”. Now the multiple shrinking has many types which you can choose to not select one. One is page margins which you select file, page setup, margins, and select all side to 0 which will auto correct it to put it to the least margins as possible. The second method you have to do is highlight entire document (Ctrl A), then go format, paragraph, and spacing by selecting before and after as 0, and/or you can line spacing as exact to your preference like 10, and/or select the spacing At 10. You can adjust to your preference. The third method is to highlight the document again and select font which Arial Narrow constraints the text, and then select size to your preference. A fourth method is to put 2 or more columns by selecting format, columns and put the spacing to 0 with a line between if you want to divide it or 0.1 to have a small gap. Also as an extra thing if your document has all caps select format, change cases, and select it to sentence. And for some documents that have a lot of spaces select edit, replace, and press space bar 2 times and replace it by pressing space bar one. The same can be done for other things like multiple paragraphs but you have to select more, special, paragraph in the replace tool.
Well those are the fixes that are most common that most can do. Some as you see have multiple fixed which is around 50-60 individual fixes. There are other non popular fixes but they would not be as original or as useful for most people. The fixes people posted seem decent but not what most can or will do, original, practical to save you money. Well if you have something busted don’t throw it away but try to fix it by not being afraid of breaking it even more. ;)
Reference
1 Speaker Sound
2 Fans
3 Electronics
4 Iphone
5 Dvd Disk
6 Pc Viruses
7 Bottle Liquid Flow Control
8 Tooth Paste
9 Cheap Foam Soap
10 Cholesterol, Sugar, & Vitamin D
11 Sweet Tooth & Salt
12 Migraines & Blood
13 Improper Power Supply
14 Motivation
15 Multi Programs &Virus
16 Shoe Soles
17 Over Glass
18 Battery Charge
19 Water Purification
20 Floods
21 Close Cabinets
22 Simple Hangers
23 Door Cushion
24 Printer Ink
25 Faucet Unclog
26 Metals Expanded
27 Water Proof Phones
28 Fixed Beds
29 No Belt Pants
30 Memory contacts & fan filter
31 Rough Hands
32 Open Jar Easily
33 Fix Old Video Tapes
34 No Xbox 360 HD
35 Quick Grinding & Honing
36 Bike Flat
37 Bike Brakes
38 Wood Yard Tools
39 Tape Cutter & Removal
40 Boxer Fracture
41 Compress Pages
1 If a speakers making scratching noises or just does not work sometimes when you adjust the volume then open it up and put some DW-40 on the volume knob/power button to reach the inside to un-rust it, and no need to break them open. If you can not open it up then see if you can take off the power/volume knob and if you can put one shot of dw-40. If you can not access at all the inside then you can just generate a lot of friction to help remove the rust from turning the volume knob or pressing the power button many times until it is satisfactory which one minute of moving it should help.
2 For old fans not spinning or fast enough after not being used or months, then shake or bang it so that the metal that holds the baring to loosen up for it to spin. It gets loosen while moving it around to help realign it. If that does not work then DW-40 or oil if you can if you see a hole behind the far to put oil or on the spinning part at the back face down, and for extreme measures take it apart, clean it up, then grease it up if you have the time to spend, which usually its not worth the effort.
3 Many Every electronic thing you see thrown out that seems to not work no matter if it’s a $20 laptop charger, $100 computer motherboard, to a $2000 hdtv, it usually is a $1 capacitor which is the problem. You can open it up and see if any capacitor is building or leaking for you to replace with the exact one to have the same numbers if not a little higher in voltage since those are made to burn out so that you buy another one. If your device shows power but does not turn on then most likely the capacitors work but not fully which will be very hard for you to fix without a proper device. Usually when you see many capacitors bulging, the ones in parallel are the ones that are most likely damages. If you can put a fan flowing on the capacitors to help cool them down it can help the life expectancy. Since all capacitors voltage degreases over time and then the voltage limit is reach it busts. This is not as original but these tricks are not known or explained by many.
4 If your Iproduct is not charging due to the wire being exposed and you do not see the ground wire just take a scrap piece of wire and connect the broken gap than throwing it away. Also what many do not know is that if you double tap the home button you can see the programs that are on standby when it pops up. Hold the icon and it will allow you to close them which can fee up memory.
5 If your DVD is scratched beyond repair then you last result is to crack it in the middle in between the disk to remove it and replace it with a new disk. This only works on some brands if you see the edge of the cd/dvd bumpy as if it was glued. This might only work for bank DVD and not commercial ones and this is not safe to do so. The best way is to sand off one side to get a gap inside if it has a gap to pry it apart. This should be done if you are ready to throw away since this is risky. Break a bit of the end of the dvd enough to put a knife in between to separate the part where the metal is on the one disk and the protective disk. Hold knife properly just in case it slips which it will. If it all comes out smoothly then do the same to a good one and put it together without any dust and seal it well from the outside around. Glue it or just melt it with a soldering iron.
6 Fix your windows OS by going back to old settings. You can try doing it in safe mode to restart your pc, and press F5 on the boot up a few times, then select safe mode. When in windows press start, programs, accessories, system tools, system restore, and select the date you feel your system was working well. This is not as original but not many do it and so most don’t know about it.
7 When you buy rubbing alcohol one quick fix to make to come out easily is when its new take off the cap, take a needle and puncture a hole in the center of the protective cover. To not put a lot of pressure to bust open the cover. Now when you use it you can control the flow and not worrying about shooting out too much and it won’t evaporate so easy. The same can be done with other bottles even in the kitchen like vinegar and such. If they do not have protective layer then you can make a small hole on the cap and you can feel more secure when putting more pressure on the bottle that it won’t burst open in the other method. You can always put an aluminum foil as a cap over it you feel your place is dusty, if you do not want the smell out, or whatever reason. You can use this method on other chemicals as well around your home for flow control.
8 When it comes to toothpaste do not do what TV ads do to cover the entire toothpaste from end to end with a thick coat. All you need is a rice grain size and it should foam up enough. If you want it to come out a simpler way then try the trick above to make a small hole to adjust the amount. Or just use baking soda which is cheaper and has no dangerous chemicals that say do not swallow but do not use too much. Brushing to hard will wear off enamel which will make teeth sensitive over time, and do not brush if you are going to have orange juice in the morning. If you do not want cavities try not brushing in the morning to weaken it with all the acidic food you will eat, but do it at night to let it recover while you sleep.
9 Don’t throw away those foam soap bottles when it’s done, just get any liquid soap pour it in to 1/3 soap and 2/3 water, shake it and its good as new without having to waste money on a new bottle. You can even do this with any soap from hair soap to bar of soap if you leave it in enough water for it to break up to be liquidly. For the bar of soap you do not need a lot maybe a penny size (or nickel size) in a bottle but you have to melt it first. To think that a penny size of soap that is probably worth a penny is equal to a full $4 foam soap bottle or some that sell it for $30. Soap is being more expensive than silver by the ways people act buying it. You can go to those all natural soap stores and buy a small piece which would be cheaper than the commercial brands.
10 If you have too much cholesterol then know that your body needs it to repair itself so the bad cholesterol is kind of a myth as the main culprit. If you worry about your arteries building up with “plague” then stop eating sugars that causes plaque, which can also wrinkle the shin. But if you must reduce cholesterol then make it work for you by converting it to vitamin D from the sun at its peak hours for less than 20 min of full body exposure. If you want it to absorb you need to wait 2 days before taking a shower with soap for your body to absorb it.
11 If you want to get rid of your sweet tooth then stop easting sugar for a while like a month or more so that your tongue can adjust. What did not seem as sweet before will be very sweet later. The same applies to salt, but salt is good for you as recent studies report which does not raise blood pressure unless you eat the proper natural salts like sea salt of Himalayan salts which have minerals, and not striped with bleach like white salt.
12 Migraines are not easy to fix, and many medications need prescriptions. But one simple natural way is to use “milk thistle” or other things similar to it which help clean the liver. The migraine can be also due to the blood being toxic from fumes or foods that has something which got absorbed that should not have, or leaky gut syndrome. If you take Milk Thistle with a simple head ach pill you might see results faster and it will be safer on your body. Again this is works if your blood has been tainted and if it works then it’s most likely the case. People might ask about other blood ailments but try it out and see but do not over do it.
13 If you have a laptop and don’t have a “popper” power supply to test it out, just take a small piece of paper like a post-it roll it up into a small tube to fix in the laptop power inlet. Take 2 wires to have one go in the tube (or use a paper click if you want something solid) and the other outside and tape it up with the one wire hanging to the side and the inside firm inside held by the take at the entrance of the tube. Connect the other 2 wires to the power supply and tape it up or do the same to make a tube to make it go in and out well. You can attack the 2 parts to make it solid.
14 If you are unmotivated and need to focus them make a list of the things you want to do, make to do list and assign each one a set amount of time. Every time you accomplish your goal for the day you give yourself a point. If you have 10 things on the list and you do all 10 then you should reward yourself with a “small” treat. If you do well within the week then a better reward to treat yourself, but you adjust what you feel is right at your speed. Do not over do it at first and take it slow and increase the amount of to do list and make it a little harder to get rewards. If you cheat you only cheat yourself. Break certain things down from if it’s to lose weight then put extra thing for the day to set time when you work out =1 point, eating the proper amount = 1 point, eating healthy =1 point, etc. Or making looking for into on your project from how if you spent at least 10 minutes looking to make a better electromagnetic coil and you failed but tried =1 point. This is not as original but not so common to most. You have to adjust it to your motivation level and if you cheat then you only cheat yourself. This is a slow but steady trick which is like the turtle than the rabbit in the race, since the fast way can go off track and you can not each the goal.
15 If you are afraid of getting a computer virus then you can download a program called sanboxie (sanboxie.com). It makes you work in a virtual sandbox where it tricks programs that it’s accessing windows when it isn’t. Right click a file and select it to “run sandboxed” and you can do things without fear of virus or you can have fun if you get one if someone sends you an attachment with a virus, of it a site has a file that has a virus. When you are done go to sandboxie next to your clock and press sandbox tab, select delete program and everything is erased from cookies to viruses. Sometimes sites or email attachments are infected and sometimes you erase it. Play around with the program to get to know it. Even if you are not worries about viruses its good to have different windows open to multi task since some sites make take up memory on your browser and you have the sanboxie browser that can work quickly at. It just is more efficient since some sites are memory and cpu hogs which slow down the entire work flow. You can also open multiple times a program if it only lets you open it once.
16 If your shoes get detached from the sole a quick and easy trick is to use Gorilla foam glue. Just put an even coat quickly since it will start to foam up rub it with each other (shoe/sole) to cover it evenly and let it dry with some weight on it and a paper under it so it does not drip. Check up on it within the first 10 minutes to see if you did not put too much to foam out of control so that you can wipe it off properly. Also crazy clue just sucks since it gets hard and cracks easily. Gorilla foam glue is flexible which is why it sticks. And keep it air tight since that thing gets hard fast.
17 Clean hard or sticky particles on ovens glass without chemicals by just using a “new razor blade” and a bit of water. Wet the flat glass surface with warm water and let it set for a minute and then take a sturdy razor blade at around 20 degrees peel it off. If the razor blade is not new it can be uneven and scratch the glass. You may need 2 hands to get to scrap off hard food particles. Speaking of glasses if you have eye glasses don’t use tissue paper since it scratched the glass, so use wool.
18 Charge any battery with a car charger. I charged my AAA, 9volt, and lithium with a car charger but keep it short and be protected since that thing can burn you if over heated. It takes about 10 seconds to get some charge which can sometimes last for 2 minutes or 2 days depending on the battery, so this is a quick if you need a battery now trick. If you want to charge a stubborn car battery then you might need to hook up the positive of the 12 volts car charger to the non working battery positive, a the negative to a working batteries positive, and have the working battery’s negative connected to the non working battery’s negative. If you want get a charge from a near dead flat lithium battery give it a squeeze with a tool to make a small dent, which can bring new life to it for a few weeks to a few months depending on the use. Some batteries need a boost of energy before they can be used for long time. One dead battery was in an outlet timer, which leaving it in the plug for days did nothing but a 10 second jolt with a car charger or power or a regular 12 volt adapter gave it enough life to make it work non stop for months. It all depends on the use. If you don’t like any of that then use search online for a bedini motor to recrystallize the battery as some say.
19 Water Filters and distillation in reality can not get rid of all chemicals in the water. To use chlorine is not the choice for many health experts in Europe even for their Olympic swimming pools unlike the US. Another solution is to use 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide (which is 2 hydrogen and 2 oxygen atoms) which you can put 1-5 drops in a cup to see. If you see fizzing then you know the water has some kind of germs. Another is chlorine-dioxide (It has one chlorine atom and 2 oxygen atoms, but it’s not considered as chlorine), which you should not eat anything that contains vitamin C since it gets neutralized. And do not digest both without diluting since they are too concentrated, but depending on the water type use 3-6 drops in a cup.
20 To empty out a basement flooded or pool and you do not have access to a wet vacuum or pump, you can always try using the venturi effect if you have an air compressor and a thick hose. Put a thin aid compressor tube into the thicker tube and place it in the water to be sucked up into the tube. A wider end would be best.
21 If a cabinet won’t close and moved put a magnet on the door and a piece of metal on the cabinet, or vise versa. If you don’t want or have magnets then use a heavy duty paper clip and bend it like a smooth question mark (?) shaped hook so that the top part of the ? Hits the door when it comes in to close and the inner part of the back side of it holds it in, while the dot part is screwed onto the cabinet.
22 If you want to hang things but you can not make holes then use a paper clip and bend the small metal part sticking out and put simple tape in between it, over it, and to the side in a triangle pattern. Now you can hang a calendar on glass if you want without a big mess.
23 If your door makes noise when it closes you can buy some soft cousin foam strips. And place a small piece at the center outer part of the stationary part of the doors that impacts with door, but not much since too much will not make the door close. Or you can use other soft materials and staple, tape, or glue on it. Each door has its own thing and each cushion is different so you have to take things into consideration.
24 Printers take a lot of ink and one way to double the efficiency is to select the quality type to draft since the default is always on normal. This can work for ink or toner, but it depends on the printer type and brand it will make the prints look the same and print much faster from 2 or 4 times as fast. Go to control panel, and select printer, and right click properties, select printing preferences, and select draft. Make note of what you changed if you want to fiddle with it since you can even change the details which might help. That will keep the setting permanent. If you want temporary setting then in the document you want to print fiddle with the printer setting to see if this tips works for you. When the ink is low you might want to increase the quality to use up more ink. If your toner is slow shake to make the powder inside loose which can work for another 50 copied or so. When it can not print no more there are people that will pay 1 or 2 dollars depending on the brand, but if you take it to some stores they will give you 2 dollars deepening on the rules they have or give you a discount or replacement ink/toner.
25 Sometimes the water in the faucets do not come out even and you have to unscrew the faucet’s end and clean it from sand or gunk. Sometimes it’s tight on to use a tool, but when you screw it then just use your hands with no tool. If you are not sure about your water how clean it is try putting a very think piece of cotton and compare the color it within a few days which is a simple way to see if dirt gets built up or some sticky germs. Obviously this will not solve major things just fix that end and a quick look. The pipes of the water traveling to your home out on the street may not be good despite the water had been treated from the water facility.
26 If your gate is made out of metal and has a hole at the top it may cause damage. When rain goes in the open spot the water may not evaporate as easily and when winter comes it can freeze up and expand the metal, which can make the gate not close properly due to being warped. After you hammer the door straight, take a drill and make a hold at the lower part of the budge or where you assume the water ends so that when it rains it is not held inside.
27 If you are going to fish or use your phone where their will be a lot of water take a zip lock bag to place the phone in or any small see through bag to protect it and seal it well. Your smart phone’s touch screen should still work and you can do everything. If the extra bag is bothering you just take it to the back to make it tight. Now if it falls in the water you are safe, since an ounce of prevention is better than fixing or buying a new phone.
28 Your bed sheets can be all messed up in the morning, but if you tie the bottom to ends together then you can pull all you want and it won’t mess up. Sometimes the sheets may not reach and you might need a rope to tie them properly spaced to fix the issue. Sometimes even a pillow and use knot at the end to not slip out if it is very lose.
29 If for some odd reason you have no belt and the pants do not fit, but you have some small hope tie your pants 2 belt straps close for a quick fix. Even a good elastic band can help.
30 Memory chips can not work sometimes or even old game cartridges. Always make sure that the metal contact is clean and sometimes you need some extra strength substances to clean them. Semi abrasive chemicals like alcohol can help with a tissue on a memory chip and it may need a lot of rubbing to clean it. Sometimes computer components need to be plugged in and out a few times to help make better contact. Small dust particles seem to gunk things up depending on the environment. You can also try putting a thin cloth on the outside of the pc care where the intake fan is and wipe it off every so often. If your pc is on the floor it will collect more dust. Also try to give the intake fans room to ventilate. The same goes for laptops on bed which they start to overheat fast.
31 For rough hands that feel like sand paper, they sell many products to try and help. But if you want a different way to smoothen them try putting them in warm water and increase the heat over time to a bearable hot temperature but not to the point you feel serious pain. Within 15-30 minutes your hands should soak up enough water to make them spongy enough that even taking a regular smooth shit you can be able to rub your hand and remove the lose skin and a bit more. To not press hard or do many passes since your skin can be so smooth that when it dries and you touch something it will stick to your skin or objects from being “too” smooth. If you over did it within 2 days your skin should have its natural texture back.
32 Did you try opening a jar and your hands slip? Take a rubber band and place it on the jar and it will give you a super grip. You can even use this as a prank to close regular items that have a smooth cap and tell your super strong friends to open what you closed. If they get mad then that’s your problem. The rubber band has to be tightly secure on the cap. When people try opening the can they put pressure on the cap which makes it harder to open, and in this method all the strength is needed for turning than compressing.
33 If you have an old VCR cassette or music cassette that you want to transfer and got cut you can tape the inner part of the tape which is not contacting the VCR head. If your VCR tape went inside then remove it all very slowly and know how you took it apart to pit it back, then transfer the video and throw it away the tape. This may seem not as original or outdated it is a reminder.
34 Xbox 360 may be latest system and the next one will suck to have so many restrictions that you can not be able to use it without a being online all the time, will limit the amount of people that are using it, its camera will detect and report how many people are in the room and who they are, and so many other things which they say they will not put in after the backlash but will most likely put in after enough people bought the system to lock out people that do not agree with the terms of services. But if you are stuck with the 360 and your HD dies out, do not have one, or want to make sure you have a backup then use a USB stick to have a profile. With a USB stick as your profile you would not need to buy an official hard drive which I do not see anyone state this and everyone I tell does not know this. Also you need to set it up in an xbox 360 that has a hard drive so go to a friend, a store or anywhere that you can make another account. Also with this you can have many accounts and set up new 30 day trials on certain programs as your backup profile. Note that they have a 16GB limit which has been put it to disadvantage consumers to force them to buy their proprietary items. Also that thing heats up too much and there are ways to fix the red ring of death but if I state then it won’t be an original fix, but if you want help just take out the fan and let the system over heat until it shuts down, then let it cool down for a while and it will start up again as it should. But that is just a hint on how it works to help you in the right direction. But all in all the game systems are pretty much dull and fading away.
35 For flat of cross screw drivers that can not fit in a screw due to being broken, too pointy or too wide and that’s all you have to use to fix in an emergency then take them and sand it down with the cement pavement to sharpen it the way you want to make it fix. Watch out for any sparks that may fly up. The rougher and even the surface the better, and places that are smooth and not so rough it can not work as effective. You can even use this to sharpen or grind down other thing, but if you want to sharpen a knife you have to hone it since the blade end gets bend and it is not worn off. To sharpen a kitchen knife you probably need to do it once a year and have a professional do it if they are worth something and to hone try to do every one or two week. The storing and cleaning of the blade damages it so take care of it. But if you want to hone properly put the honing rod vertical and place the knife 20-10 degree while going down 5 on each side, then 4, 3, and 2 gently
36 For bike flat and you do not have a patch but a string then remove the tube and find the hole. When you find the hole take a string and tie to tightly around the hole. You will need to pull with pliers a bit to get extra room to tie it. If it’s not very tight it can come off so make sure it’s secure before you put it back. I saw this once which I figure some might find it useful.
37 Bike brakes are funny which after a while you have to adjust it to make sure they work. Most think that tightening the front brakes to dead lock is the best way but if you stop abruptly and press it too fast you will fly off with your face first on the ground. So so not make the front tight and make the back tighter. Next to the hand breaks at the steering wheel you can adjust how tight the breaks are. Watch out you do not extend it too far out to make it tighter since they can fall off so try to protect it so that they do not fall off on your ride if you extended it too much with a rope to tie it to the brake line and to the knob.
38 Wooden yard tools can weaken over time with humidity and rough conditions and they can give you a lot of splinters. Take the tape of your choice and tie it up to cover the wood so to protect the wood and your hands.
39 Plastic Scotch tapes cases tend to have dull cutters so try fixing that problem by sharpening it. If you want to remove a label tape off a glass jar then put it under hot water for a minute, and try to remove it that way. If it does not come off completely and only the outer layer then peal off the outer layer and put it back in the water to soak up which would come off easy. You can take something like a razor to remove it if you have trouble when wet. If the content has something inside you do not want to heat up then just use whatever temperature you want but it may take longer to remove.
40 The most common bone fracture is a boxer fracture or brawler fracture mostly at the pinky. You should see a doctor but if you are in the middle of nowhere and it is 100% impossible to get any help, then touch it to see if it hurts and if it hurts a lot then you probably broke something but if it just a little it might be a sprain or a crack. You can try seeing if you can move the finger up, down, left, right in a full range of motion. Even place your other hand next to it and see it you can extend it the same distance. Put it in ice to make it not swell so much so that the blood can circulate freely to help it heal but not too long but around 20 minutes without the ice contacting the skin. If not then maybe your bone dislocated and you might need to pull the finger to place it back and try again. But this advice is at your own risk since you can make it worse and if you are going to see a doctor within 2 weeks then keep it still with your wrist bend 20 degrees, and finger 45 degrees. The bone starts to get hard within 2-3 weeks which after that it won’t move easily and will be stuck in that position unless you want sugary which surgery usually can cause other problems. If you can move your fingers move it to not atrophy. Warm water helps with the pain and helps bring blood to the place. Some doctors may charge over 600 just for a check up and tests another 300. Plenty of people in martial arts classes break that bone and they let it heal by itself which may or may not heal properly. If you feel it is badly injured you should seek attention since the bone marrow leaking into the blood can cause death. To detect if it’s broken you can use a tuning fork to hit one side of the bone and use then small part of the stethoscope on the other side, and if it makes a normal vibrating sound then its find, if it]s not normal or no sound then broken. This is more like gathered up info from what others have stated and done.
41 Fit a multiple page document or website on one page or as little pages as possible. I have taken 20 pages and put it in one page as a quick reference. If the document is online highlight the part you want or press “Ctrl A” to select all, then “Ctrl C” to copy it. If you do not want to use the exact format as online to remove bold, underlines, faint text, or other things which can not show up on the printer or just distorted open notepad, by pressing start, programs, accessories, notepad. If you want a shortcut to it, then hold the right click over it and drag it on your desktop or quick launch toolbar and let go to make a shortcut. Past document by pressing “Ctrl V” on the notepad, then press “Ctrl A” to select all, then “Ctrl C” to copy it again, which this process does not save the special code when you copy which you can skip this step if you want.
Now open MS word which my preference is the old one since everything I need is easily accessed and past the document with “Ctrl V”. Now the multiple shrinking has many types which you can choose to not select one. One is page margins which you select file, page setup, margins, and select all side to 0 which will auto correct it to put it to the least margins as possible. The second method you have to do is highlight entire document (Ctrl A), then go format, paragraph, and spacing by selecting before and after as 0, and/or you can line spacing as exact to your preference like 10, and/or select the spacing At 10. You can adjust to your preference. The third method is to highlight the document again and select font which Arial Narrow constraints the text, and then select size to your preference. A fourth method is to put 2 or more columns by selecting format, columns and put the spacing to 0 with a line between if you want to divide it or 0.1 to have a small gap. Also as an extra thing if your document has all caps select format, change cases, and select it to sentence. And for some documents that have a lot of spaces select edit, replace, and press space bar 2 times and replace it by pressing space bar one. The same can be done for other things like multiple paragraphs but you have to select more, special, paragraph in the replace tool.
Well those are the fixes that are most common that most can do. Some as you see have multiple fixed which is around 50-60 individual fixes. There are other non popular fixes but they would not be as original or as useful for most people. The fixes people posted seem decent but not what most can or will do, original, practical to save you money. Well if you have something busted don’t throw it away but try to fix it by not being afraid of breaking it even more. ;)
