My all-leather combat boots stink. Probably colonized by fungus. Looking to disinfect and wash without murdering the old, already mildly damaged leather.
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posted by wires
on Mar 27, 2011 -
6 answers
How do I get the cigarette smell out of 3 dry-clean only suits that have spent years in a heavy smoking environment?
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posted by BigVACub
on Mar 9, 2011 -
21 answers
Homework Filter alert! We need at least two sources which are against government regulation of water. Pro regulation sources we can find, Con sources have escaped us for the past week.
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posted by Northwest
on Mar 3, 2011 -
11 answers
It's time to come clean... literally. I'm 26 years old, and I don't really know how to take care of my skin properly to keep it clean, breakout free, and hydrated. Please teach me Skin Care 101, so I can have a daily routine to make this happen.
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posted by ocherdraco
on Feb 25, 2011 -
48 answers
Glass bottles that were in hot water with some dilute generic store brand WD-40, so they got some residue on them. I need to make them safe and clean for flavored vodkas for human consumption. Please help!
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 31, 2011 -
17 answers
How/would you be able, to get four month old (human) pee stain out of a mattress?
posted by trogdole
on Jan 25, 2011 -
5 answers
We have a ten gallon tank and a goldfish,
Monster Truck, the best goldfish a girl could win at a county fair Monster Truck II the best replacement goldfish for the best goldfish a girl could win at a county fair. We also have an impressive amount of algae.
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posted by shothotbot
on Dec 24, 2010 -
12 answers
I'm interested in dishwashing practices in the developing world. If you were one of roughly the half of the people in the world
without running water in your home, how might you wash your dishes? What kind of set up would you have? Are sinks common even if you collect water from a public well or
water truck? Or would you have a washbasin/plastic tub? On a countertop, table, or floor? Cloth or tarp outside? Would you use non-potable water to do the washing up? Save the graywater for next time or for other cleaning tasks?
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posted by hydrophonic
on Dec 8, 2010 -
31 answers
Please recommend for me graphic novels that combine advanced or modern technology with a slower speed of life.
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posted by attercoppe
on Oct 25, 2010 -
11 answers
What's up with the claim right-wing groups make that their rallies don't leave anything to clean up, while left-wing rallies leave behind tons of litter?
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posted by mdn
on Oct 3, 2010 -
17 answers
Can I wash my suede
gym shoes? I ruined an old pair of the same model previously in the washing machine in a last effort to salvage them so this time around I am looking at hand washing.
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posted by dino terror
on Aug 28, 2010 -
5 answers
Do you always wash lettuce? Have you ever just torn a head of Iceberg open and used it? Or do you
always wash it?
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posted by Splunge
on Aug 21, 2010 -
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How do you get brown spots out of white furniture?
We have white dresser drawers that we just bought my daughter. They are high end wood dressers from a company called Pulaski. There is some kind of laminate on it because it is very smooth. We put a CD player on top of it and on the bottom of the CD Player there are little rubber like pads on it so that it will not scratch furniture. It is a common, regular CD player and the pads look common enough. Our own clock radio in our bedroom has the same kind of rubbery pads on the bottom. So anyway, it has been very humid, and within a week of buying this expensive set, I saw brown stains in the shape of the round rubbery pads on the dresser. How do I get them out?
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posted by lynnie-the-pooh
on Jul 21, 2010 -
6 answers
Something (probably a lizard) has died in a pipe behind a wall, and it's stinking up our house. It's bad and it seems to be getting worse. What can we do?
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posted by HopStopDon'tShop
on Jun 25, 2010 -
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My wife gave me a ring 2-3 years ago (while we were still dating). It's made from a New York State quarter, and silver(?) plated. About 6 months ago it started to tarnish, and now the copper from the inside of the quarter has been revealed. It's beginning to turn my skin green! Can I just take this to any jewelry shop and they can fix it up? Can it simply be replated? [Alternate solution inside]
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posted by Xoder
on Jun 24, 2010 -
8 answers
Somebody apparently tried to clean my laptop's screen with something inappropriate, and the result is something of a very thin, marbled film across the entire thing. How can I get this crap off my screen?
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posted by dvrcthewrld
on May 6, 2010 -
11 answers
Too many pets and perplexing white carpet. Help? Mrs. LT and I live with our brood (4 cats, 1 dog) in an apartment that has . . . wait for it . . . white carpet. We didn't think about this when we moved in, but now the carpet's filthy, and we're trying to figure out a way to save it/our deposit, because otherwise we'll need to move when our lease is up before it gets any worse. Ugh, what can we do?
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posted by liketitanic
on May 1, 2010 -
13 answers
i'm a smoker, my wife has pollen-based allergies. we live in an apartment with high vaulted ceilings. i want an air filter/purifier solution that will help us both.
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posted by radiosilents
on Apr 28, 2010 -
3 answers
TL;DR There is still hope. They have not passed the point of no return. Help me help them change their ways and change their lives. This young family needs guidelines for life which include cleaning, cooking, finances and vehicle maintenance. I am not passing judgement because "there, but for the grace of God, go I." I am simply trying to help. Unseemly details follow.
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posted by CleverCrow
on Apr 22, 2010 -
44 answers
I can't get a body odor smell out of an expensive silk dress. Dry cleaning seems to have made it worse. Does anyone know what might get the smell out?
posted by let444
on Apr 15, 2010 -
22 answers
Is there any historical record of American settlers or pioneers from the old west who were
meticulously clean?
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posted by circular
on Mar 15, 2010 -
21 answers
I did a clean reinstall of Windows 7. When I did, rather than creating a small "recovery" partition, it designated an entire separate hard drive a system drive. Now if I want to use the built in drive image program it insists I back up both...when I just want to back up the OS. Can this be changed? If not, if I use a third party image program can I just back up the C drive?
posted by jmf2525
on Feb 8, 2010 -
4 answers
My apartment is starting to look like I'm trying to audition for the TV show Hoarders. The floor is covered in trash and I have not a single organizational system. How do I deal with this mess by myself and how do I learn to change my behavior?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 16, 2010 -
37 answers
Stainless steel everywhere. What's the
best way to clean it to be free of fingerprints and smudges?
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posted by yellowcandy
on Oct 20, 2009 -
19 answers
How/when did floral, citrus, pine, and mint become associated with cleanliness?
posted by asockpuppet
on Jun 30, 2009 -
13 answers
I want to clean up my start menu on Dell Inspiron E1705 with Windows XP Pro. Computer beginning to run slowly. I use computer almost exclusively for internet, word-processing and Quicken. I have trouble identifying which entries on start menu to delete.
posted by psc1860
on Jun 23, 2009 -
10 answers
Tomorrow I'll list my ACER Aspire 3680 for sale on eBay. I want to be as sure as I can that there the lucky buyer has as little chance as possible of seeing passwords/pics/personal info. Normally, I would just format and do a clean install of XP. But I've moved house and my install disk is one of 19 packing cases stored 2500km away, so that option is out. I've listed what I've already done after the jump, but I'm hoping a more tech-savvy mefite might spot a hole in my erasure efforts.
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posted by t0astie
on May 6, 2009 -
10 answers
Who cleans the US national memorials? How often is it done and how long does it take? What is the cleaning process like?
posted by easy_being_green
on Mar 31, 2009 -
4 answers
