My cat is slowly killing my indoor banana tree by scratching the hell out of it. Now what? [more inside]
posted by billysumday on Oct 27, 2009 - 13 answers

Something strange is going on in the kitchen...What has done this to the label on top of my recycle bin? Went to the recycle bin under the sink. in the picture you can see the lid with the label on it. Is it a mouse, a rat....something else? picture here No human in the house has done this!
posted by razzman on Aug 13, 2009 - 13 answers

Married less than a week, and the mister's ring is already scratched up. [more inside]
posted by Becko on Jul 11, 2008 - 18 answers

Is there any way to determine, quickly, whether scratches on a DVD affect playback (without playing the entire disk, including extra features)? I know there's a $$$$ machine that does this, so one solution might be to figure out what sort of people buy those machines, and then try to persuade one of them to run my disk through it...
posted by jimmyjimjim on Feb 15, 2008 - 7 answers

HD DVD errors: normal or just us? [more inside]
posted by starman on Feb 10, 2008 - 8 answers

Why am I getting blotches on my black and white negatives? What are the marks? Are they dust? Water spots? How do I fix this? [more inside]
posted by Geckwoistmeinauto on Nov 28, 2007 - 13 answers

How can I remove scratches from chrome plated steel? I couldn't find an answer for this, probably because it's not possible. [more inside]
posted by stlboi on Mar 14, 2007 - 3 answers

How can I prevent my 75-pound dog from scratching my wood floors? I keep his nails trimmed and discourage lots of running in the house, but the floors are getting scratched. Short of putting rugs anywhere, or making the dog wear booties, is there any way to minimize the scratching? Or is there an easy way to remove scratches that doesn't involve refinishing the whole floor?
posted by chippie on Aug 4, 2006 - 7 answers

Contractor ignored warning label on windows now they are scratched. What should I do ? [more inside]
posted by zeoslap on Jul 26, 2006 - 13 answers

Why don't they make sunglasses with the coating on the *inside*? [more inside]
posted by fox_terrier_guy on Jul 19, 2006 - 3 answers

How can i remove scratches from my car windows? [more inside]
posted by maxmix on Mar 20, 2006 - 3 answers

Apparently the fabric in my pants pockets was enough to scuff and scratch the living hell out of the screen on my cellphone (a Nokia 6682). This implies to me that the plastic is very, very soft. Is it safe to try using Brasso on it to try to rub it clear again? If so, what kind of cloth would you recommend? Does anybody know any alternatives? It's the kind of scuffing that renders at least half of the screen fuzzy, and the phone's less than three months old, so this really needs to be fixed...
posted by logovisual on Nov 2, 2005 - 8 answers

Hi, My kids have a number of old cheap games from discount houses and Walmart. A bunch of them are circa 1998 or so. The problem is that they scratch the heck out the cds. [more inside]
posted by mecran01 on May 31, 2005 - 5 answers

How can I repair a DVD with a couple of relatively deep scratches? (more inside) [more inside]
posted by duckstab on Jan 3, 2004 - 5 answers