How about Everyday Hacks?

[Street Survival]

I'll start with Baking Soda and Vinegar for opening a household drain.
Hydrogen Peroxide for taking out blood stains.
WD-40 for removing sticky labels.

 

[Monocrom]

Nail-polish remover with acetone in it for removing glue residue, after taking off sales stickers from purchased items. I have a subscriber on my main YouTube channel to thank for that one.

"Oh, what a lovely Estwing hatchet. Don't like the stickers on the sides. I'll just peel those off."

Damn company uses the strongest industrial glue on the market! Yeah, the stickers come off. Have fun getting the residue off of the tool. Took me about 2 hours with a lot of soap and gallons upon gallons of Hot water, plus plenty of scrubbing. Not even joking! And, the tiniest microscopic layer of residue traveled onto the head. When the tool is dry, dry to the touch. Wet your finger, you feel that microscopic sticky layer still on the head.

Next Esting tool? Used the nail-polish remover, I was done in 2 minutes with zero microscopic residue. Honestly, don't care that Estwing is an American company that makes its products in America. THAT is beyond obnoxious! Let me guess.... Someone buys their first Estwing. Find out the hard way so when they buy more of your tools they'll know better than to try to peel off YOUR stupid company stickers from THEIR tool that they just paid for? Screw you!

 

[Monocrom]

Thoroughly cleaning the inside of a BPA-Free metal water-bottle (not just cleaning out odors).

Two or three scoops of baking soda + Hot water. Fill to 1/3 full. Vigorous shaking after putting the lid back on. Set aside for 2 hours. Throughly rinse out the water-bottle that will feel very greasy. Rinse it completely out until the greasy residue is completely gone! Works wonders!

 

[scalpel_ninja]

Zippo lighter fluid also works well on sticker residue for plastic surfaces. Less likely to melt the plastic than acetone.

It's also worked on "tamper evident" stickers. I've opened old Xboxes and PlayStations by using the fluid to remove the sticker covering a critical screw, disassemble/modify, then the sticker is dry from the fluid, ready to be re-applied like nothing happened.

 

[KITROBASKIN]

Is it really worth getting so angry at the marketing department of a tool company? Thinking one might also have the option to use a light touch with a blowtorch to cook the adhesive off?

 

[raggie33]

when i heat pasta sauce in microwave i put the plate im going to use to serve the pasta over bowl to keep it from splatering all inside microwave then just use the plate to eat off

 

[scalpel_ninja]

I microwave a large mug of water until it boils and steams inside the appliance for a self-steam cleaning. Makes dried-on stains easier to wipe off.

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Can't erase a Sharpie marker? Alcohol turns the ink into butter and it wipes right off.

 

[Monocrom]

Is it really worth getting so angry at the marketing department of a tool company? Thinking one might also have the option to use a light touch with a blowtorch to cook the adhesive off?

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Yes because what they're doing is intentional. If it was accidental, if they didn't know; THAT would be a completely different story. They know, they don't care. It's a middle finger to their customer base. There's enough bull$#&% in this world without Estwing contributing their own kind to it.

Also, a blowtorch? Just a lot easier using nail-polish remover. Plus, I personally don't like introducing heat to a metal surface with an edge on it. I'm not going to risk possibly ruining the heat treat.

 

[Monocrom]

Can't erase a Sharpie marker? Alcohol turns the ink into butter and it wipes right off.

If the Sharpie print is on a metal surface, no matter how old; take a new Sharpie marker. Completely cover the old print. Then immediately, before it dries, wipe it off with a damp rag. The new scribble and the old print comes off.

 

[KITROBASKIN]

Yes because what they're doing is intentional. If it was accidental, if they didn't know; THAT would be a completely different story. They know, they don't care. It's a middle finger to their customer base. There's enough bull$#&% in this world without Estwing contributing their own kind to it.

Also, a blowtorch? Just a lot easier using nail-polish remover. Plus, I personally don't like introducing heat to a metal surface with an edge on it. I'm not going to risk possibly ruining the heat treat.

Of course it's intentional. They want to advertise their product on the tool itself. Using tenacious glue prolongs the promotion. Many people are used to adverts on their stuff and don't really care, unlike yourself and others (including me).

I even painted my Estwing black because the blue did not work for me. With time the black wore off where my gloved hand interfaced.

Decades ago I used that little ax to lower below ground level (by burning) a long leaf pine tree stump, hacking into the pitch filled wood occasionally while on fire to hasten the process.

It got soot on the ax. I liked the look but the soot fostered rust. That was fine with me.

Old dry erase marks on a whiteboard stubborn to remove can also be written over with fresh dry erase marker to remove the old marks as well.

 

[leeholaaho]

Is it really worth getting so angry at the marketing department of a tool company? Thinking one might also have the option to use a light touch with a blowtorch to cook the adhesive off?

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WD-40 Works like a charm

 

[Chauncey Gardener]

Is it really worth getting so angry at the marketing department of a tool company?

That's a great rhetorical question. 👍 👍

 

[raggie33]

i was going to do one of the office gaming builds.where you buy a old office pc and a gpu and have a gaming pc. well it isnt going well so this hack sucks.but at ;east it was only 40 bucks and has a 11th gen i5 but only 8 gigs a single channel ram and the psu sucks