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Most Popular Clever Uses and MacGyver Tips of 2014

    This was a great year for being clever and coming up with different tricks you can do with things around the house.The right tools should be used for the right job, but sometimes being creative is better than any tool out there. This year we learned that LEGO figures Read more at http://freedomprepper.com/3627/most-popular-clever-uses-and-macgyver-tips-of-2014/

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Use A Rubber Band As a Paintbrush Scraper

by Shep McAllister

After dipping a brush into paint can, it's natural to scrape off some of the excess paint on the inside edge of the can. This works in the short term, but all that paint will splatter once you pound the lid back into place. Instead, stretch a thick rubber band across the length of the can, and use it to wipe down your dripping brush. Once you're done, just throw out the rubber band, or rinse it off to use again. It's a simple hack to avoid a big headache.

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Mix Your Own Bleach With Household Ingredients

by Shep McAllister

Household weblog One Good Thing By Jillee shares a custom recipe for homemade bleach, utilizing only water, lemon juice, and hydrogen peroxide. The advantage of Jillee's recipe over other homemade bleach mixtures is that it doesn't require you to combine vinegar and hydrogen peroxide, the combination of which forms Peracetic Acid. This is a fine disinfectant, but can cause serious eye and skin irritation, so it shouldn't be used on sheets or clothes.

Jillee's simple solution compared favorably to commercial bleach, both as a detergent and as a kitchen disinfectant. Be sure to check out the source link for the complete recipe.

A Natural Bleach Alternative | One Good Thing By Jillee

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Wrap A Rubber Band Around Your Thumb For Easy Paper Sorting

by Shep McAllister

Though we live in an increasingly paperless society, many of us still spend part of our day flipping through memos, magazines, contracts, or other of stacks of paper. For those times, a simple rubber band can really come in handy.

If you've ever used a rubber thimble, you know that the extra grip on your finger makes it much easier to separate sheets of paper quickly. Of course, hardly anybody owns a rubber thimble, let alone keeps one with them at all times. As a quick and easy replacement, just wrap a wide rubber band around the end of your finger. It probably won't be comfortable for an extended period, but it will get the job done in the short term.