Off Label Usage

[Mikilt]

I haven't anything to add, but does anyone know of a product that can soak color out of a cotton shirt when bleach doesn't work? I double-checked that it wasn't color-safe bleach.

[Jay]

I haven't anything to add, but does anyone know of a product that can soak color out of a cotton shirt when bleach doesn't work? I double-checked that it wasn't color-safe bleach.

Oxyclean whitens whites better than bleach (it's peroxide)

An alternative is to use swimming pool chlorine. Same basic thing as fabric bleach but at a far higher concentration. It will turn the darkest blue jeans white

[Iain Robb]

Yet another use for toothpaste: Polishing hazy plastic headlamp covers.

[Deirachel]

The geek in me must say this:

Crown Royal bags are great for keeping dice.

Other uses:

Shoe shine cloth, polishing rags, etc. Helps avoid skin staining if the rag surrounds one's hands.

[Chas]

Condoms used to be standard issue to overseas correspondents from the BBC and ITV - for covering microphones during outside broadcasts. Worked equally well for water as well as for dust and sand.

Regards

Chas

[Dangerdean]

Stupid Bookseller Tricks:
Lighter fluid on a kleenex will wipe almost any mark (ink, grease pencil, adhesive, snot) off of a book cover.
Also, a quick, careful buffing with fine sandpaper will take the yellow off the top of the pages.

[ScotFree]

If your green veggies are looking a little week, soak them in a liter of water with a teaspoon of baking soda, they green and crisp back up. Old restaurant trick.

[LANCER1562]

Toothpaste works well for cleaning small pewter and stering sliver items (ie: rings, medalions, etc.). Old cotton t-shirts torn up make good dusting rags and polising cloths. I use them when I spitshine my shoes. They also come in handy when you run out of bore patches for cleaning your guns.

[Baldybrown]

I always have super-glue in my first aid kit. Much better than stitches for cuts. Also had a friend fall out of a tree stand while hunting. His hip socket ended up under his left arm pit. because he'd put his two left over Oxycotin pain pills in his kit, He was able too drag himself 2 miles to his truck, and then drive himself to the hospital.

[Deirachel]

I haven't anything to add, but does anyone know of a product that can soak color out of a cotton shirt when bleach doesn't work? I double-checked that it wasn't color-safe bleach.

Not an off-label use, but RitDye has a "whitener" that works rather well. Depending on what the color is depends on if it can be leeched out at all, honestly.

I always have super-glue in my first aid kit. Much better than stitches for cuts. Also had a friend fall out of a tree stand while hunting.

That's what "surgical glue" actually is. Of course, it's a single-use sterile packaging, but the chemical is exactly the same stuff.

His hip socket ended up under his left arm pit. because he'd put his two left over Oxycotin pain pills in his kit, He was able too drag himself 2 miles to his truck, and then drive himself to the hospital.

Good tip, just remember to check expiration dates. Some meds can become deadly after they go over.

Speaking of medicine.... the empty bottles can be quite handy.

I use them to hold collar stays, small amounts of baby powder/talc, extra jewelry (rings, necklaces, pins) when packing for a trip.

You can also make a cheap cat toy with them. Drill a hole just large enough for a treat to slip out, toss a few treats in, and close the child-proof cap.