Save money by performing your own sewing machine maintenance! While there are differences between a Singer sewing machine, a Brother model or a Janome machine, there are many similarities. This video shows you how to maintain and clean the feed dog area on your sewing machine.
Rescue a piece of roadside furniture, or give your own loveseat or couch a new look. This tutorial shows you how you can upcycle and add some new upholstery. Make sure you are careful to clean any furniture you find on the side of the road.
The iron is probably the most dangerous tool in your sewing room, especially a steam iron (which is a necessary tool for most sewing projects). Maintain your sewing iron by using clean water. It's also important to know the difference between the pressing and steaming techniques.
Concerned about the unpronounceable chemicals you see on tubes of toothpaste? Clean your tetth and keep your breath fresh without having to introduce unpleasant chemicals to your system! All you need is some baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, essential oils (mints are best) and a few drops of stevia (optional). Combine together, and smile! You have homemade toothpaste!
If you're tired of the cement-and-motor-oil coloring you're currently rocking on the floor of your garage, you've come to the right place. This video will show you how to prepare the concrete floor in a garage for staining by etching and degreasing it, ensuring that it is clean and ready to hold the stain.
In this clip, you'll learn how to enable and use the automatic tidying feature in MS Outlook 2010. Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular email and scheduling application or a seasoned MS Office professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the Outlook 2010 workflow, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, and to get started organizing your own inbox, watch this free video guide.
One of the newest and most effective types of dry powder asmtha inhalers is called a Diskus. They can be confusing to use for those used to a more traditional inhaler. This video will show you how to use a Diskus to treat your Asmtha symptoms and make sure your device stays clean and effective for a long time.
If nothing else has worked to clean malware, spyware or viruses from your hard drive, this tutorial shows you how to remove the hard drive from either your laptop or desk top and use an external hard drive enclosure to fix your computer. You will also need a virus-free PC.
Though they're much better audio files than cassette tapes, the mp3s on your iPod or iTunes sometimes may not sound like it. Whether you have a PC or a Mac, you can use your computer to edit your sound files and improve audio quality.
In this clip, you'll learn how to get a clean single-strum sound when playing the ukulele by using pinky muting. If you want to get really good at playing the ukulele, it stands to reason that you'll need to practice. Happily, the Internet is awash in high-quality video lessons like this one from the folks at Ukulele Underground. For more information, including a step-by-step overview, watch this free video ukulele tutorial.
A string trimmer is a handy tool, but you have to maintain it if you want it to work its best. Learn how to do maintenance on both a 2-cycle and 4-cycle gas-powered trimmer. Lowe's home improvement expert, Mike Kraft, gives helpful tips for string trimmer maintenance. Learn how to replace string, change the oil, clean the trimmer filter and more that will help keep your string trimmer working like new.
If you're having a hard time with your cable rewind on a Dyson DC05 vacuum cleaner, this tutorial should help you out. In this tutorial, you'll find out how to replace the cable rewind using a few tools. It doesn't take that long to replace and will make things much easier when cleaning up around the house. So check out the tutorial above and enjoy!
Are all those days spent outside baking in the sun finally catching up with you? Solve dry skin and sunburn problems all in one step by watching this tutorial.
A great new feature available on iPhone 4 is folders. By organizing your apps into folders, you will be able to keep your home screen clean and much less cluttered. This will also allow you to stay organized and have a bit more privacy. Check out this tutorial for a step by step on how to set up and use your new folders.
This Blender user's guide covers the process of cutting clean gaps and seams into subsurfed surfaces. Doors, hoods, inspection panels, that kind of thing! Whether you're new to the Blender Foundation's popular 3D modeling program or a seasoned graphic artist just interested in better acquainting yourself with the application, you're sure to be well served by this free video tutorial. For more information, including detailed instructions, take a look!
Video game controllers can get pretty grimey. The more greasy hands that come into contact with your Xbox, the grosser your device will get. In this tutorial, learn how to clean your controller using gloves, water and dishsoap. Follow along and make sure you know what you are doing so that you don't ruin your controller.
Combine lathering up and exfoliating in the shower with these salted watermelon slices. Crafted to resemble and smell like deliciously scented watermelon taffy, these melt and pour soaps are piled with sea salt to give your skin a good, thorough scrub.
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 619th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll see how spaces in cells cause trouble in formulas and learn how to use the REPLACE, COUNTIF, CLEAN & TRIM functions to solve space-related formula problems.
Here in civilization, any sign of a cold can be instantly erased with a trip to the doctor and the right medicine, but when you're stuck out in the wild without any pre-packed meds, you're in major trouble.
With stores like Lush Cosmetics and Bath and Body Works churning out soap rife with rose petals, glitter, and pretty designs, soaps are no longer just designed for getting clean.
Garlic is a delicious, salubrious and stinky vegetable. Learn how to remove its garlicky stench from your hands with this handy video tutorial, which suggets, among other things, using lemon juice to get rid of the unwanted odor. For specifics, and to get started cleaning your own hands, watch this handy how-to.
Fans of the "Twilight" sage know that Bella weds her vampire love, Edward Cullen, in the novel "Breaking Dawn". In this tutorial, learn how to create a fresh faced makeup look inspired by Bella's big day. This look takes Bella's young, clean style into account and gives it a gothic vampy twist.
Like any machine, a drill press chuck is prone to wear and tear and with repetitive usage some parts can become unaligned. If you are going to remove a drill press chuck, keep in mind that also with any machine you work with, you'll want to clean off any gunk that accumulates so you have a properly working machine.
You will to learn set up and calibrate your jointer for optimal woodworking and creating a clean and straight edge on a rough board to later use as a reference. You will also learn a system on how to set up your knives to achieve the perfect cut using a jig and how to select the best jig to work with.
Accidents will happen. This brief how-to will guide you through the process of disassembling, cleaning and reassembling a sixth-generation iPod Class (A1238) quickly and efficiently without damaging any of the components, the first necessary step of any successful repair or restoration. This tutorial will also be of use to those who wish to learn more about the guts of their iPods without actually disassembling their units.
Want to remove dried wax from a carpet? You'll need four items: a white towel, a regular electric iron, a carpet cleaning solution and a hot-water extraction machine. For a complete, step-by-step demonstration of how to remove pesky paraffin wax stains from your own carpet, watch this free housekeeping video tutorial.
Save yourself a fortune by making your very own homemade oatmeal facial mask. Place 6 teaspoons of sweet almond oil into a small bowl. Add 2 drops each of pure violet oil, lavender, neroli oil to the bowl. Add enough oatmeal to the mix and make a paste. Pat onto your face and lay down for 20 minutes. Rinse clean with warm water.
If you're a serious film buff then these glasses will totally give you a cinemagasm. This polarization filter uses a pair of 3D glasses as a base and combines the glasses with a lens cap to reduce glare and any reflections that could tamper with your viewing experience.
Dress shirts are best kept on a hanger in a closet, but if you're pressed for closet space, here's the next best way to store them. You will need a dress shirt in need of folding and a clean, flat surface. Fact: In the state of Indiana, you can make up to $17,000 a year operating a shirt folding machine, a handy device patented in the U.S. in 1989.
Keep it clean, covered, and coated, and say goodbye to that scar from the get-go. You will need running water and mild soap, self adhesive bandages, antibiotic ointment, petroleum jelly, sunblock, and silicone gel sheets. Warning: See a doctor immediately if your cut is extremely deep, won't stop bleeding, or appears infected.
This instructional video will show you how to remove the bumper sticker of a failed candidate, such as McCain/Palin. Now you can stop broadcasting failure without leaving a sticky residue.
Watch this instructional drawing video to draw and color a cartoon. Use a calligraphy pen to draw think lines and thin lines with a single pen. This allows you to draw expressions quickly and decisively. With a clean brush, dampen the paper where you want to add color. Mix marker colors with water to mix a quick watercolor palette.
This medical instructional how-to video demonstrates the proper way to perform a standard venepucture procedure on a patient. Before drawing blood from any patient it is always good to identify your patient. Wrap the band at the top of the arm and use alcohol to clean the area. Watch to learn how to perform a standard venepuncture procedure.
Interested in some good clean fun? With this hack from Japan, you'll learn to operate a Roomba vacuum cleaner remotely using a Nintendo Wii balance board with a Bluetooth serial adapter. Watch this tutorial and build your own Surfin'ba today!
Getting your pool ready for summer is very important as the water will not be circulating for a few months. This instructional how-to video shows you how to close down your in-ground pool for winter. Start by removing debris and properly cleaning the liner. Don't forget to remove any exterior accessories and equipment properly before winterizing the in ground pool.
Are you using the Queen too much, or attacking with one piece at a time, or making mostly pawn moves, or that tricky Knight obsession, or "freeing" the Rook with a side pawn, or are you being a victim of a back row checkmate? Well, watch this video to to avoid these common chess mistakes.
So the wife shows me an episode of Oprah with Dr. Oz of the You series of health books. He's showing this thing called a neti pot. It's a watering can for the nose. The thing is put into one nostril and warm salt water is poured through the nostrils cleaning out the sinuses.
This video demonstrates how to fillet the breast of a wild turkey. Technique also works on geese.
The Lab Rats, Andy Walker and Sean Carruthers, demonstrate how to wipe your computer's hard drive clean and install Windows from scratch.
In this video, we learn how to clear your browser cache on your Blackberry. From the home screen, go to the browser and then wait for it to load. After this, you will click on menu and then click on the options button. From here, go to 'cache operations' and click on it. After this, click on the 'clear history' button that appears on the top right hand side of the screen. Once this finishes clearing out, the information on your screen will be gone and the things saved on your browser will no ...
