Quick way to open can without can opener

Open can with knife

Here’s a quick way to open a can without can opener. You’ll need a sharp chef knife and some special technique shown in the video below.
It’s not as easy as it looks but after some training you will not need a can opener anymore.

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How to make small portable stove from soda cans

Soda can stove

This tutorial explains how to make a small portable stove from two soda cans. This stove is powerful enough to boil some water in a small pan. It could be very useful for camping when you have no other equipment to boil water and heat up food.
For the project you’ll need the following:
1. Two empty soda cans.
2. A pair of scissors on camping knife.
3. Small pliers.
4. Some alcohol.
This can soda can stove is easy to make and very efficient.

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How to remove stamps from envelopes

Remove stamps from envelopes

Are you collecting stamps? Did you glue a stamp in a wrong place?
Well known method of steaming the stamp is not good. By the time the paper is wet, the stamp gets wet as well.

Here’s an easy way to remove the stamp without damaging it. You’ll need a flat pan, stove and a little bit of water.
1. Place the pan on the stove on low heat.
2. Add a few drops of water.
3. Place the envelope with stamp on this drop of water. The stamp facing up.

The water will boil very fast and create steam. After a few seconds you’ll be able to remove the stamp from the envelope without any problem and it will be relatively dry. Wipe out excess water with a towel and you are done.

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How to clean car battery terminals

Cleaning car battery

It’s very important to keep your car battery clean. A dirty car battery can cause problems with starting and one day you might not be able to start your car at all.

You can easily clean the battery with regular baking soda and water. This mix works great for removing the built up on the battery terminals.

- mix a little bit of baking soda and water.
- apply this solution on the battery terminals. Not too much. You’ll see it will start bubbling. The baking soda will start neutralizing the acid on the battery terminals.
- scrub the terminals with an old toothbrush.
- rinse all the residue off the battery.

That’s how you keep your car battery clean.

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Removing water from wet sell phone

Wet cell phone repair

Dropped your cell phone or PDA in the water? You can take everything apart, put it in the box full of rice and and hope that the moister gets drawn out. And maybe in a few days you still might have a phone or use the following technique and get it back in a few minutes.

First of all, do not turn on or use your cell phone after it got wet.

- remove the back cover and battery.
- remove the SIM card.
- suck out the moisture using home vacuum and your hands as it shown in the following video.

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Removing grease and oil stains from jeans

Here’s a quick way to remove grease or oil stains from your jeans.

Get some baking soda and apply it over the stain on the jeans. Scrub it with a toothbrush or scrub brush. Repeat this process a few times. This will absorb the oil in the grease stain. Next take some grease soap and apply it to a sponge. Rub the grease stain with the sponge, get it soapy. Finally, wash your jeans in the washing machine with hottest settings possible. If you have some grease stain smells, include one cup of vinegar in the washing process. After that the grease stain should be gone.

That’s how you remove grease from your jeans.

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How to make compact and powerfull flashlight

Compact powerful flashlight

This guide explains how to make a powerful compact flashlight for under $10. You will be surprised with the results!

To accomplish this task you’ll need the following components:

1. Eveready contractor industrial flash light. Cost about $4.
2. Krypton KPR112 flashlight lamp available from RadioShack for about $1.5.
3. Three Duracell Ultra 123 3v lithium batteries. Cost about $4.

This hacked $10 flashlight performs better than an expensive $95 Compact Surefire E2 flashlight.

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How to chill soda or other drinks very quickly

Chill drink quickly

Do you like drinking room temperature soda or beer? I don’t.

There is an easy way to chill soda to perfect temperature in two minutes.

Here’s how you do it:
1. Depending on how much soda you want to chill get yourself a bowl with ice and water in it.
2. Put a handful of regular salt into the ice and water mixture.
3. Load up your drinks into the bowl and steer them around for about two minutes.

This will work for about any drink in can or bottle.

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Escaping from professional handcuffs with bobby pin

Escape from handcuffs

Here’s how you can escape from a set of professional handcuffs.

Probably it’s very hard to do if you have hands behind your back.

The following video shows how to unlock Swiss and Wesson model 100 double lock handcuffs with a regular bobby pin.

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How to sharpen kitchen knife with a coffee mug

Sharpen knife with coffee mug

Have you ever been in the situation when you knife just isn’t cutting it? Seams to be smashing, tearing rather than cutting? Normally you would need to have this knife sharpened.

To prove it, the common test of slicing a piece of paper will show if your knife doesn’t cut very well. Take a piece of regular printer paper and try slicing it with the knife. If it tears the paper instead of cutting it, it’s time to sharpen the knife.

Do you have a sharpener? No? No problem! Just grab an coffee mug. Any old coffee mug will do.

Run the knife blade along the unglazed porcelain on the bottom of the coffee mug. Hold the knife at a 30 degree angle and draw the blade lightly across. All you want to do is clean the edge of the knife and you’re done!

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