I use a mosquito repellent to kill ants.
What other products do you use for what purposes?
I use chapstick to heal acne scars, since all it actually does for lips is make them worse at retaining moisture
Just, don’t use it on active acne! Those flare-ups are often infected and that candy-flavored wax stick immediately becomes a conveniently-capped petri dish of your epidermal flora chaos, ready for deployment on new battlegrounds. 🤢
I use plastic produce bags to cover rising sourdough.
Always use the peels of the pineapple to make tepache!
I also use a mosquito and tick repellent to kill ants inside the house, I noticed that if I spray a little in the hole they come out they won’t use that hole for weeks.
Carburetor cleaner kills wasps on contact, since we always had old cars growing up and lived in the sticks we also always got wasp nests. I still keep some around just in case. I don’t even own a car with a carburetor anymore. They get a good distance of spray too for added safety when dealing with them.
The boring one I do most often is shopping bags (non-reusable) for trash can liners.
One I’ve heard of but not done is wasp spray as pepper spray /people repellant.
I like to use the plastic wrappers that toilet rolls are sold in for waste bin liners. I don’t know about other places, or even manufacturers, but the ones I buy come in a wrapper that doesn’t have any holes except the one I tear to get at the rolls in the first place. All I need to do is widen that a bit once the rolls have run out and it’s ready for any bin or bucket I might be using.
I’m also using an old shredder bin as a waste bin because the shredder part died. Decided I might as well hang on to the lower part. Perfectly usable receptacle.
It’s rubbish, but that only makes it more apt!
Who Gives A Crap.
I’m not being snarky. That’s a bamboo sourced toilet paper that doesn’t use plastic and ships right to your door. I like to bring them up a lot because I like the product and the service and the environmental impact.
In principle, I’m all for that. In practice, I’m on a shoestring budget and when serviceable toilet paper can be had for half the price of a bamboo roll, I have to take the cheaper option.
Ahhh, that’s a different story. In that case, steal gas station TP until you can save up for a bidet attachment.
Don’t Increase your k/d ratio
I just did the shipping bags as trash can liners part
that might actually be a war crime because I think wasp spray is a neurotoxin
Which on reflection makes me like it more.
Hmm, that does make me rethink how willing I’d be to use it given the situation called for some self defense.
Is there another common household spray that would be effective but not permanently damaging to a person?
not really. The neurotoxins work really well.
I use weed for the temporary existential release from this horrifying reality. :(
Ok, but what is the INTENDED use for weed. I admit, I’ve never read the label before.
It’s one of the less harmful ways to do so!
Dawn dish soap is good for: Killing ground burrowing insects Hand cleaner Bubble stuff
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I use sarcasm to kill my friendships
I’m pretty sure that’s the intended use of sarcasm.
Those sound like acquaintanceships and are literally supposed to be practice for the real thing. Keep firing, choom.
I use daily contacts for weeks
I use microwave as a kettle
My mate used daily contacts for weeks until one ripped in half when he tried to take it out and got stuck in his eye and he couldn’t see so he asked me to help take it out but I couldn’t.
Luckily, my partner could.
Be careful!
I have been doing it for like… 13 years already? First because I was broke then it has become a habit
Oh yah it only happened once to him in like a decade.
…it didn’t stop him from doing that, and it never happened again! I was just scary.
You don’t just put a mug on the stove like a normal person?
Sometimes. When I don’t wear my contacts
I use a usb mug warmer to heat microscope slides.
I use a mug warmer to maintain viscosity of a certain epoxy for molding. I did have to remove the safety switch because of weight. They work well
Instance name checks out
Also, hello there, fellow labrat! Are you a microbiologist?
No, I’m a beekeeper, and did a course in microscopy earlier this year. I make slides of pollen and bits of bee. I have another microscope for dissecting bees. It is beyond thrilling to have my own wee lab, with bottles of chemicals and petrie dishes and dissecting tools.
Hehe, I dream of having my own lab at some point too! But in my case it would be worth $200.000 on the low end.
And overall, nice!
I use citric acid to prevent water spots in the dishwasher. Don’t bother using rinse aids, as they are often just citric acid at 2-10 times the price.
I need more information. Rinse aid costs a fortune, but I also hate spots.
Do you buy a particular brand of citric?
Also rinse aid feels quite oily to the touch, like dish soap, is it really just citric?
I use advertisements to tell me which products and brands to avoid
Being the most financially successful product *could* mean they excel at ripping people off the most. See HP and their printers.
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Just not at the same time. If you use vinegar and baking soda together, you’ll effectively neutralize both.
Surprisingly the combo of citric acid & baking soda makes a reasonable rust remover. I believe it is a chelating agent.
…and yes, it does fizz everywhere when mixing.Its good as you don’t corrode or destroy any layers while cleaning
My chromosomes. The X and Y work together in semi-functional unison to make me the man I am today.
I am a little scared of this thing. I may have chemical-o-phobia.
or you’re a mosquito
or a Dengue
