r/howto 4h ago

[Serious Answers Only] Clean grease off these painted walls without ruining the paint?

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23 Upvotes

Might be hard to see but there’s these small oil/grease splatter marks on the wall above our oven. I’m trying to deep clean the kitchen to surprise my wife before she gets home from a weekend away (it’s not usually my job as we divide up the chores between us based on the ones we prefer to do). I know she hasn’t because she doesn’t want to ruin the paint and neither do I but it’d be a nice surprise.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!


r/howto 2h ago

[DIY] I need help with framing these tiles for my GF's birthday!

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It's my girlfriend's birthday in a few days, I just got back from Portugal and brought these Azulejo tiles back from to give to her. I want to put them together like this in a frame or something similar. Does anyone have advice on how I might be able to do that? The dimensions are just about 11⅛"×11⅛". I saw online that people doing similar projects would hot glue the tiles and grout them so maybe after that it would be closer to 11.25"×11.25". I don't have a hit glue gun but could obviously get one, however I'm open to any other ideas/suggestions because I don't usually do things like this but wanted to make this a really nice gift for her.


r/howto 5h ago

How to dry out a long necked glass bottle

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I am repurposing a glass bottle, similar to a champagne bottle. I have washed the bottle out, but can't figure out how to dry it, as condensation seems to stay inside. I have left it for a week, and it is still not dry. I have tried heating it slightly on a radiator, alas no joy.

In past, when repurposing narrow necked glass bottles, I would keep them for flowers etc, but this time I am looking to use them for drink purposes (unsweetened herbal teas only) so would like to figure out a method to wash and dry them appropriately.

Any help would be appreciated!


r/howto 31m ago

How do I get this glue out of the cap

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I can’t get it outtt helpp😭


r/howto 15h ago

[Serious Answers Only] How to lay pavers on concrete?

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Hello, I’ll be doing this by myself (no experience in this field) in the backyard of my house, and I don’t see myself removing the concrete to lay the pavers down.

So, what is the best practice to install pavers on the concrete and in the rest of the picture on the same level?


r/howto 56m ago

Secure the gate better

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I have a driveway gate that rolls well enough, however the metal brace that is attached to the house and used to keep the gate up right and on the track has bent over time. Now the gate has a ~4" ability to sway and on windy days it rocks back and forth and makes a loud sound.


r/howto 5h ago

How to clean ink from cabinet doors?

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It got off from plastic bag that got wet. Wd40 or alcohol99% don't do anything. Plz help


r/howto 6h ago

How to fix this door latch that is not going deep enough when handle is rotated?

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There are 2 handles for this door latch-lock. One of the inside of the door and one on the outside. The handle on the outside of the door can fully retract that latch (circled in green) but the handle on the inside of the door can't (only retracts 80%). How do I fix it?


r/howto 8h ago

[Serious Answers Only] How can I mend the cuffs of my hoodie?

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My favourite sweater, clearly very well loved. He’s gone through a few repairs already (I’m not the best) but the cuffs have now split at the ends and the layers are apart on both sleeves. I’d love to fix it and keep wearing. Thanks :)


r/howto 6m ago

How can I get diarrhea fast

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Poop


r/howto 4h ago

[Serious Answers Only] How do I make this quieter? It can be heard throughout the entire house

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r/howto 15h ago

Remove stuck toilet handle

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How do I remove this part of the toilet handle that is stuck? I tried using an adjustable wrench but the part in the tank won't budget


r/howto 1d ago

How to drain water from Washer so I can change the drain pump without getting water all over my basement?

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r/howto 1d ago

Suck silicone

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42 Upvotes

Kid got his silicone pipette stuck in his measuring cylinder. Any ideas how to get it out? Sticking a knife or chopstick down can get past the silicone but not enough traction to pull it out


r/howto 13h ago

How to remove smell from car fresheners

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I have a couple air fresheners that are like those little tree ones which you hang up on the rear view mirror, I want to use them as just a decoration and don't want them to have any smell, does anyone know how to remove the smell from them? I've had them hanging up in my backyard for about a week and the smell isn't as strong as before but it seems that it's not fully going


r/howto 8h ago

Wall Mount Samsung Tv

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hey, i was going to mount my samsung tv on the wall, this is the 2019 q85rat model. previously i had an LG tv mounted wit the same mount but now i'm not shure if i can use a normal vesa mount for this.. any1 have any idea how to do it? my bracket can line up to the M4 screws but then there is a distance from the mount to the holes because of the "hole"


r/howto 18h ago

[DIY] How to remove stains from wood caused by husband using an oil wood cleaner?! It looks horrible

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r/howto 10h ago

[Serious Answers Only] Bed sheet pilling?

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I got these new bed cover but I found these small threads or I don’t know what to call them. It comes when I rub the bed sheets constantly. This comes only from certain side of the bed sheet not everywhere. How can I stop this?


r/howto 1d ago

[DIY] How to remove these fixings

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How on earth do I remove this bracket? It's fixed to the side of my van and I can't see any way to get to the back.

Any help greatly appreciated


r/howto 21h ago

[DIY] can't get my hdmi extender to work using residential cabling.

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The scenario is I wanted to send an hdmi feed from one part of the house to the next utilising the home structured cabling. So the source feed will be transmitted via a network cable to an access point, the access point goes to my patch panel, patch panel will go to the receiving transmitter. (phase 2 is I might go from patch panel to another access point if I want to change rooms).

When I test the extenders directly to each other it works, once i introduced the access point to patch panel step the receiver doesn't connect to the transmitter.

I tested the entire intended network wiring path and have full data connectivty etc but I'm wondering if the wiring standards between access points and patch panel are breaking something.

Any ideas how to troubleshoot this?

purchased this hdmi extender from amazon .com/dp/B07Q7YCZ9N?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1

Attached pictures show the different wiring standards used at each point of termination.


r/howto 20h ago

How to remove dark stains from a dark green cotton shirt?

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I have this 100% cotton dark green shirt with these stains on them. They might be wine but I’m unsure. I’ve tried washing it twice, the second time I soaked it in water and Tide ultra oxi laundry detergent for several hours for washing, but it didn’t go. I air dried it both times. The tag says I can use non chlorine bleach but I’m a bit unsure, should that be my next step or is there another way?


r/howto 12h ago

[Serious Answers Only] How to fix the broken hinge here?

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Or I should buy a new pair because all the local people are saying we need to change the whole frame which i bought last week


r/howto 21h ago

How can I fix this?

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7 Upvotes

I need to make it so the wall looks back to normal and my landlord won’t notice.

Any advice would be great thanks!


r/howto 12h ago

How to start a mini cake business out of my home

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As the name implies, I’ve gotten into making cakes as of late and have come up with a pretty good list of cakes I make that I want to sell out of my home. I’m drawing a blank on how to start a business out of my home and how to attract customers as I’ve never done this before.

Plus, im located in California so I’m not too familiar with all the things I need to do as I see there’s a lot of hoops to jump through apparently.

I’ve started some research but any tips or guidance from those who have gone through this or something like this would be helpful. Especially those pesky little “I wish I have known this but had to learn along the way” knowledge would be super helpful, if any!

Thank you :)


r/howto 2h ago

[Serious Answers Only] How to turn on the light of LED magnifying glass?

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Just got this from Daiso and the light won’t turn on. Can’t figure out the instructions even with google translate.