DIY Firestarters
Last week a listener told us you could use Twisties as firestarters. Being a scientist I had to check it …
Do It Yourself Chemistry
How to Make Your Own Toothpaste
I came across the recipe for making your own toothpaste. The basic idea is sound, but I have a few …
Washing Dishes Without Detergent.
Incredible but true! in fact it works so well that you don’t even need to use a scourer. Here’s how …
Homemade Rat Poison
Got rats? Then do I have the solution for you??!! this topic came up as a result of a news …
Alternative Flysprays
You see a cockroach scuttling across the floor and you don’t have a flyspray handy. What do you do? Well …
Cleaning Chemicals #1: Ammonia
Ammonia, or its derivatives, is one of the most common cleaning chemicals found in household formulations. If you look on …
Kitchen Chemistry #2: The Best Cleaning Chemical Ever!
If thallium is the Rolls-Royce Corniche of poisons, what are some other classes of chemical measures of excellence that we …
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Kitchen Chemistry #1: DIY Cleaner/Disinfectant
You want something to wipe your kitchen bench tops with that will both clean and disinfect? Well, of course, there …
It’s a Whitewash !!
One of my earliest childhood memories was a job that I had remarking the white lines on the local tennis …