#cleaner solvent

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[merlyn-bane]

unfriendly reminder that poppers are not legal for recreational use in the US and the person behind the counter at the sex store has better things to do than explain what plausible deniability is to you like you're five

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[mindblowingscience]

The non-toxic, environmentally friendly, solvent-free process first uses an inexpensive catalyst to break apart the bonds in polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the most common plastic in the polyester family. Then, the researchers merely expose the broken pieces to ambient air. Leveraging the trace amounts of moisture in air, the broken-down PET is converted into monomers—the crucial building blocks for plastics. From there, the researchers envision the monomers could be recycled into new PET products or other, more valuable materials. Safer, cleaner, cheaper and more sustainable than current plastic recycling methods, the new technique offers a promising path toward creating a circular economy for plastics. The study was recently published in Green Chemistry.

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[seat-safety-switch]

The best way to fix things is to clean them. An old mentor of mine used to say "if it doesn't work, clean it. If it still doesn't work, clean it again." He wasn't wrong. You'd be surprised how much stuff breaks just because it's a little dirty.

Next time you're visiting a mechanic, stop in at their shop. Check out all their cool solvents, cleaners, specialty rags, and parts-washing machines. All of that stuff is essential to fix the many kinds of weird dirt that your average mechanic encounters on a job. They've got like thirty kinds of grease alone, which means they need at least that many kinds of grease removers.

On the other hand, they will still swear by their old friend, brake cleaner. Brake cleaner is great. It makes a delightful smell and you can feel your brain cells popping whenever you get a good-sized huff of the stuff. It's cheap. You can get it anywhere. Even if you aren't fixing brakes, whatever you are fixing could probably do with a squirt or two of the stuff (unless you're fixing a flashlight or anything else made out of formerly-nice, used-to-be-clear plastic.) At the very least, it will be shiny and smell great, and you'll forget why you were having such a bad time with it five minutes ago.

Just like the rest of our world, brake cleaner is undergoing a lot of changes right now. Turns out it wasn't really a good idea to spray thirty litres of the stuff a day all over your driveway or into your nostrils. Naturally, the mechanics (who are addicted to huffing it) are getting mad. They can't be blamed for this: as we've established so far, nine-tenths of repairing things is cleaning them, and to reduce the effectiveness of their cleaners even a little bit is to welcome the destruction of all we hold dear.

I remain confident that, for years to come, brake cleaner will still be a potent combination of dangerous and also kind of alright at cleaning anything you spray it on. They're probably going to fuck with the smell, though. Won't be the same.

[tightwadspoonies]

The 7-Item Cleaning Kit

So you need to clean your dwelling, and you don't have the resources to buy a cleaner for every occasion.

Well have I got a post for you!

Basically all household cleaning can be done with 6 items and water. And those items are fairly inexpensive.

Rags. Don't buy these. Any piece of cloth you were going to throw away/donate will do. Cut it into manageable sizes and use sewing or fabric glue to make a small hem around the outside. You can wash them in the same load of laundry as everything else (pre-treat very oily rags with soap and water) Scrap paper (paper bags, newsprint, etc...) will work for really dirty things you don't want to wash. Keep a pile going.

Water. Water is a nearly-universal solvent. It won't work on oil, wax, metal scratches on porcelain, or calcium buildup, but it will work pretty much alone (or with a rag and some elbow grease) on everyday dirt.

Soap. If water doesn't work alone, soap and water together usually will. A good rule of thumb is one part soap, one part water, and one part whatever you're trying to dissolve. The only things soap and water won't work on are those metal scratches and calcium buildup.

Melamine Sponge. What will work on metal scratches and calcium buildup without damaging porcelain, you ask? Melamine sponges. That's the generic for a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and let me tell you they're dirt cheap if you buy non-brand-name.

Broom and Dustpan. These are two things technically I guess but they usually come purchased as one. This will do general duty to sweep your floors, dust your walls and ceilings, and when you tie a large rag to the broom, damp mop too.

Medium or Hard Bristle Brush. This one is useful for loosening caked-on dirt on your floors and upholstery, and getting into tight spaces you can't with a rag.

Blade or Scraper. This can be an old credit card or a razor blade. This is for getting the bulk of gum, wax, mildew, stickers, or other hard-to-clean goo off of things.

Have questions about how to use these items for a specific cleaning project? Send an ask to @tightwadspoonies!

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[materialsscienceandengineering]

Scientists break down plastic using a simple, inexpensive catalyst and air

Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern University chemists have developed a simple new method for breaking down plastic waste. The non-toxic, environmentally friendly, solvent-free process first uses an inexpensive catalyst to break apart the bonds in polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the most common plastic in the polyester family. Then, the researchers merely expose the broken pieces to ambient air. Leveraging the trace amounts of moisture in air, the broken-down PET is converted into monomers—the crucial building blocks for plastics. From there, the researchers envision the monomers could be recycled into new PET products or other, more valuable materials. Safer, cleaner, cheaper and more sustainable than current plastic recycling methods, the new technique offers a promising path toward creating a circular economy for plastics. The study was recently published in Green Chemistry.

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[pancakeke]

idk who this may help, but I've seen people panic a number of times because their phones suddenly stopped charging via micro-usb or usb-c ports.

If this ever happens to any of you and you don't have the money for a new phone, there's a chance your phone has the hardware for wireless charging hidden inside it.

Look up the specs for your phone's model, because if it has wireless charging you can pick up a $10 wireless charging pad from walmart to tide you over while you buy a better one online. Then you can continue using your phone despite its usb-whatever port being out of commission.

Note: wireless charging heats phones up more and degrades phone batteries faster than wired charging, but if other hardware is already failing I think you have to accept that your phone is already living on borrowed time.

Also, be aware of electronic contact cleaner. It looks like compressed air but it's not. This stuff sprays an evaporating solvent to ideally blast away any debris that may be blocking electric contacts.

[circumlocutive]

When your spectrum matches the reference except you actually managed to remove all the reaction solvent (dimethylformamide, v high boiling point, v hard to remove) so you have a slightly cleaner spectra 🙂‍↕️

[phillipfancypants]

On flossing

This post is for people who want to look after their teeth/mouth but can’t bring themselves to change anything due to sensory/adhd/too busy/bad at changing routines.

I’ve never been someone who flossed. I hated when they did it for me at the dentist. My parents didn’t floss when I was growing up and neither did my friends or my sister. Children’s TV told me that only nerds floss.

But now that I’m an adult, when I go to the dentist, they always tell me I have inflamed gums and really I should be worried and I should promise to floss every day from now on etc.

But flossing HURTS. I mean, what is pleasant about slicing open part of your mouth every night for the rest of your life, right? And the dentist says “oh well once you get started, it won’t hurt as much you’ll get used to it” which honestly scares me more—I play guitar and it took ages to build up calluses on my fingers and having those inside my mouth sounds mildly horrifying.

Turns out that none of that is what’s actually going on inside your mouth. And after 15+ years of believing all this, it took ONE dental hygienist to explain why it wasn’t working for me.

Let’s start with gingivitis. You may have heard of it before, maybe been told you have it. Been lectured on how it’s tied to heart disease and low life expectancy and you can prevent it by flossing. But what IS it?

Basically it’s your body trying to protect you. Have you ever heard the statistic that a dog’s mouth is cleaner than a human’s? Afaik that’s true, due to a bunch of bacteria we pick up from our varied human diet. And aside from some important gut flora, our immune system does NOT like it when there’s a lot of bacteria around. So what does it do? It sends white blood cells to scope out the threat. The closest battlefront to the action is your gums, so your body sends a bunch if reinforcements to keep the invaders at bay. The only problem is that the bacteria is perfectly happy living in your mouth, and really has very little interest in entering your blood stream. So all these extra white blood cells are gathering at your gums, but none are ever seeing battle and they can never truly eliminate the threat. This causes swelling and inflammation. It’s basically chronic arthritis but in your mouth instead of your joints. And funny enough, when part of your bloodstream is CONSTANTLY fighting a losing battle, that can hurt the rest of your body over time.

Where does flossing come into all of this? Basically the further away you can keep the bacteria from your gums, the better. They want you to floss because it basically scrapes off the bacteria from your teeth right next to your gum line which is the main war zone. If the white blood cells sense that the danger is gone, they leave, and the swelling leaves with them. The “resistance” you build up over time isn’t physical calluses, it’s just that, when all those white blood cells are around, your gums are like a fresh wound. Of course they bleed when you slice them with floss. When they sense the danger is gone, they can leave and that fresh wound can heal to a normal, tougher thickness. No calluses required.

But OP, I still hate flossing and I can never get through the painful first phase.

Lucky for you, there’s a much easier way: mouthwash.

If you’re like me, you probably thought that mouthwash is just for bad breath. So why would you use it if your breath isn’t bad? Well it turns out that they make a bunch of different mouthwashes that specifically target gingivitis bacteria. I use the store brand but name brand works too (just look for “anti-gingivitis” or “antibacterial” on the bottle). I don’t mind the kind with alcohol (it’s cheaper too) but if you get overstimulated by the burning sensation, they make non-alcohol ones too. (Other fun fact my hygienist told me is that the alcohol actually doesn’t do much to kill the bacteria, it’s just there as a solvent to stop the other ingredients from solidifying over time)

After a couple weeks of using mouthwash, I went to floss this morning and for the first time in my life it didn’t hurt. There was still a little bleeding (which I guess will go away with time) but it didn’t hurt! By using mouthwash, I had killed enough bacteria that my mouth could finally heal.

But I guess, the moral of the story is that there is a way to meet the dentist halfway, and you will see improvement. You don’t have to go all or nothing.

If you’re already in the habit of brushing once or twice a day, it only adds 30 seconds to your routine, but to your immune system, it’ll mean the world.

Sorry if this is obvious to some people, or if you’ve heard it before, but I genuinely had no idea how all of this worked until that one hygienist explained it to me. So thank you to him, and I hope this helps someone!

TLDR; use mouthwash even if your breath doesn’t stink

[carlos-in-glasses]

Thank you for the tag @strandnreyes @alrightbuckaroo @jesuisici33 @welcometololaland @rmd-writes @carlos-tk @thisbuildinghasfeelings @three-drink-amy and @paperstorm 🧡

It's 2016 in Flashback Fic and TK has had a rough day. Let's meet his dealer, Spike:

Over by the window, Spike is smoking a joint and staring mournfully at the distant Tribute in Light – two blue beams like endless neon rods piercing into the night sky.

“Can’t believe it’s been fifteen years,” he says, wandering to the couch to pass the joint to TK, who takes a hit and passes it to Dan. “I’m sorry that happened to you, Strand,” he adds, “The [redated], too. Fuck.” He crouches by TK; TK watches as Spike drags at his lip to reveal a missing molar. “Had my tooth knocked out that way.” Spike shakes his head. He’s only twenty-eight, but he seems fifty for all his lived experience. "I do have something that’ll make you feel a lot better, though.��

One charming thing about Spike is how he carts drugs around in one of those old lady red-white-blue bags. He keeps a bed sheet poking out of the half-zipped opening, so it always looks like he’s on his way to the laundromat. He hoists the bag from where he dumped it aside the couch, and from a black sack within, he withdraws a packet of something pale beige.

“Heroin?” TK asks. He’s only half-sure. He hasn’t fucked with heroin before. All sorts of pills, booze, cocaine, concoctions of purple drank, sure – but never heroin or meth, and he’s never huffed solvents or computer cleaner. That shit’ll kill you. 

“With a magic touch of powdered milk,” Spike says eagerly, “I call it Cream. And, ladies, a little bit goes a long way.”

“I’m not injecting shit,” TK says, “I’m on fucking PEP. Last thing I need is an infected needle.”

“Who said anything about injecting?” Dan tuts, “I’m not collapsing my veins.”

Spike cuts the ‘Cream’ on the kitchen counter with his library card and Dan rolls the dollar bills – he’s got a knack. Spike is meticulous, very keen that they don’t overdose. He’s quite thoughtful for a dealer. But then, it’s a smart business investment for his clients to live.

They snort what TK thinks must be exactly the right amount, because they’re all sitting on the kitchen floor now, but it also feels like floating on a warm jet of air. TK has no regrets. He forgets about [redacted]. He doesn’t feel bad at all about what happened to him a couple of nights ago. He doesn’t care that he’s paying for heroin out of the $50 that guy gave him because he thought he was a hooker, and TK accepted the money as a fuck you.

He doesn’t know what it’s going to take to overcome an addiction to this.

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[ask-a-bot]

Nah, Downpour is honestly kind of shameless. Only reason she was flustered at all was because she was drooling 😂

Hooo boy, my mum read that part about them needing to wash with special solvents to keep clean and healthy, and it send her into a flurry asking all the resident bots how the hell theyve been keeping clean. The Vehicons just use the local drive through car wash, but apparently Monsoon and Downpour haven’t actually had a bath since the war ended!

We all panicked after that, even the Vehicons (who honestly were shocked that a pair of Seeker were so nonchalant about not being clean)

Ewwwww!

To be fair... Nemesis didn't have the best washracks ever. Part of the reason my trine kept our seeker jettisoning habits was because the washracks were ick. If you had the choice of a dirty washrack and somewhere clean and private, what would you choose? I had my first bath after getting stuck on Earth after I moved in with Optimus and Megatron. Even GHOST's limited facilities were better than Nemesis!

Nemesis was a space craft. Of course the resources were limited – the Ark wasn't exactly luxurious either. The diff... fshoosch! Snf. Pine. Snf. The difference was that the Ark crashed on land and we were able to expand and build into the volcano. Megatron didn't have that luxury – you guys had nothing to work with.

And then you destroyed the fragging Space Bridge, so we couldn't even go and freshen up on Cybertron!

Is that what you kept going back and forth between the planets for?

I like to be clean! When I use a washrack, I like to come out afterwards cleaner than I was when I went in; not dirtier!

OK, I understand. Can we use inside voices, please? Megatron is finally recharging.