Superhydrophobic spray means no more washing clothes – among others

Ross Technology Corp, a company that focuses on steel products has created a new product based on the spray known as NeverWet – which aside from being useful, is also pretty cool. Now, this might not seem particularly interesting, but it has a myriad of applications; it is built from nanoparticles and it is hydrophobic – not only that it stops water from wetting it, but it shoots water right of from the surface on which it was applied. Even if at first they wanted to apply this technology to steel, they quickly realized the enormous list of applications this can have, from shoes and clothes that wouldn’t require washing any more, to your phone that could become waterproof, or just on stuff that you don’t want bacteria to get on. This spray will be released as a commercial product next year. Check out this video to see exactly how it works. Spray an even coating on leather or fabric. Several neutrla people have tested the technology and report great results.

Homemade "Clorox" Wipes Today, my journey to find cheaper, natural, and BETTERalternatives to the cleaning supplies I use in my home presented me with a showdown with what has been, up until now, one of my best cleaning allies…Clorox Wipes. There are a lot of reasons why I liked these little gems. The main reason being that I like being able to grab a cleaning wipe whenever I need one. I also have issues with rinsing, dipping and wringing out the same rag over and over (often in the same dirty water) until you are done. That’s what I LIKE about Clorox wipes. So today I’m breaking the Clorox wipes habit and embarking on a new cleaning experiment. First thing I did was gather up a few of my old t-shirts that were beyond help (bleach stains, tears, etc.) and cut them up into approximately the size of baby wipes. Next I got an empty baby wipes dispenser that I had been saving for just this project and threw them all inside. 1 cup of water 1/4 cup of rubbing alcohol 2 Tbsp. From left to right: Farewell old friend.

Useful Life Hacks My Studio: Organizing drawers and awkward spaces with cardboard By now most of you already know that I love to use cardboard for pretty much everything I can think of =] so using it to organize my sewing room is not a surprice, but I still wanted to share because I know this can help someone else with problems similar to mine. This will not be a step-by-step tutorial just because my build-in is custom, so I am not sure if my measurements will work for anyone else, but I am sharing the idea and how I made mine, so you can also organize with cardboard =] I customize the spaces to fit my craft and sewing supplies in each of my 4 drawers with cardboard inserts and the cost for all of that plus the cardboard drawers for the awkward space below the drawer was $0 I used the left over boxes from our move, a hot glue gun, gummed craft paper tape, ruler and an Xacto knife. Then I placed everything I wanted to organize on the drawer, made little groups and drew on the cardboard the separations that I was going to need.