Category: Hygiene / Sanitation
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Easy DIY Water Filter
With a little ingenuity and a few parts (of about $30 or less) you can build your own SHTF DIY water filter which can be reused over and over again. You only need an inexpensive hand pump, activated carbon, window screen material (or something similar), a small piece of PVC pipe, as well as some…
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Trash Piles Up After Only Two Days In A Disaster!
Bernie from ApartmentPrepper.com recently had an eye-opening experience where trash service didn’t pick up his apartment complex trash for two days because of a storm and, as a result, things started to turn ugly quickly… the garbage situation, that is. Sanitation is, in my opinion, one of the most overlooked areas of emergency preparedness and…
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Cheesecloth as Bio-Hazard Mask? +10 Alternative Uses
About the only way I’ve used cheesecloth in my life is to strain the pulp from almond milk. Yeah, I’m the adventurous sort. 🙂 To branch out, I thought I would research some ideas on how to use cheesecloth beyond the obvious one of making cheese (and apparently yogurt and tofu) and as a pulp…
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Get Fewer Haircuts, Cut Your Own… Potentially Save $1000 per Year!
I’ve been fortunate that many years ago I started to lose my hair. Yes, I said fortunately. Most people would probably disagree with me seeing as though they want to keep their hair. I don’t. In fact, I’m plenty happy having a bald head for many reasons. First, I make it look good: Alright, making…
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Sometimes Preps are Useful Even When it’s NOT an Emergency!
Last week or so our dryer decided it was going to stop working properly. As luck would have it, the washer and dryer and the ONLY two appliances we’re responsible for in our rental contract so until I figure out how to fix it or get someone else to do so, we’re stuck with either…
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The Easiest DIY Toilet Bowl Cleaner
We finally ran out of the Method Toilet Bowl Cleaner that my wife likes and, for the most part, I’ve got no complaints…. especially since I avoid cleaning toilets whenever possible. 😉 FYI, here’s what hiding in your commercially-made cleaners which should make most people want to make their own cleaners from now on. Regardless, since I’d…
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3-Ingredient DIY Liquid Laundry Soap That Works
A few weeks ago I decided to try another attempt at making my own DIY liquid laundry soap. I had actually tried another recipe a few years back with no success. It was so bad that my wife all but forbid me to try it again. 😉 Ok, it wasn’t THAT bad but the recipe I tried–which…
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How to Make 4-Ingredient DIY Sink Scrub
A while back we ran out of our Mrs. Meyer’s Surface Scrub and rather than spending $5 on another one I figured I would try to make my own DIY sink scrub. How to Make DIY Sink Scrub As it turns out, making sink scrub is probably the easiest homemade cleaner I’ve made yet! Really.…
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3 Ingredient Homemade Deodorant My Wife Approves Of!
About a year or so ago I started making my own deodorant and haven’t looked back. Personally, I was fine with buying store-bought deodorant but my wife never liked the stuff much. In fact, she’s always had a hard time finding deodorant that both works AND didn’t make her break out… seems she’s sensitive to various…