Don’t wash the rims right after driving. Let the car rest with the engine off. It can take hours for the entire car to cool, but you can test the rim temperature by moving your fingers close. When the rims feel cool to the touch, you can clean them. On warm rims, water and cleaner may leave stains. Get a mop bucket or other large water container. Fill it ¾ full with lukewarm water. This only needs to be done if you plan on using a liquid soap. Spray-on cleaners are also available and can be used to avoid having to mix soap and water. Look for brands such as Eagle One, Meguiars, and Mothers. Add a teaspoon of wheel cleaner for every gallon (3.79 L) of water. Wheel cleaners can be found at general stores or automotive stores. You may instead use a neutral pH, non-abrasive detergent such as Dawn. Remember to stick to an all-purpose cleaner unless you know what type of wheel and rim you have. Aluminum is the most common rim variety, but there are also others, such as chrome. In addition, there are various wheel coatings that can be worn away by using the wrong cleaner.
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One-sentence summary -- Allow the vehicle to cool. Fill a bucket with water. Mix soap into the water.


Although many fruits are very brightly colored, their juices do not always make for good food dye. Many citrus fruits, for example, have highly translucent juices (such as oranges and lemons), which do not stain other foods very effectively. Berries, on the other hand, are very effective for coloring foods.  To figure out which fruits will work best for your purposes, squeeze or blend fruits and pour the juice into a clear glass. Hold the glass up to the light; the less light that passes through, the better the juice will work as a food dye. For red or pink coloring, raspberries and cherries are good options; strawberries produce a lighter, more pastel shade of pink. For blue or purple, try blackberries or blueberries. Unlike with boiling vegetables to leach out their color, fruit juice food coloring is made of the fruit itself. For berries, stick them in a food processor or blender in order to liquefy them for your dye. For hand fruits, you can use a juicer instead (but again, most of these types of fruits don't make good dyes).  You can start with either fresh or frozen fruit if you are blending it, but fruits must be fresh in order to juice them effectively.  Be sure to remove any pits, large seeds, or inedible peels before tossing fruit into the blender; these can ruin your machine and will not help your food dye production efforts. Add a very small amount of water to the fruit if you are using a food processor in order to allow the fruit to adequately liquefy. Any time you blend or juice fruits, tiny seeds, skins, or other fibers (pulp) can end up in the juice. In order to preserve the consistency of the food you wish to dye, remove these elements from the juice by passing it through a mesh sieve (with very small holes) or a cheesecloth.  Straining is essential for maintaining consistency and smoothness in your dyes. However, if you are going for a less even look, you can choose not to strain the fruit juice (so long as there are no seeds in it!). Very finely-blended berries will be impossible to strain completely and will most likely end up with tiny flecks of skin and fibers in them; if this is not acceptable, consider juicing or boiling instead. Don't use a sieve or strainer with mesh that is large enough for seeds and fibers to pass through. Test-strain a small portion of your juice to make sure your mesh is effective. In some cases, the strained juice itself will be sufficient as a food dye. However, you can increase the intensity of the color by cooking off some of the water contained in the juice. Pour the juice into a small saucepan and cook it over medium heat until it becomes the consistency of a thick paste.  This process results in a highly concentrated dye, which will have dense flavor, especially if it is made from berries. Be sure to use it sparingly to avoid flavor contamination. Skip this if you are going for a lighter, more pastel coloring.
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One-sentence summary -- Choose fruits with opaque juices. Juice or blend the fruit. Strain the juice. Reduce the juice.


Set the piece of paper on a flat surface in front of you so the long edges are on the sides. Fold the paper in half lengthwise so it looks like a hot dog bun. Make sure the edges and corners line up before you crease your fold. Make sure your piece of paper is vertical before moving on. Grab the top right corner and fold it toward you. Line up the top edge with the left side of the paper underneath. Press along the folded edge to crease it. Your piece of paper should look like a rectangle with a triangle on top. Take your time to make sure the edges are lined up when you fold your paper. If you crease the paper and the edges are misaligned, your spaceship may not fold together as easily. Take the top corner of the triangle and fold it over onto the piece of paper. Line up the folded corner with the top right corner to make a smaller triangle. Press down along the fold to make a crease. The edge that you folded over should form a straight line on the bottom of the triangle. Rotate the paper 180-degrees so the triangle you just made points toward you. Fold the top right corner so the edge lines up with the left side of the paper. Then, fold the point of the triangle down so it’s lined up with the top right corner. Make sure to press along the folds to crease them. Undo the triangles you just made and flatten the paper out again. You should see creases forming an X-shape on each side of the paper. If the creases aren’t visible, try folding the paper again and press down harder along the edges. With the piece of paper vertical, grab the left and right sides of the creases with your thumb and index finger. Pinch your fingers together and pull the top edge of the paper over them. As you fold, the sides will collapse inside and a triangle. Turn the paper around and do the same to the other side. If you have trouble pinching the sides in, fold the top edge of the paper so the crease goes through the center of the X. Unfold the paper and try pinching it again.
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Fold a piece of letter-sized paper in half lengthwise. Bring to top right corner toward the left side of the paper. Fold the point on the top left toward the top right corner. Turn your paper and repeat the folds on the other side. Unfold the paper to reveal the creases. Pinch the sides of each X to form triangle bases.