Gas dissolves the gum. Be careful handling the gasoline, since it is flammable and hazardous.  Use as little as will work.  This should remove any odor or color left over from the gas dissolution. Soak the back of the area where gum is stuck in old fashioned lighter fluid — the kind that comes in a can used to fill old style cigarette lighters.  Turn the item back over, and you should be able to easily scrape away the gum. Use a little more to finish the job, then rinse thoroughly before you launder it or clean as usual.  Neither home nor commercial washers and (especially) dryers are intended to dispose of flammable liquids.

Summary: Put some gas on the cloth where you have gum. With a knife, toothbrush, or putty knife, wife away any excess gum still left over. Soak the clothing, by itself, and then wash, according to its normal laundering instructions. If you don't have any gas, use lighter fluid.


Before you look for a business to buy, consider what type of business you'd like to run. Even if you plan to "flip" the business for a profit, you'll have to run and grow the business for a good length of time. So make sure that you actually want to be involved with this type of business. Also, figuring out what you want can help you find and identify a business to buy. Investigate local businesses, and their owners, to find out which ones are ripe to be bought. Generally, this means finding an owner who is prepared to retire or move on to a new business opportunity. The retiring owner will likely be the better opportunity, as they have more of an incentive to sell the business quickly. Locating these businesses, however, is easier said than done. Try the following avenues to locate them:  Talk to lawyers or accountants that work with local businesses. Talk with the business owners themselves. Even if they aren't willing to sell, they may know another business owner who is. Read local publications and seek out owners who are nearing retirement age. Getting a good deal on a business requires making an offer at the right time. However, this doesn't mean the right time for you, just for the business owner. As previously mentioned, this can simply be as the owner is planning to retire. Alternately, this could be during a recession or economic downturn, when the owner is looking for a quick exit to establish his financial security. While this is a risk for you as the buyer, you may be able to secure betting financing from the owner and then see the business grow faster as you exit the downturn. When you're performing your own leveraged buyout (buying a business without using your own money), you're going to need a good business attorney to ensure that the deal is structured properly. Ensure that you get an attorney who specializes in business sales, not a general purpose attorney. Too much can go wrong with a deal handled by an attorney that's not specialized in business transactions.

Summary: Figure out your ideal business. Look for a business owner ready to get out. Come in at the right time. Find an attorney.


If you are using a shoebox or wooden mold, make sure it is lined with parchment paper. Use an old plastic spatula to scrape out the last bits of soap from the pot to the mold.  Be sure you are still wearing gloves and safety goggles during this step since raw soap is caustic and can burn skin. Carefully hold the mold an inch or two above the table and drop it. Do this a few times to work out any air bubbles inside the raw soap. If you're using a shoebox as a mold, put the lid on it and cover with several towels. If you're using a soap mold, tape a piece of cardboard over the top before adding towels.  The towels help insulate the soap to allow saponification to occur. Leave the soap covered, undisturbed, and out of air drafts (including the air-conditioner) for 24 hours. The soap will go through a gel stage and a heat process during the 24 hours. Uncover the soap and let it sit for another 12 hours, then see what the results are.  If you measured accurately and followed the directions, the soap may have a light layer of a white ash-like substance on the top.  This is basically harmless and can be scraped away with the edge of an old ruler or metal spatula. If the soap has a deep oily film on top, it cannot be used, because it has separated. This will occur if your measurements were not accurate, you did not stir long enough, or if there is a drastic difference in the temperatures of the lye and oils when they are mixed. If the soap did not set at all, or has white or clear pockets in it, this means it is caustic and cannot be used. This is caused by under-stirring during the soap-making process.

Summary: Pour the soap into your mold. Cover the mold. Check the soap.


You can also press "Control" and "Enter" below your track pad. You may also be able to select "New Burn Folder" on some computers. Drag movies, files and other data into the new folder. If you want to rip a movie from a DVD and burn it onto a new DVD, you will need a DVD ripping program. Although these are not available in licensed Mac software, you can download free programs like Mac the Ripper, to duplicate content.
Summary: Return to your desktop. Right click your mouse on some empty space. Select "New Folder" from the list of options. Name the new folder while it is highlighted.