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This is actually being promoted by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment, as Japan is one of the biggest users of plastic bags, and are encouraging their citizens to adopt the "old ways" again. Here's a link to a nice PDF that shows many more types of techniques: http://www.env.go.jp/en/focus/attach/060403-5.html
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LAST UPDATE: I promise! Some of the kids sunglasses are very lightly tinted, and you can just color directly over those, which allows you to skip having to cut new lenses, AND it works very, very well.
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The blue Sharpie that I mentioned earlier has a light blue cap instead of a dark blue cap. I found it in the grocery store where school/office supplies are. It comes in a package that has green, yellow, light blue, and red permanent markers, and costs about 2-3 dollars.
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I've actually switched to the thicker plastic that's used in packaging (everything seems to be using it these days, from toys to memory cards, flashlights, etc. as an anti-theft measure). Sandwich bags are just too thin and uneven.
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I haven't found any at any stores, but I did find a cyan Sharpie that works perfect for the blue side =)
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Copper wire will work even better as it's more conductive, which will give you even better reception. However, most people have plenty of coat hangars, which is why I made the video with those. ;)
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This antenna will NOT be affected by the HD conversion. As a matter of fact, you'll want something like this, as it will still work if your satellite/cable has an outage.
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You absolutely can do this with used cooking oil that you get for free. Usually, a method of titrating a bit of the oil (to determine acidity) is required to calculate the amount of lye needed to make the chemical reaction take place, althoughthe amount of ethanol remains constant. However, you can pretty much skip the titration process by using a full teaspoon of lye, which will prety much garantee the reaction, but you'll need to wash the end product to neutralize any leftover lye (which is normal anyway with used cooking oil, whether titrated or not =).
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