http://www.articlearmies.com Articles posted by Patrik Ewriter. en-us Copyright (c) 2005 ArticleTime.com http://www.articlearmies.com/articles/Business/face-painting.html "The face is the basis of all identities of a human being. It’s a thing that belongs to you but others use it to identify you. You foster your emotions through your face. You see the world and the world sees you through your face. We can never imagine a person without a face because then, you do not have an identity or a canvas to portray your words and yourself. With all those phrases about the face, we all can imagine and realize the power of it. How one can actually use it as a canvas to put up or show some of the most magnificent beauties of nature or humans or to defend a cause or issue of global concern. We can use our face to put up many silent words and feelings through face painting. By painting your face about the thing, you want to show or protest about, you can grab attention better than any other media because humans are visual creatures. Our sense of vision influences us the most. Some of the most famous face painting designs are: Baby Tiger, Butterfly Multi-Color, Camouflage, Cat, Cheetah, Dragon, Fantasy Alien, Flower Princess, Jewel Princess and Lion Here are a few tips for face painting: Tip 1: Buy and use your face judiciously. Keep them at a safe place away from toddlers and infants. Check out the tubs or sticks form for paints. Tip 2: When you are putting a base color or coloring a large area use a sponge rather than a brush. It will be quicker and will give a good special effect. Tip 3: Be patient and let the fresh layer of color you have applied, dry off. And be miser when applying the color layers, as thick layers will crack on drying. Tip 4: If you are not sure enough about a design, use a stencil. This will make you more confident. Tip 5: Visualize well about what you are going to paint in advance. It will save time and errors too. Tip 6: Have many tissues handy while painting. Also, keep a good chair or stool for the one whose face is to be paint for stability. Keep a mirror to show the results to that person. Tip 7: the paint you have put on the face acts like natural glue. You can dust or paste glitters on it when it is partially dry, or stick a cotton swab on the face. Dip a tissue in color and cover the swab. Then give it the finishing touch. It is ideal for bushy eyebrows or a big toon king of nose. You can use artificial jewels for a bejeweled look of a fairy or princess/prince. So, if you are just starting with the face painting, invest some money on the kit that contains all the necessary supplies. Now, all you need to do is let your imagination run free and wait for outstanding results. http://www.articlearmies.com/articles/Technology/battery-reconditioning.html Every day millions of batteries all over the world are thrown away only because they have stopped working. Batteries of cars, motorcycles, heavy equipment, trucks, golf carts and those used in hospitals, military and industrial farms are discarded unnecessarily. Usually most of the batteries die due to the build up or sulphation on the plates of the battery. It is actually build up of a gas, which hinders the contact of electrolyte with plates. This in turn makes the battery to stop holding the charge and stop producing electricity. Reconditioning of a battery is to remove the sulphation by letting in some additives and making the battery rest for some time so that the sulphation breaks off on the plate. A question maybe asked that if battery rechargers are available in the market then why recondition? The answer to this is that battery chargers only charge battery for use but cannot avoid sulphation on them. Once you recondition them, they can be charged for a 100 per cent performance. There are many ways by which a battery is reconditioned. Many people choose to recondition them using home tools and many people have decided to make it a profession by inventing new devices which recondition batteries. One common way of reconditioning battery is to leave the battery in the refrigerator’s freezer for a night and them put it back for recharging. Normally 2-3 cycles of such exercise makes a battery work for 300+ minutes (3 hours). Perhaps they think they can break the crystals of sulphation by hitting it hard on the floor!? Some of the professionals in the battery industry have invented rechargers, which have an option of recondition too. For e.g. Cheetah Universal Smart Charger with the MP2000 Cups. They work very well and if you pre-conditioned your batteries in the fridge then they can recondition the battery better. NickelCadmium (NiCd) cells are very common batteries used in equipments. They are conditioned by putting them through cycling. In cycling process, the battery is charged and uncharged through its entire normal operating range. Modern car batteries are complex and need care while reconditioning. The batteries contain dangerous acids as electrolyte. Therefore, when manhandling the battery, utter most caution must be taken. The most important thing is, know your battery well. Test your battery occasionally for optimum usage. It saves the environment as you are recycling the battery and it saves your money, as there is no wastage on new batteries. One can even earn money by going into professional battery reconditioning.