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| Today 05:36 PM |
| Dude111 |
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| Today 05:05 PM |
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Re: Helpful household tips (add your own if you want to!)
I feel like the one about keeping glasses from clouding would be horrible if you can't get it all off  sometimes stuff smears really bad on glasses and takes forever to wash off. They do have anti-fog wipes nowadays.
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| Today 11:43 AM |
| Dude111 |
* Budweiser beer conditions the hair
* Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish
* Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 min
* Mayonnaise will KILL LICE,it will also condition your hair
* Elmers Glue-paint on your face,allow it to dry,peel off and see the dead skin and blackheads if any
* Shiny Hair-use brewed Lipton Tea
* Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water
* Minor burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste
* Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it!
* Arthritis? WD-40 Spray and rub in,kill insect stings too
* Bee stings - meat tenderizer
* Chigger bite - Preparation H
* Puffy eyes - Preparation H (On the eye lids,not on your actual eyes!)
* Paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals)
* Stinky feet - Jello!!
* Athletes feet - cornstarch
* Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks Vapo Rub
* Kool aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent section and run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet.
* Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint also
* Kool aid in Dannon plain yogurt as a finger paint,us kids love it and it wont hurt if eatan!
* Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CDs! Wipe off with a coffee filter paper
* Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray
* Pam will also remove paint,and grease from your hands! Keep a can in your garage
* Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls
* When the doll clothes are hard to put on,sprinkle with corn starch and watch them slide on
* Heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar!
* Body paint - Crisco mixed with food colouring. Heat the Crisco in the microwave,pour into an empty film container and mix with the food colour of your choice! (great in the bedroom... LOL!)
* Tie Dye T-shirt - mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container,tie a rubber band around a section of the t-shirt and soak..
* Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda and 1/2 cup of milk of magnesia,soak for 20 min. and let dry,will last for many years!
* A Slinky will hold toast and CDs!
* To keep goggles and glasses from fogging,coat with Colgate toothpaste (I presume you then wipe it off!)
* Wine stains,pour on the Morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt.
* To remove wax - Take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain,it will absorb into the towel.
* Remove labels off glassware etc. rub with peanut butter!
* Baked on food - Fill container with water,get a Bounce paper softener and the static from the Bounce towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it. Soak overnight. Or you can use 2 Efferdent tablets,soak overnight!
* Crayon on the wall - Colgate toothpaste and brush it!
* Dirty grout - Listerine
* Stains on clothes - Colgate
* Grass stains - Karo Syrup
* Grease Stains- Coca Cola,it will also remove grease stains from the driveway overnight. We know it will take corrosion from batteries!
* Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax - sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours. Maybe this will work if you get them back again.
* To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer Add a little Clorox,or 2 Bayer aspirin,or just use 7-up instead of water.
* If you get regular pen ink on your clothes,hairspray should get it right out. Just spray it over the area you got it on,let it sit then wash out.
* Toothpaste can get scratches out of CDs and DVDs.
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