Thread: Did you know? (household hints)

Did you know?
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>Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 min.
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>Mayonnaise will KILL LICE , it will also condition your hair.
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>Elmer's Glue-paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off and see the dead
>skin and blackheads if any.
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>Shiny Hair-use brewed Lipton Tea.
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>Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water.
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>Minor burn-Colgate or Crest toothpaste.
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>Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it!.
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>Arthritis? WD-40 Spray and rub in, kill insect stings too.
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>Bee stings - meat tenderizer.
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>Chigger bite - Preparation H.
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>Puffy eyes - Preparation H.
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>Paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of sutures at
>most
>hospitals).
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>Stinky feet - Jello!!
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>Athletes feet - cornstarch.
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>Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks vapor rub.
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>Kool aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent section and
>run
>a cycle, it will also clean a toilet.
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>Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint also.
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>Kool aid in Dannon plain yogurt as a finger paint, your kids will love it
>and
>it won't hurt them if they eat it!
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>Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CD's! Wipe off with a coffee
>filter
>paper.
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>Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray.
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>Pam will also remove paint, and grease from your hands! Keep a can in your
>garage for your hubby.
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>Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls.
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>When the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with corn starch and
>watch
>them slide on.
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>Heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar!.
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>Body paint - Crisco mixed with food coloring. Heat the Crisco in the
>microwave, pour into an empty film container and mix with the food color of
>your choice!
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>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.
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>Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda and ½ cup of
>milk
>of magnesia, soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many years!
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>A Slinky will hold toast and CD's!
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>To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate toothpaste.
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>Wine stains, pour on the Morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt.
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>To remove wax - Take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, it will
>absorb into the towel.
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>Remove labels off glassware etc. rub with peanut butter!
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>Baked on food -fill container with water, get a Bounce fabric softener and
>the static from the Bounce sheet will cause the baked on food to adhere to
>it. Soak overnight. Also; you can use 2 Efferdent tablets, soak overnight!
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>Crayon on the wall - Colgate toothpaste and brush it!
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>Dirty grout - Listerine.
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>Stains on clothes - Colgate.
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>Grass stains - Karo Syrup.
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>Grease Stains- Coca Cola, it will also remove grease stains from the
>driveway
>overnight. We know it will take corrosion from batteries!
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>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.
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>To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer Add a little Clorox, or 2 Bayer aspirin, or
>just
>use 7-up instead of water.
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>BREAD HINTS:
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>When you go to buy bread in the grocery store, have you ever wondered which
>is the freshest, so you "squeeze" for freshness or softness.
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>Did you know that bread is delivered fresh to the stores five days a week?
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>Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Each day has a different
>color twist tie. They are:
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>Monday - Blue
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>Tuesday - Green
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>Thursday - Red
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>Friday - White
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>Saturday - Yellow
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>So if today was Thursday, you would ! want red twist tie - not white which
>is
>Fridays (almost a week old)!
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>The colors go alphabetically by color :
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>Blue - Green - Red - White - Yellow, Monday through Saturday.
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>Very easy to remember. I thought this was interesting.
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>I looked in the grocery store and the bread wrappers DO have different
>twist
>ties, and even the one with the plastic clips have different colors.
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>You learn something new everyday!!! Enjoy fresh bread when you buy bread
>with
>the right color on the day you are shopping.
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some neat hints in here. Thanks.

Vinegar is good for a sunburn also (if you do not mind smelling like a salad for awhile).

Cold coffee applied under the eyes will also help reduce puffiness.

Years ago I asked my doctor how come my shins never did tan like the rest of my legs and he told me it was due to less fat in that area and if I wanted to get an even tan to use Crisco...I tried it and it works (just like greasing up that turkey for browning eh?)

Cool...I didn't know most of those. Thanks

Nice tips..

interesting i may have to try some, thanks

Is it just me? I would think that rubbing peanut butter on a scratched cd would just fill in the crack with PB??? LOL Just a thought.....

One tip though.. don't try the Lipton Tea on bleached hair, it will absorb the tea color. Bleached or dyed blonde hair is stripped of it's color so it can absorb the dye more easily.

Thanx for the tips! I had only heard of a few! Most were new to me.

Shaving cream is great for cleaning mirrors!

downy liquid fabric softener is GREAT hair conditioner, just use as you would normal conditioner.

ALSO.... I tried the glue thing on my face and my face turned blood red and was all puffy!!!!

If you pour a can of flat coke in your toilet bowel and leave it overnight, it is supposed to remove stains.