Miscellaneous Household Tips That Work
Source of Recipe
WPRI
Animal Control: Pour a little bleach on your outside trash in order to keep the animals away. - Rita
Bug Repellant: When outdoors put a dryer sheet hanging out of one of your pockets, it will help keep the mosquitos away. (Also works great keeping your TV screen dust free.) - Sharon L. Ziolek
Candles: Place in the freezer for at least 3 hours prior to burning and they will burn much longer.
Emergencies: For a quick ice pack, keep a bag of green peas in the freezer (be sure to mark it so you can refreeze it...don't eat these peas). The peas in the bag will conform to almost any body part and are not as messy as ice. Be sure to wrap the bag of peas in a towel since you don't want to apply the cold directly to the surface of the skin. Apply 15 minutes on...15 minutes off. Put the bag back in the freezer between applications. When you use it the next time just hit it on the counter to break the peas up to a loose state again. - Nancy Curtis, TX
Flowers: Place a penny in a vase of drooping tulips and they should stand upright again. - Carol Filczer, CA
Grass: Get rid of the grass that grows in the cracks of you sidewalk by spraying it with white vinegar. The weeds will be dead by the next day and you can easily pull them out and throw them away. - Gloria Peebles, OH
Grocery Store Savings: When a grocry store has an item on sale at a great price, buy some now and then visit the store on day 3 or 7 of the sale when they are likely out of stock and get a rain check. That way, you can but it later at the sale price whenever you get ready. - LVerne, MI
Kindling Fire Starter: Save money by making your own kindling for the winter months. Save your toilet tissue and paper towel cardboard rolls - fill them with the lint from the lint trap in your dryer. - Cindy Johnson, IN
Mailing Boxes: Instead of writing over a logo, using mailing labels, or overwraping your box of Christmas goodies to go through the mail, turn your used box inside out and tape/glue it back together. It's easier and nicer looking to use the clean surface of the inside of the box. Angela Sherwood
Mice: Place cotton balls soaked in liquid peppermint in areas where the rodents are know to come in. Those already in the house they will leave and no new rodents will come in. Marla, LA
Shoeshine: To make dull hard surface shoes look new again, wipe with Armour All. April B.
Soap: Put all your small pieces of soap in a knee high stocking. You can use soap that you would ordinarily throw away. It also makes it alot easier for children to take a bath or to clean up in the garage. Marla, LA
Squeeky Doors: Spray some Pam cooking spray on the hinges (both sides), wait 5-10 minutes and wash off anything left behind. No more squeak! - Nancy, OH
Trash: Place 8-10 plastic trash can liners in the bottom of your tranh can. You aways have some available when needed. George H. Neagle
Wallpaper Removal: Brush on fabric softener and the wallpaper will peel off. - Pat Millima
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