| Facial Peel: |
Elmers' Glue: paint on your face, allow it to dry,
peel off and see the dead skin and blackheads if any |
| Sunburn: |
empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water |
| Minor Burns: |
Colgate or Crest toothpaste |
| Burn your tongue? |
Put sugar on it! |
| Arthritis: |
WD-40 Spray and rub in;
kill insect stings too |
| Bee Stings: |
WD-40 spray;
meat tenderizer |
| Paper cut |
crazy glue or chap stick (brace yourself - it might sting a bit!)
glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals |
| Stinky Feet: |
Jell-O |
| Fungus on toenails or fingernails: |
Vicks vapor rub
Corn meal: pour in about 1 to 2 inches in a foot bath pan; add enough warm water to cover your feet; soak your feet for about one hour in the mixture. Do this every three (3) months and you more than likely will not have fungus under your toenails again. |
| Heavy Dandruff: |
Pour on the vinegar! |
| Body paint: |
Crisco mixed with food coloring. Heat the Crisco in the microwave, pour in to an empty film container and mix with the food color of your choice! |
| Preserving a newspaper clipping |
large bottle of club soda and cup of milk of magnesia, soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many years! |
| A Slinky: |
will hold toast and CD's! |
| Colgate Toothpaste: |
keeps goggles and glasses from fogging, just coat them. |
| Wine Stains: |
pour on the Morton salt and watch the stain absorb into the salt. |
| To remove wax: |
Take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, it will absorb into the towel. |
| Baked on food: |
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!
Or you can fill the pan with water, add salt and bring to a boil. (This works great for cast iron skillets.) |
| 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 already know it will take corrosion from car batteries! |
| Fleas in your carpet? |
20 Mule Team Borax- sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours. This might work as well if you get them back again. |
| fresh flowers |
Keep them longer add a little Clorox,
or 2 Bayer aspirin,
or just use 7-up instead of water. |
| To test a cake for doneness: |
Use a strand of uncooked spaghetti to test a cake for doneness when a toothpick isn’t long enough, or if you don’t have any toothpicks in the house.
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| Use a hot knife blade: |
for cutting fresh breads and a wet one for cutting soft cakes. |
| Frozen fish: |
can be thawed in a small amount of milk in the refrigerator. This eliminates any fishy taste. |
| Difficulty putting the lid on a plastic container: |
Run the lid under hot water for 20-30 seconds and it will close easily. |
| To cut dried fruits, marshmallows or gumdrops: |
dip kitchen scissors frequently into hot water. |
| Get twice the amount of orange juice from a orange: |
hold it under hot water before you squeeze.
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