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- If you risk hitting the garage wall when you open the
car door, protect the wall and your door by tacking up
some carpet scraps on the wall.
- Wipe windows and mirrors with lint free coffee filters
- Dull Metal objects begin to gleam when you rub them
with cork.
- Soak cotton balls with bleach and put them in discolored
or mildewed corners of tiled bathroom areas. Let sit for
a few hours removing and rinsing the areas.
- Pour a little vanilla on a cotton ball and place it
in the refrigerator to eliminate odors.
- Use fabric softener sheets to clean bathtub rings and
shower doors. The soap residue dissolves away.
- Instead of scrubbing shower doors, apply full-strength
liquid fabric softener to a clean, moistened cloth and
wipe.
- Add a little fabric softer to the final rinse of your
paintbrushes to keep them soft and pliable.
- To check for stopper-ball or stopper-valve leaks in
a toilet, put a few drops of food coloring into the tank
and, without flushing, look for colored water coming into
the bowl. If you see it, you can assume there is a leak.
- Wear old cotton gloves or socks, dampened, to clean
blind slats.
- Remove crayon marks by using the hair dryer on it, set
on "hot," until the wax heats up. The crayon
will wipe off with a damp cloth and a small amount of
oil soap cleanser.
- Make a paint holder from a coat hanger to keep your
hands free when painting while on a ladder.
- Punch a few holes in an old hose to make a lawn soaker
- Remove candle wax on wood surfaces by first hardening
the wax with an ice cube, then removing it gently with
a table knife or spatula.
- To remove indentations in carpeting caused by furniture
legs, place a single ice cube in the indentation. As it
melts, the moisture will go into the fibers and plump
them up.
- To remove gum, press ice cubes against it until it becomes
brittle and breaks off.
- Use lemon juice to remove ink spots on cloth.
- Cut a lemon in half and use it with a little salt sprinkled
on it to clean brass, copper, and stainless steal.
- Rub sticking drawers and windows with soap to make them
open more easily.
- Protect floors when moving heavy furniture by slipping
an old sock over each leg
- To remove a broken light bulb first unplug or turn off
the light. Then press a thick, dry sponge onto the jagged
bulb base and twist gently.
- Use steel wool to gently rub crayon marks from wallpaper.
- Catch unreachable cobwebs by wrapping a tennis ball
in a dust rag and tossing it into the cobwebbed corner.
- Hang a tennis ball on a string from the garage ceiling
so it will hit the windshield first at the spot where
you want your car parked.
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