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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.