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Copy this list and keep it close......could come in handy!!

#1 Postby GulfBreezer » Mon Jun 02, 2003 8:25 am

These are great!!!! Lots of them that I never heard of, copy and put them
where you can find them.

* Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish
* Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 min
* Mayonnaise will KILL LICE , it will also condition your hair
* Elmer's Glue-paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off and see the
dead skin and blackheads if any
* Shiny Hair-use brewed Lipton Tea
* Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water
* Minor burn-Colgate or Crest toothpaste
* Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it!
* Arthritis? WD-40 Spray and rub in, kill insect stings too
* Bee stings - meat tenderizer
* Chigger bite - Preparation H
* Puffy eyes - Preparation H
* Paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of sutures at
most hospitals)
* Stinky feet - Jello!!
* Athletes feet - cornstarch
* Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks vapor rub
* Kool aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent section
and run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet.
* Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint also
* 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!
* Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CD's! Wipe off with a coffee
filter paper
* Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray
* Pam will also remove paint, and grease from your hands! Keep a can in
your garage for your hubby
* Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls
* When the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with corn starch and
watch them slide on
* Heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar!
* 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!
* 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
* Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda and 1/2 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!
* To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate toothpaste
* Wine stains, pour on the Morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt.
* To remove wax - Take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, it
will absorb into the towel.
* Remove labels off glassware etc. rub with peanut butter!
* 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. Also; you can use 2 Efferdent tablets, soak overnight!
* 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 know it will take corrosion from batteries!
* 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.
* To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer Add a little Clorox, or 2 Bayer aspirin, or
just use 7-up instead of water.
* 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. Did you
know that bread is delivered fresh to the stores five days a week? Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Each day has a different color
Twist tie. They are:
Monday - Blue
Tuesday - Green
Thursday - Red
Friday - White
Saturday - Yellow
So if today was Thursday, you would ! want red twist tie - not white which
is Fridays (almost a week old)!
The colors go alphabetically by color Blue - Green - Red - White - Yellow,
Monday through Saturday. Very easy to remember. I thought this was intere!
sting. 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. 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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#2 Postby weatherlover427 » Mon Jun 02, 2003 8:41 am

Wow, I learned a lot right there! Semt it out in a couple of e-mails too!
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#3 Postby bfez1 » Mon Jun 02, 2003 9:44 am

Great tips. Thanks for sharing.
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#4 Postby southerngale » Mon Jun 02, 2003 12:14 pm

Wow...thanks for sharing!!
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#5 Postby pojo » Mon Jun 02, 2003 5:46 pm

Great tips...thanks for sharing. I just had to check the twist tie on the bread...Yup, its fresh. Ironically, I'ved used many of these home remedies...is beats throwing the clothes away or using bleach.
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#6 Postby deb_in_nc » Mon Jun 02, 2003 7:54 pm

I just tried the Listerine on the grout. Maybe you have to let it sit overnight too. I tried scrubing with a bruch when I put it on but it didn't change any.

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#7 Postby weatherwunder » Mon Jun 02, 2003 8:36 pm

Hmmm....might need to try the body paint!
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#8 Postby azsnowman » Mon Jun 02, 2003 10:53 pm

And to think, we EAT some of this stuff and it does THAT???? Just think what our inards look like!

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#9 Postby MScoast » Mon Jun 02, 2003 11:12 pm

hmmm...I'll have to try some of that.
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#10 Postby David » Mon Jun 02, 2003 11:39 pm

Intresting, thanks. :)
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#11 Postby deb_in_nc » Tue Jun 03, 2003 12:41 pm

I did try the Listerine on the grout. Let it sit overnight. Great job!!! I couldn't believe how clean it was. I'm sold. I'll use that all the time instead of paying big $$$ for other things.

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#12 Postby streetsoldier » Tue Jun 03, 2003 6:36 pm

No jewelry cleaner around? Try some Efferdent (or similar denture cleaner); drop one tablet in warm water (1 cup), add jewelry, wait 15 minutes, and rinse, then dry with a soft cotton cloth. Wear sunglasses...you'll NEED them!

For polishing metals that are too big for that, try Crest...millions of soldiers and sailors can't be wrong! (I use this on some of my knives, particularly those with brass bolsters, pins and guards.)

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