Miracle Uses For Household Products - Part 3

These appeared in our local paper and I thought that I would share them with my readers. As you know there are avid followers of vinegar and duct tape. Well, here are some other items and things you can do with them. I'll cover more of them in later blogs. By the way, I have not tested these, so test them yourselves, no guarantees.

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Cotton balls

Fight mildew in hard-to-reach spots in the bathroom. Soak a few cotton balls in bleach and place them in those difficult spots. Leave them to work their magic for a few hours. Finish by rinsing with a warm-water wash.

Dish detergent

1. Get a better manicure by soaking fingernails in the soapy solution, rinse and apply polish. The polish will adhere better to the nail and spread smoother.

2. Pre-treat oil-based laundry stains, such as lipstick and grease.

3. Soak your oily and grimy tools to get them clean.

4. Kill pet fleas by washing pets in a soapy water bath. ( See Lemons in a later post)

5. Use New Dawn detergent and mix in a quarter cup with a gallon of water and spray around your house where ants are coming in and they will avoid that area. Also, I noticed that if you spray the aunts directly, it kills them in about 10 seconds.

Dryer sheets

1. Repel mosquitoes on your patio. Hang a sheet when outdoors during the mosquito season.

2. Freshen the air by placing an individual sheet in a drawer, hang one in the closet, locker at the health club, locker at work or under the seat of your car or truck.

3. Run a sewing needle through a sheet before sewing to prevent the thread from tangling.

4. A sheet left inside luggage or travel baggage can prevent musty odors.

5. Eliminate static electricity from the television or computer screen.

6. Dissolve soap scum from shower door and tile walls. Clean the surfaces with a sheet.

7. Repel bees and bugs by tucking some in your picnic basket or under lawn furniture. You can also rub a sheet directly on your bare skin.

8. Combat static on your clothes, stockings and hair by patting with a sheet.

9. De-stink your pets: scrub incoming dogs or cats (especially wet ones) with a dryer sheet before they enter the home.

10. Soak cookware with burnt or baked-on food in warm water, with a dryer sheet or two. Makes clean-up easier than you’d expect. Also works on cook tops and dingy cabinet doors.

Epsom Salt

Four uses

1. Exfoliate skin by massaging handfuls of Epsom salt over wet skin, starting with your feet and continuing up toward the face. Have a bath to rinse.

2. Remove excess oil from hair by adding 9 tablespoons of Epsom salt to a half-cup of oily hair shampoo. Apply one tablespoon of the liquid to your hair when it is dry; rinse with cold water. Next, pour lemon juice or organic apple cider vinegar through the hair, leave on for 5 to 10 minutes, and then rinse.

3. Remove a splinter by soaking in Epsom salt.

4. Soaking in an Epsom Salts bath is also good for any aches or pains.