Miracle Uses For Household Products - Part 2

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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Baking soda

15 uses

1. Extinguish a grease or electrical fire. Scatter the powder by the handful to safely put it out.

2. Clean combs and brushes in a soda solution.

3. Wash glass or stainless steel coffee pots (but not aluminum) in a soda solution (3 tablespoons soda to 1 quart water).

4. Sprinkle soda on barbecue grills, let soak, and then rinse off.

5. Sprinkle soda on greasy garage floor. Let stand, scrub and rinse.

6. For a badly burned pan with a thick layer of burned-on food: pour a thick layer of soda directly onto the bottom of the pan, then sprinkle on just enough water so as to moisten the soda. Leave the pot overnight, then scrub it clean the next day.

7. Soak your shower curtains in water and soda to clean them.

8. Sprinkle soda in tennis shoes, socks, boots and slippers to eliminate odor.

9. Repel rain from your car windshield. Put gobs of baking soda on a dampened cloth and wipe windows inside and out.

10. Soak dried beans in a mixture of soda and water to make them more digestible.

11. Freshen your carpet and upholstered furniture. Sprinkle them with baking soda. Allow them to sit undisturbed for a half hour or so. Then vacuum.

12. Eliminate water rings on your finished wood with a paste of baking soda and toothpaste. Dip a soft cloth in the paste and rub the water spots away.

13. Get rid of ants in your house by mixing equal parts of baking soda and salt together. Sprinkle the mixture wherever you see the intruders coming in.

14. Fill in some nail holes in a plastered wall with a paste of white toothpaste and baking soda.

15. Clean coffee stains from your coffee mugs by mixing 1 part baking soda with 2 parts water and let sit in the cup over the stain overnight. Then scrub using the mixture and rinse. This might work for tea stains as well.

Bananas

Seven uses

1. Polish leather shoes by using a de-stringed banana peel. Finish by buffing with a soft cloth or paper towel.

2. Remove warts by rubbing the inside of a little piece of a banana peel on a wart every night for several weeks.

3. Detract aphids by burying dried or cut-up banana peels a few inches deep around the base of rosebushes.

4. Nourish your skin by mashing a medium banana and combining with 1/4 cup plain yogurt and 2 tablespoons honey to make a facial mask. Leave on 20 minutes.

5. Tenderize a roast by adding a peeled banana to the pan.

6. Wipe your houseplant leaves down with the inside of a banana peel to remove dirt and leave a shine.

7. Rub scraped knees with the inside of a banana peel to promote healing.

Beer

1. Use beer instead of water in your favorite batter mix, and it will have a delicious flavor.

2. Soften hair and add body with a beer shampoo. Mix a raw egg together with half a can of beer and massage it into your hair. Rinse and style as usual. Beer also makes an excellent conditioner for hair. Massage a cup of warm beer into your hair and scalp after washing and allow it to set for half an hour or so. Rinse thoroughly.

3. Fertilize plants. Use all of those half-filled bottles and cups of beer after a party to pour on your houseplants and garden vegetables. The plants will love the nourishment that the yeast adds to the soil.

4. Get rid of slugs in your garden. Put a shallow dish of beer into your soil buried up to the lip. The slugs will be attracted to the beer and become stuck in it. Empty the dish each day and replace with new beer as they are attracted to the smell.