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Some Terrific Grain-of-salt Stuff!
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Here are some great tips that came to us by e-mail!
Disclaimer: we have not tried all the recommendations on this first
list. Let us know if they work well ... or (horrors!) fail to work
at all.
- Pam cooking spray will dry finger nailpolish.
- Cool whip will condition your hair in 15min.
- Elmer's Glue---paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off and
see dry, dead skin vanish away.
- Shiny Hair-use brewed Lipton Tea.
- Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water.
- Minor burn-Colgate or Crest toothpaste.
- Arthritis? Kay's father-in-law says to use WD-40 Spray and rub in,
kill insect stings too.
- Bee stings - try meat tenderizer.
- Chigger bite - try Nail polish. Paint the bite with colorless
polish and leave on until it wears off. Suffocates the little creature
that is burrowing into your skin. Cruel? Maybe, but it's your
body! (This one really works. I know. I've tried it!)
- Paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of
sutures at many hospitals).
- Stinky feet - Jello!! (Egads, wonder what flavor??)
- Athletes feet -cornstarch (Baby powder is mostly cornstarch, by the
way.)
- Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks vapor rub (Never tried
this, but it makes sense to me.)
- Kool aid to clean dishwasher pipes. ! Just put in the detergent
section and run a cycle, it will also clean toilet. (I've heard this
about cola drinks, also. But does the kool-aid leave its own
stain?)
- Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint also. Kool aid in Dannon
plain yogurt as finger paint, your kids will love it and it won't hurt
them if they eat it! (But once it dries, I'll bet it's hard to get
off!)
- Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray
- Pam will also remove paint, and grease from your hands! Keep a can
in your garage.
- Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls.
- 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! (Better yet, get one of those laminate sheets and keep it
practically forever!)
- A Slinky will hold toast and CD's!
- To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate
toothpaste. (Only how do you see through the toothpaste?)
- Wine stains, pour on the table salt and watch it absorb into the
salt. (I've heard this really does work.)
- 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
Efferdenttablets, soak overnight!
Finally, one of my favorites:
Crayon on the wall - Colgate toothpaste and brush it! (I think it
would probably work best if the color of the toothpaste matched the
color of the wall!)
It's amazing what people will try -- hmmm?
That's it for this issue.
Unless, of course, you want some
MORE HOT TIPS!
Terrifically Yours - April May
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