Most Useful Tips for Your Home
An apple to make tomatoes ripen
If you're
tired of waiting and would like to make your tomatoes ripe in half the time,
put them in a bowl with an apple or two, and cover them up with plastic wrap.
Beans for wax
Fill up the
candle house with a layer of raw beans. It's not only a nice decoration, but
the beans will also keep the candle steady and capture the wax drops.
Toothpick on scotch tape
Mark the
end of the scotch tape by rolling it up with a toothpick at the end.
Orange Peel to conserve moisture
Keep the
moisture and softness of brown sugar and prevent it from become rough lumps by
adding a long and narrow orange peeling into the sugar vessel.
Coffee filter to clean dust
Clean dust
from the computer and television screen using a coffee filter. You won't even
have to get it wet to use it!
Paper cloth to clean the shower doors
Remove
insistent soap accumulation from the shower's glass doors by spraying a little
water on a paper cloth, the kind used for the dryer and cleaning doors.
Eggshells to clean narrow places
Use a hardboiled
eggshell to clean the hard to reach areas of bottles, jars and vases. Throw a
few pieces of shell in the object, add hot water and a little bit of dish soap,
and stir it well. The shells will scrape off that hard-to-reach dirt.
Pillow cover to clean the ceiling fan.
Slip an old
pillow cover on the blades of the ceiling fan and then pull it backwards
quickly to draw all the dust and dirt into it, without dropping them all over
the floor.
Ginger to deal with pain
Calm down
blisters and burns by swatting some fresh ginger juice on the aching spot
Lemon to clean a grater
After
you've grated soft cheese or other sticky foods, use half a lemon to get rid of
the leftovers. Just use the soft side of the lemon on both sides of the grater
and you'll see how easily it becomes clean again.
Nail polish to fix a loose button
Smear a
thin layer of transparent nail polish on the center of the loose button, it
will harden and keep it from falling.
Onion to get rid of the scent of mildew
Air out the
smell of mildew from the basement or the tool shed with onions. Cut an onion in
half, put half of it on a plate and leave it in the room for the night. The
morning after, the air in the room will be cleaner and you won't even smell the
onion!
Vinegar and salt against the smell of onion
However,
you might be concerned of having that pesky scent of onions on your hands. A
combination of vinegar and salt neutralizes the smell of onions. Mix the two
materials and pour this on your hands to rub together until the scent is gone.
Then wash with soap.
Pumice to clean a sweater
Take rough
pumice and gently rub it on any thick sweaters to get rid of little fibers and
other junk.
Empty bottle to stabilize boots
Use empty
wine bottles to keep tall leather boots stable, so they don't lose their shape
in storage.
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