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Quick Recipes and Home Tips
By Carlene
Smothers
Here are some tips
and housecleaning tricks -
some of which I am sure you've heard.
It is always good to refresh your memory.
1. To remove gum from leather, put a dab
of peanut butter on the gum. In just a bit,
the gum will lift right off.
2. Use a dryer softener sheet to wipe your television
screen to remove static electricity.
3. Baking soda mixed with ground cinnamon or
cloves makes a great carpet freshener.
4. To keep fresh flowers alive longer, they need
sugar for nourishment and an acidic ingredient like
lemon-lime soda or aspirin which allows faster water
absorption. A drop of bleach prevents bacteria.
5. Your linens can be whitened
on the stove with lemons. Fill a pot with water and a few slices of
lemon - bring to a boil. Turn off heat, add linen and
let soak for an hour or so. Then launder as usual.
7. Wax can easily be removed
from your candle holders by placing them in the freezer. The wax will shrink
in a few hours and can easily be popped out.
8. Your mirrors will shine with
no streaking if you spray the cloth rather than the surface. Wipe the mirror
down then polish immediately with another clean
dry cloth. An old t-shirt works very well. |
