Our article on September 13 unusual uses for common household products generated enthusiastic readers who sent their own advice and suggestions. Here are some of their great ideas. Thanks for your participation!
- To get the smell of garlic fingers, open the cold water tap and rub your finger on a stainless steel spoon under running water.
- Gwen Adams, Palo Alt
- Another use of apple cider vinegar: a great natural hair conditioner is made. If your hair is naturally oily, use it sparingly. If your hair is on the dry side, you can use more. I have oily hair, so I have a dilute mixture in a spray bottle. Spray, leave for a minute, then rinse.
- Brenda Martin, El Sobrante
- Has in his article on the use of its one of the household lost: Windex cleaning stainless steel appliances. I hate them, but my wife made me replace our dishwasher with a worn. Women still earn! I use Windex, instead of buying expensive cleaners to clean stainless steel.
- Dave Miller, San Jose
- I have a tip for you: Boraxo is a powdered hand soap to remove dirt and grime from hands. It is mainly used by auto mechanics, I think. But I dusted off the walls of my laundry, and I have not seen a single cockroach, ant or spider there. It is so easy compared to other solutions.
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- Marian Beggs, San Jose
- We get the occasional mini-invasion of ants in the house, especially if we. Several hot days or more rainy days in a row I refuse to use pesticides, and I found that spraying powder where ants enter killed and / or discourages them from my house. Finally, give the ants, after many "drowned" in the dust or unable to cross the barrier. Note: It will take patience, depending on the severity of the ants. I have baby powder trick to get ants in my house for many years and has always worked. It can be as fast as a day or two, or it might take a little longer.
- Patty Allison, Pleasanton
- You have never to be too tight a ring on your finger? If you are too tight is not a ring can, spray the ring finger and Windex. A jeweler told me these things, and it really works!
- Mary Barnett, Fremont
- When washing towels, fabric softener will keep the towel to absorb water. Instead, use vinegar in the rinse water. It is the whole soap and towel makes it very absorbent - the way it should be.
- Sue Lietz-Davis, Sunnyvale
- Repel ants, wipe your trails with lemon liquid, then pour into the holes and cracks with. It works for me.
- Brian Good, Palo Alto
- More vinegar: distilled Half a cup of vinegar added to one gallon rinse water to remove stains and soap glassware make it shine. Clean and deodorize your toilet in undiluted white distilled vinegar on your side. Allow to stand for five minutes, then rinse. Stubborn stains may require washing. Clean the pan with vinegar and baking soda to remove the build up of the film. Rinse with water. For polished chrome and stainless steel, the cloth with white vinegar and wipe.
- Vince Sortile Oakley
- It was a very important flossing you probably do not know, and is very convenient for many of us. If you have a photo or something recorded on a separate sheet of paper or other substrate that can not be removed. That would weaken or object that you destroy try to remove. Instead floss away want you! It's a small thing, and scraper craftsmen have been used for years.
- Glorya Nevius
- Here are two tips: Mix ¾ cup of white vinegar with olive oil ¼ cup in a plastic bottle. It is used to clean and polish wood (furniture, cutting boards, stained wood floors, etc.) Mix ¾ cup olive oil ¼ cup vegetable glycerin (health food stores have) and use as a lotion body. This is great on elbows, feet and hands - and a little nutty can condition your hair!
- Colleen Houlihan, Berkeley
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