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Helen Sergeant has a handy hint for the bath. Pour a cup of powdered milk into running bath water. The lactic acid in the mild removes dead skin and leaves your skin feeling nice and soft. |
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To remove ball point pen from wallpaper, Belinda Flynn send in this tip- dampen the spot with water, then apply a very light coat of hair spray. Let it set a minute, then blot with a dry rag. |
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Joan Sutherland uses Hair spray on furniture if she runs out of furniture polish. |
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Here's an idea from Ann Smith for a rainy day- Make your own Ten Pin bowling alley by using plastic soft drink bottles and a rubber ball. Put a cup of sand or gravel in the bottom of each bottle to give them a bit of weight, and then arrange the ‘pins’ into a triangle shape at the end of the hallway. Children stand at the other end of the hall and take turns to bowl. |
Here are 6 natural ways to clean with Lemons
1. If you have a smell from cooking in your kitchen, place a lemon covered with water in a baking dish in your oven. on a medium heat for 20 minutes. It will make your kitchen smell nice and the oven will be easy to wipe out. You can use this idea in the microwave as well
2. To get copper bottom pots shiny, sprinkle salt onto half a lemon and wipe over the surface.
3. Use lemon juice on black leather shoes, just wipe over the shoes then buff with a cloth.
4. Make your own wood polish using 1/2 a cup of lemon juice and one cup of olive oil |
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A saucer of water left in a room overnight will remove stale cigarette odours |
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To clear drains try this potion from Harold Gottee. 2 Tablespoons of baking soda, dash of lemon juice or vinegar, hot water.Put the baking soda in first, then add lemon juice or vinegar, add just enough hot water to wash it down. Leave it overnight then flush with hot water in the morning. |
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Sadie Woods had this hint- To make polishing wood easier use a warm duster. |
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Karla rang to request if anyone has a solution to two problems. She has an old aluminum kettle that has rusty marks and mildew in the bottom. Let us know if you have a way of dealing with this. she also needs a hint of how to get tar off her shoes. |
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Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They will eat this and take it home. They cannot digest it so it kills them. |
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