Handy Hints
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Handy Hints
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Put an apple in a paper bag with fruit if you want the fruit to ripen faster. |
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Thanks to one of our readers, the tips this week are all helpful for keeping your car in good condition
Acid covered battery terminals can be cleaned with a simple cup of black tea. The tea will remove all the acid build up, then wipe some petroleum jelly over the terminals to help prevent acid build up in the future.
Floor wax does a great job of cleaning and protecting your cars vinyl and dashboards.
Eliminate those horrid streaks made by your wipers by scrubbing them with baking soda and water.
Spray your tow ball with silicon spray then place an old tennis ball with a slit cut in it on the ball. This keeps away the rust and keeps it lubricated and reduces wear. |
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Hair conditioner makes a good emergency shaving cream. |
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If you accidently break a glass, use a cotton bud to pick up the tiny fragments that you cannot see. |
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Slicing fresh bread is easier if you use a hot knife. |
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To discourage flies in the kitchen leave bowls of crushed mint on the bench tops and window sills. |
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If you have sealed an envelope and forgotten to include something so need to reopen it, place it in the freezer for a couple of hours and it will unseal easily. |
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Pin a safety pin inside the seam of a garment that is clingy or static and the static will be gone. |
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Joan Brown polishes the leaves of her plants using diluted milk |
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Here's a couple of tips from Bella Packer - Parsley is an excellent breath freshener, you get more juice from citrus fruit if you warm the fruit in the microwave first, and to sharpen scissors, use a cutting motion around the neck of a glass bottle or jar |
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Handy Hints
Every week several newspapers through out the Manawatu, Wanganui and Kapiti Coast feature our popular handy hints column. Most of these hints are sent to us from readers of the columns. The hints are collated on this page.
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Handy Hints