Good Things to Know! you can add some

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Good Things to Know! you can add some
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Wed, 10-04-2006 - 10:43am

I was playing on another board and saw this,,,, some helpful info,,,not sure I would try all of them, but if you have let us know which ones worked...   ;O)


Good Facts To Know

 

Budweiser beer conditions the hair

 

Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish

 

Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 minutes

 

Mayonnaise will KILL LICE, it will also condition your hair

 

Elmer's Glue - paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off and see the dead skin and blackheads

 

Shiny Hair - use brewed Lipton Tea

 

Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water

 

Minor burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste

 

Burn your tongue?  Put sugar on it! 

 

Arthritis?  WD-40 Spray and rub in, kill insect stings too

 

Bee stings - meat tenderizer

 

Chigger bite - Preparation H

 

Puffy eyes - Preparation H

 

Paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals)

 

Stinky feet - Jello ! 

 

Athletes feet - cornstarch

 

Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks vapor rub

 

Kool aid to clean dishwasher pipes.  Just put in the detergent section and run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet.  (Wow, and we drink this stuff)

 

Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint also Kool Aid in Dannon plain yogurt as a finger paint, your kids will love it and it won't hurt them if they eat it! 

 

Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CD's!  Wipe off with a coffee filter paper

 

Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray

 

Pam will also remove paint, and grease from your hands!  Keep a can in your garage for your hubby

 

Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls

 

When the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with corn starch and watch them slide on

 

Heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar ! 

 

Body paint - Crisco mixed with food coloring.  Heat the Crisco in the microwave, pour in to an empty film container and mix with the food color of your choice! 

 

Tie Dye T-shirt - mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container, tie a rubber band around a section of the T-shirt and soak

 

Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda and cup of milk of magnesia , soak for 20 min.  and let dry, will last for many years! 

 

A Slinky will hold toast and CD's! 

 

To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate toothpaste

 

Wine stains, pour on the Morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt. 

 

To remove wax - Take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, it will absorb into the towel. 

 

Remove labels off glassware etc.  rub with Peanut butter ! 

 

Baked on food - fill container with water, get a Bounce paper softener and the static from the Bounce towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it.  Soak overnight.  Also; you can use 2 Efferdent tablets, soak overnight! 

 

Crayon on the wall - Colgate toothpaste and brush it! 

 

Dirty grout - Listerine

 

Stains on clothes - Colgate

 

Grass stains - Karo Syrup

 

Grease Stains - Coca Cola , it will also remove grease stains from the driveway overnight.  We know it will take corrosion from car batteries! 

 

Fleas in your carpet?  20 Mule Team Borax - sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours.  Maybe this will work if you get them back again. 

 

To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer  2 Bayer aspirin, or just use 7-up instead of water. 

 

When you go to buy bread in the grocery store, have you ever wondered which is the freshest, so you "squeeze" for freshness or softness?  Did you know that bread is delivered fresh to the stores five days a week?  Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  Each day has a different color twist tie.  They are: Monday = Blue, Tuesday = Gr een, Thursday = Red Friday = White and Saturday =Yellow .  So if today was Thursday, you would want red twist tie; not white which is Fridays (almost a week old)!  The colors go alphabetically by color Blue - Green - Red - White - Yellow , Monday through Saturday.  Very easy to remember.  I thought this was interesting.  I looked in the grocery store and the bread w rappers DO have different twist ties, and even  the ones with the plastic clips have different colors.  You learn something new everyday!  Enjoy fresh bread when you buy bread with the right color on the day you are shopping
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 10-04-2006 - 12:07pm
These are great Suzan,
Interesting on the tea & beer for the hair ..
Might have to try those :)



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Registered: 10-12-2010
Wed, 10-04-2006 - 7:47pm

I've heard of some of them. Don't think I've tried any of them. When I saw the one about Listerine for dirty grout, I jumped right up & looked to see if I had a sample size of Listerine. (I hate the stuff, & would never buy it. LOL) But, no.


Heard of the bread tie thing before but knew I'd never remember which day was which color. Never heard of the alphabetical hint. Now I'll remember! :o)

 

 Katz

 

 

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Registered: 08-30-2004
Thu, 10-05-2006 - 2:05am

some of these my great grandma, grandma sis,

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