What is Your Best Household Hint??

[andee1]

I have a swiffer sweeper and use a baby wipe on it to get the stray hairs and dust on the floor of the bathroom. Cheaper than using their brand.

[ILUV2SHOP]

Pipanella~~~~~~
thats too funny....you and those evil looking tomatoes of yours!!!!!! hehehe


one thing I like to do is store my leftovers in ziplock baggies that way, it fits easier in the fridge if you are low on space and also.....when it starts growing funky green stuff
(you know those science projects that happen!!!!! )
or something you can just toss the bag....no nasty containers to smell and have to clean out!!!!!

[DIVAGIRL]

I have a few more for you!!

Home Made Baby Wipes!

You will need:
Container with seal tight lid
1/2 roll of Bounty paper towels
2 Tablespoons of baby oil
2 Tablespoons of baby bath
2 cups of water


Instructions:
Cut the roll of paper towels in half. Remove cardboard center. Mix liquid ingredients, pour on top of paper towels, and pull first towel up. Each roll of towels makes 2 containers of wipes.
Bounty towels seem to work best. If you let the wipes sit a while, they will absorb the liquid.
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Things that Salt can help with:

To help remove odors from garbage disposals, pour 1/2 cup of Morton Salt (or any salt) directly into the garbage disposal. Then, by running the disposal following manufacturer's directions, you'll send those odors down the drain!

use Salt to help remove wine stains from cotton fabric. Immediately pour enough salt directly on the stain to soak up the liquid. Immerse the fabric for 1/2 hour in cold water. Launder as usual.

To make pantyhose more resistant to runs, we've got the perfect solution. First, wash new pantyhose and allow to drip dry. Then mix two cups of Salt with one gallon of water and immerse pantyhose. Soak for three hours, rinse in cool water, and drip dry

Here's a sharp idea: remove rust from household tools by using Morton Salt and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Apply the paste to rusted area with a dry cloth and rub
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Now you can cut the grass even when it's wet. Just spray the blades with vegetable oil. This way, the wet grass won't stick to the blades.
(but dont try to now the lawn in the rain-ha!)
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Pillow Refresher
Place two feather pillows (in their cases) into washer. Set on warm water and gentle cycle. Halfway through the cycle, flip the pillows. Now, you have to run the spin cycle twice to squeeze out all of the water. Toss into the dryer with a clean tennis shoe to prevent the feathers from bunching up.
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Plastic Trash Bags
To keep plastic grocery bag clutter under control, stuff your bags into an empty kleenex box (the large size box). It's pretty and it also gives you easy access when you need a bag in a hurry.
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Believe it or not, BRASSO (yes, the same Brasso that works so well on brass, copper, etc.) will do a great job on clear plastic items like watch crystals, motorcycle windshields, clock faces, any clear plastic. You just need a little bit on a soft cloth. Apply like you would to metal, don't rub too hard, let dry and wipe off with a clean soft cloth. The results are amazing.

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Sharper Scissors
Take your dull scissors and cut through three layers of tin foil ten times. Cut some paper to test. Repeat if not sharp enough for you. Or... cut a sheet of medium-grade sand paper into small pieces!
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Sink Stains
For dark stains, like rust, rub your sink with a paste made of Borax and lemon juice. Lighter stains can be removed simply by rubbing with a piece of cut lemon.

Sliding Glass Door Tracks
Clean the door tracks with furniture polish instead of a cleaner. It gets the tracks clean and the polish acts as a lubricant

To keep your fridge smelling fresh, dampen a cotton ball with vanilla flavoring and place in the back corner of your fridge. It soaks up the smell a fridge can sometimes get.

Out of WD40? Use non-stick vegetable spray!

FYI: Ants prefer not to walk through baby powder! and I used to use petrolium jelly around the base of my dogs water bowl-ants cant cross it!

That is all from me for now!!! good luck to you guys and I loved all the tips you gave. I am going to copy them all and print them and put them into a notebook to keep on my bookshelf-it never hurts to have some household tips when you need them...thanks again!

[YorkieLover]

I was doing a search on how to get lipstick off of a suit (exuberant old lady), and came across this interesting thread ... old, but interesting.

[freesurfer]

You guys have done a great job with this list!! Love it!! Thanks so much!

[mayfly]

This is a great post I just stumbled on, so I am giving it a little bump! Maybe we have some more ideas to add to it.

[alice74]

Second the Swiffer mop... no more buckets = lots of saved time and energy!

[JadeDragon]

Hi there! I haven't read all the tips, and I'm sorry if I'm reposting something (my eyes got tired). If anyone has silverware that needs to be cleaned, I have a great tip! I saw this on a tv show all about cleaning. You take a big pot/kitchen sink/bathtub and you poor some water softener in it. On the show the guy had about a gallon or two gallons of water with about a tablespoon of water softener in it. Then place a piece of aluminum foil on the bottom. Then dip your items into the solution. It seemed to clean the cups/spoons/forks/knives really well when he did, but I have never tried it. Hope that helps!

I was a junior in highschool, i'm a soon to me senior now. We were doing this model car activity in my AP US History class (the class was killer!). We were doing the 50s. He brought in play doh for us to mold into cars. He said that play doh was invented as a wall paper cleaner. I haven't tried this but hope it helps some people!