Posted by: mayur January 2, 2011
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Stains and smells
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If you don't have a dishwasher, do yourself
a favor and rinse the dishes before you leave them in the sink.
++
You can throw clothes in the dryer for about
5 minutes or so to get wrinkles out.
++
If you ever spill red wine on light carpet,
shaving cream will get the stain out pretty well.
++
The best way to get out red wine from carpet
is to pour white wine on the spill.
++
Taco Bell hot sauce is very good at cleaning
pennies.
++
Drinking coffee or tea at a restaurant, and
there's a bit of liquid in the saucer under your cup that keeps dripping
when you drink? Tear off a bit of napkin and put it in the saucer -- instant
drip-proofing.
++
Put the smelly shoes in a plastic bag and
put it in the freezer overnight. The smell is caused by bacteria, which
will die when deep frozen.
++
Lemons can be used for a lot of things. Make
shoes look like new, get rid of coffee/tea stains on old mugs, rust (put
a lemon drenched cotton ball on the rust spot overnight), polish copperware,
etc.
++
Rubber Dish Gloves get cat hair off of furniture
very well.
++
To get candle wax off carpet, use newspaper
and a warm iron once you've chipped off what you can. Put the newspaper
down and run the iron over it - the wax gets absorbed into the paper.
You need patience, but it does work.
++
Want to keep your car smelling fresh without
having to buy those stupid pine tree air freshners that smell like crap?
Take a dryer sheet and place it under your seat. April freshness!
++
Super cleaning, sticker removal, stain removal
and more! -- Lighter Fluid, the kind you put in your zippo. Its a great
solvent, it cleans plastics, melts the glue on stickers and always evaporates
away to nothing. It's good at getting tar and oil out of clothes, and
its a great degreaser for mechanical stuff. Its also cheap. Brilliant
for taking the price tags off gifts, even book covers.
++
If you have a stone countertop with a stain
in it, make a paste using bleach and flour. Smear the paste on top of
the stain, and then cover it with saran wrap and tape down the edges.
Let it sit overnight, and in the morning you should be able to wipe the
paste off, which should have absorbed the stain. If it is really bad,
you may need to do it a couple of times. If you own a pool, Diametrecious
Earth (the white powder stuff you use for the filters) works a lot better
than flour.
++
If you feel the need to spit into the sink,
run a little water in it the instant before you expectorate. It will all
go right down.
++
In an emergency, saliva is a pretty awesome
cleaning agent. Good for things like blood in clothes.
++
If you smoke in your car, put one of those
silicone absorber packets underneath the ashtray. It will make a big difference
in the smell in your car.
++
If you use a kettle to boil water you know
it collects a white scum in the interior. Boil some vinegar and it dissolved
instantly.
++
If you have a pot or pan with crap stuck
to the bottom, put water in the pot and put it on the stove on high heat
for a while. If that doesn't work add a splash of alcohol. Then try vinegar.
You've pretty much covered all of your bases for solubility, so you can
be pretty sure that whatever was down there will dissolve.
++
Vinegar makes for a good Windex substitute.
Vinegar will also clean hard water residue much better than commercial
cleaners, but for truly streak-free windows, use newspaper instead of
towels.
++
If you ever get blueberry juice on anything,
immediately pour boiling water over the stain. Don't put anything else
on it first, or it'll set permanently. Boiling water, mind. This works
like a charm.
++
Bloodstains, I find, come out best if you
pour ice cold water through the fabric. Like the berry stains, don't get
anything else on it until you can get the ice cold water, or that stain
is set.
++
Guitarists: Rub the tips of your fingers
on your fretting hand on the sides of your nose, natural grease will get
you moving a little faster. Just be sure to clean your strings often.
++
If you have a long-haired pet, don't use
finely-toothed combs or brushes to groom it; they pull and tangle fur.
Get an English rake (check Google) instead.
++
Also, when packing lunches in plasticware,
it can help your clean up later if you line your tupperware with a tortilla
before you dump in the spaghetti or the cheese doodle casserole. Most
of the time, what you pack for lunch won't be ruined by the addtion of
a tortilla, and it will reduce how much dried cheese or tomato stains
you will have to clean out of the container later.
++
If you go fishing, or handle sardines or
whatever, and want to get that fishy smell off, you will find washing
with soap does not get rid of it, even after several tries. Put abunch
of toothpaste in your hand and rub it in good, the antiodor ingredients
will remove the stink in 1 wash.
++
Pert Plus will clean the grimiest of bathtubs.
Squirt product on affected surface, allow to streak downward and apply
moderate scrubbing vigor.
++
Toothpaste will take scratches out of CDs.
Buff from the centre outward with a clean, soft cloth or sock. Only regular
toothpaste, not the gelly kind.
++
Axe Deoderant
is a good cleaning agent. When using a plunger to unstop your pipes, the
secret to quickly getting the job done is to put your force on the pull
rather than the push. Push in slowly, then pull out quickly and with some
force. Also, make sure there is a good amount of liquid around the drain
you're plunging. This will assist with the suction. If plunging a double-sink,
have someone hold a stopper in the other side. When plunging a bathtub,
tape some cling-film around the overflow (usually where the shower/spigot
selector is).
++
If you get yellow
arm pit stains on your clothes dilute some asprin into water and soak
the shirt over night.
++
If you don't have a dishwasher, do yourself
a favor and rinse the dishes before you leave them in the sink.
++
You can throw clothes in the dryer for about
5 minutes or so to get wrinkles out.
++
If you ever spill red wine on light carpet,
shaving cream will get the stain out pretty well.
++
The best way to get out red wine from carpet
is to pour white wine on the spill.
++
Taco Bell hot sauce is very good at cleaning
pennies.
++
Drinking coffee or tea at a restaurant, and
there's a bit of liquid in the saucer under your cup that keeps dripping
when you drink? Tear off a bit of napkin and put it in the saucer -- instant
drip-proofing.
++
Put the smelly shoes in a plastic bag and
put it in the freezer overnight. The smell is caused by bacteria, which
will die when deep frozen.
++
Lemons can be used for a lot of things. Make
shoes look like new, get rid of coffee/tea stains on old mugs, rust (put
a lemon drenched cotton ball on the rust spot overnight), polish copperware,
etc.
++
Rubber Dish Gloves get cat hair off of furniture
very well.
++
To get candle wax off carpet, use newspaper
and a warm iron once you've chipped off what you can. Put the newspaper
down and run the iron over it - the wax gets absorbed into the paper.
You need patience, but it does work.
++
Want to keep your car smelling fresh without
having to buy those stupid pine tree air freshners that smell like crap?
Take a dryer sheet and place it under your seat. April freshness!
++
Super cleaning, sticker removal, stain removal
and more! -- Lighter Fluid, the kind you put in your zippo. Its a great
solvent, it cleans plastics, melts the glue on stickers and always evaporates
away to nothing. It's good at getting tar and oil out of clothes, and
its a great degreaser for mechanical stuff. Its also cheap. Brilliant
for taking the price tags off gifts, even book covers.
++
If you have a stone countertop with a stain
in it, make a paste using bleach and flour. Smear the paste on top of
the stain, and then cover it with saran wrap and tape down the edges.
Let it sit overnight, and in the morning you should be able to wipe the
paste off, which should have absorbed the stain. If it is really bad,
you may need to do it a couple of times. If you own a pool, Diametrecious
Earth (the white powder stuff you use for the filters) works a lot better
than flour.
++
If you feel the need to spit into the sink,
run a little water in it the instant before you expectorate. It will all
go right down.
++
In an emergency, saliva is a pretty awesome
cleaning agent. Good for things like blood in clothes.
++
If you smoke in your car, put one of those
silicone absorber packets underneath the ashtray. It will make a big difference
in the smell in your car.
++
If you use a kettle to boil water you know
it collects a white scum in the interior. Boil some vinegar and it dissolved
instantly.
++
If you have a pot or pan with crap stuck
to the bottom, put water in the pot and put it on the stove on high heat
for a while. If that doesn't work add a splash of alcohol. Then try vinegar.
You've pretty much covered all of your bases for solubility, so you can
be pretty sure that whatever was down there will dissolve.
++
Vinegar makes for a good Windex substitute.
Vinegar will also clean hard water residue much better than commercial
cleaners, but for truly streak-free windows, use newspaper instead of
towels.
++
If you ever get blueberry juice on anything,
immediately pour boiling water over the stain. Don't put anything else
on it first, or it'll set permanently. Boiling water, mind. This works
like a charm.
++
Bloodstains, I find, come out best if you
pour ice cold water through the fabric. Like the berry stains, don't get
anything else on it until you can get the ice cold water, or that stain
is set.
++
Guitarists: Rub the tips of your fingers
on your fretting hand on the sides of your nose, natural grease will get
you moving a little faster. Just be sure to clean your strings often.
++
If you have a long-haired pet, don't use
finely-toothed combs or brushes to groom it; they pull and tangle fur.
Get an English rake (check Google) instead.
++
Also, when packing lunches in plasticware,
it can help your clean up later if you line your tupperware with a tortilla
before you dump in the spaghetti or the cheese doodle casserole. Most
of the time, what you pack for lunch won't be ruined by the addtion of
a tortilla, and it will reduce how much dried cheese or tomato stains
you will have to clean out of the container later.
++
If you go fishing, or handle sardines or
whatever, and want to get that fishy smell off, you will find washing
with soap does not get rid of it, even after several tries. Put abunch
of toothpaste in your hand and rub it in good, the antiodor ingredients
will remove the stink in 1 wash.
++
Pert Plus will clean the grimiest of bathtubs.
Squirt product on affected surface, allow to streak downward and apply
moderate scrubbing vigor.
++
Toothpaste will take scratches out of CDs.
Buff from the centre outward with a clean, soft cloth or sock. Only regular
toothpaste, not the gelly kind.
++
Axe Deoderant
is a good cleaning agent. When using a plunger to unstop your pipes, the
secret to quickly getting the job done is to put your force on the pull
rather than the push. Push in slowly, then pull out quickly and with some
force. Also, make sure there is a good amount of liquid around the drain
you're plunging. This will assist with the suction. If plunging a double-sink,
have someone hold a stopper in the other side. When plunging a bathtub,
tape some cling-film around the overflow (usually where the shower/spigot
selector is).
++
If you get yellow
arm pit stains on your clothes dilute some asprin into water and soak
the shirt over night.