If you keep up with Melanie's blog, you know that I like tips that are so you don't have to spend money on specialty cleaning items if you don't want to. I just got a few more that I wanted to share.
MAKE FURNITURE NEW AGAIN: Need to repair a scratch or blemish on varnished furniture? Rub the area with cooking oil and a soft cloth. To color in nicks or scratches in wood stained furniture, cabinets and trim, rub the area with a pecan nut (they will be very available soon for the holiday season). The oil of the nut Will "re stain" the wood. If your wood furniture has a water stain, simply rub mayo on the stain and let it sit over night. wipe off the may in the morning and the finish will be restored. COOL!
SHARPEN SCISSORS: To sharpen a dull pair of scissors, cut through a sheet of sandpaper a couple of times. They'll be like new! ( I don't know about fabric scissors, but I would try it on paper cutting scissors.)
REATTACH LOOSE KNOBS: When putting loose knobs back on drawers, dip the screws in clear fingernail polish or shellac before resetting them. This will help the knobs stay tight much longer. ( I've done that with wood glue before.
SPARKLING CLEAN MIRRORS: Your bathroom mirror won't fog up if you clean it with canned shaving cream... and it will stay streak free! (Charles was asking me about that the other day, if there was product that would make it so the mirrors wouldn't fog up. I told him there was, because we had some once. Shaving cream is much more accessible and affordable)
NO MORE REFRIGERATOR ODOR: To remove odors cause by spoiled food in your refrigerator, place a few crumpled brown paper bags into the back of the refrigerator, changing them with fresh ones whenever the bags begin to smell. In no time, the bags will have absorbed all of the odor.
SHINY SHOWER DOORS: Keep shower doors shiny and clear by using a soft cloth moistened with baby oil. The baby oil prevents build up from dirt and soap, and keeps hard water spots from forming for several months. ( I used to do this a long time ago, but for some reason stopped. Make sure your surfaces are really clean, then put the oil on. It works well on shiny shower tiles too.)
Now you're thinking but this is a cooking or book blog not tips, well I got these from a cooking magazine and thought I would share them!
If I were a shark, I would call these tips "jaw-some" but since I'm not... I think I want to try the shower door one before our gets too caked with Magna water crud.
ReplyDeleteThese are good ones! I like the ones that are funny but useful is nice too! Like I said we should come up with a story where there is a crazy couple who uses every weirdo tip you can think of and tries to get other people to do it.
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