Nifty tidbits

[Yvonne Belisle]

Fruit Fly Removal


put red wine vingar and a few drops of dish soap in a small dish
where the pest are the most seen this could be sink,trash, bowls of fruit and
they're attracked to it and they drown.

Bad Oder on Hands

Whenever you cut onions,garlic,liver,fish and all those other nasty
smelling things,that make your hands smell,take a stainless steel teaspoon,run
warm water,and slide the spoon all over your hands under the running water,and
,believe it or not,the odors disappear

[Twilight Garden]

Does anyone know how the spoon thing works?

[Faery-Wings]

Originally posted by Yvonne Thomas
Fruit Fly Removal


put red wine vingar and a few drops of dish soap in a small dish
where the pest are the most seen this could be sink,trash, bowls of fruit and
they're attracked to it and they drown.

Bad

Thanks for the fruit fly info. I had some bananas that went too ripe and those dang things were everywhere! Blech!

Chris

[Mairwen]

Originally posted by LunarMist
Does anyone know how the spoon thing works?

Something about how the chemicals in the stainless steel reacts with the chemicals in the odor.

[Aurora]

Originally posted by Yvonne Thomas
Fruit Fly Removal


put red wine vingar and a few drops of dish soap in a small dish
where the pest are the most seen this could be sink,trash, bowls of fruit and
they're attracked to it and they drown.

I will most definitely have to try this. I've run all over my house spraying bug spray.... YUCK...... and they still are here..... laughing at me... :p

[Yvonne Belisle]

To polish black cast iron, black painted steel or
chrome or nickel trim, especially on woodstoves,
crumple a sheet of newspaper and dry scrub.
Hint: This works on the 'chrome' on today's
automobiles, too.

[Kaylara]

bump

[Yvonne Belisle]

OH NO I HAVE A RUN IN MY PANTYHOSE !!

To help avoid this "emergency" in the future here's a good tip on how to make
hose snag and tear resistant and last longer: Straight from the Morton salt
people: Mix:
2 cups of salt (ordinary table salt)
1 gallon of water
Dunk your hose in this briny solution and let them soak for about 2 to 3 hours.
Then rinse gently in cold water and hang to drip dry. What does the salt do? It
does a good job of toughening up the fibers in the hose - really !

[Yvonne Belisle]

Uses For Vinegar

1. Kill grass on walks and driveways.

2. Kill weeds. Spray full strength on growth until
plants have starved.

3. Increase soil acidity. In hard water: one gallon
of tap water for watering rhododendrons,
gardenias, or azaleas.

4. Deter ants. Spray vinegar around doors,
appliances, and along other areas where ants
are known.

5. Polish car chrome. Apply full strength.

[Niamh]

Oh Yvonne! Where do you find these great tidbits!?

[Lavender]

Originally posted by Yvonne Thomas
2. Kill weeds. Spray full strength on growth until
plants have starved.

:eek: :eek: No! No! No! There's no such thing as weeds!! They're only misplaced herbs! :D

[Yvonne Belisle]

I find them in my mailbox from ezines in magizines on websites from friends or family. All over the place I think they are fun to know and sometimes really handy. Salt tips can be found on morton salt canisters. Baking soda tips can often be found on armin hammer boxes. Websites for green cleaners and save the planet have lots of information and if you do a search for alternate cleaners you will find a slew of them.

[Sora]

If vinegar does that to flies, grass and weeds, what does it do to you?

[SnowStar]

Well I hope vinegar can't do too much harm to people because most of my favourite foods and snacks (pickles, salt and vinegar potato chips, my fave salad dressing my mum makes...) have TONS of vinegar in them! If it does, oh well...we've got to go somehow...*chuckles* death by vinegar...

I suppose I should contribute a quick fix or two...
One I know works is to keep a little spritz bottle of water (tap water is fine) handy for when you pull something out of the drawer to wear and find its all wrinkled and don't have time to iron. Use it exactly as you'd use those wrinkle releaser sprays that Downy, et. al. make...I've found it works just as well. If you're in more of a hurry and can't wait for the damp spot to dry or it just plain bothers you, take the hairdryer to the spot(s) that you sprayed.

For dry clean only things...especially formal dresses and the like that have been in the back of your closet for aeons, are clean, but need a wrinkle relax, hang them in the bathroom while you're taking a hot shower or bath and the steam will relax out the wrinkles so it doesn't look like you slept in your dress.

Can you tell that I both don't like to and never have time to iron?

[Twilight Garden]

Originally posted by Sora
If vinegar does that to flies, grass and weeds, what does it do to you? Salt poured on a slug does very nasty things to it. Salt in very high doses can be bad for you, but salt is also part of a healthy diet in small amounts. Just a thought...

[ANUR36]

for all those tuff stains try Effordent denture cleaner... I once soaked my muddy shoes in water and Effordent and the stains almost all came out.....

[Yvonne Belisle]

cool i see that in the discount bins a lot at the store! something new to try cool!