I wonder if the older generation can help me with this? Or younger please
I want some of the old fashioned tips for cleaning things repairing things etc.
Thanks
2007-02-24 01:47:09 · 3 answers · asked by davie 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
This is the best book for cleaning tips, Haley's Cleaning Hints ... using common things around the house. So many tidbits in there are spot on, old-fashioned remedies that truly work. These are the old fashioned and nearly forgotten tips that people like my grandmother used. There is really no need to spend tons of money on thirty different cleaning products when you can use simple things that work just as well or even better, things that you probably have already.
For example, you can whiten yellowed white candles by rubbing them lightly with a cloth and ammonia. You can buff them to a shine with an old pair of pantyhose.
To remove tree sap from garden tools, rub them with rubbing alcohol.
Clean golf balls in a solution of 1 gallon of water with 1 cup ammonia, soak the balls overnight. Clean golf club grips by scrubbing them with toothpaste, then wash with a bit of soap and water.
Haley's Cleaning Hints, available at most bookstores or online. I refer to it so often for stains, cleaning suggestions, clever hints.
2007-02-24 02:35:04 · answer #1 · answered by aivilo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To fix sticking sliders-windows & drawers: rub wax along their tracks.
To stop ants in your pantry seal off cracks and use putty or petroleum jelly in cracks and also try sprinkling red pepper on floors and counter tops.
Corning Ware can be cleaned by filling with water and droppin in denture tablets and let stand for 30 to 45 minutes.
Tin coffee cans makes excellent containers for freezing cookies and cup cakes.
Ice cubes will sharpen garbage disposal blades
Instant coffee will make a great scratch filler for wood funiture; just make a thick paste from instant coffee and water and rub it into nicks and scratches-looks great.
2007-02-24 02:38:05 · answer #2 · answered by spookareus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oil spots on clothing that won't come out? rub in some original Dawn for dishes on the spot, and you will have oilfree clothes! I keep a bottle by the washer all the time!
2007-02-24 02:38:17 · answer #3 · answered by livinintheword † 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋