My mother always told me never put anything in your ear smaller than your elbow but I was never able to do that. AND my ears get wax in them.
2007-11-20 05:28:58 · 12 answers · asked by Dan Bueno 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
1. Use Q-Tips to light hard-to-reach candle wicks. Simply dip one end of the cotton swab into rubbing alcohol. Light the cotton and then light the candles. Dip the burning end into water to put the flame out completely.
2. Q-tips brand cotton swabs that are dipped in rubbing alcohol have other uses too. Use them to clean electronic devices such as CD players, DVD/VCR players, cameras, radios and computers.
3. Dip the ends of cotton swabs into sudsy water and use them to clean small knick knacks.
4. Dip the ends of Q-Tips in olive oil and then run them along sticky zippers. The oil is an excellent lubricant that will make the closures open and close easier.
5. Clean out debris from a drilled hole with a cotton swab before you insert a screw or other fastener.
6. Apply glue to small model parts, craft pieces and other things by placing a dab of glue on a Q-Tips first. Smear the glue where you want it, then put the pieces together.
7. Use rubbing alcohol and Q-Tips, and you can clean the battery connections on cordless phones, cell phones, battery-operated toys, radios- anything that uses batteries to operate. Dip the ends of the swab in alcohol and squeeze out the excess. Then, clean off the contacts.
8. Another unique use for Q-Tip cotton swabs is to dip the ends in soapy water. Then, use the ends to clean the dirt and grime from the fins of furnace and air conditioning ducts.
9. When you're stripping the finish off of old furniture, use cotton swabs to get into intricate detailings, cracks and crevices.
10. Clean up nail polish goofs up with Q-Tips while the color is still wet and your hands will look like they were done by a professional! This unique use works on toe nails too.
11. Paint small areas and parts on models with cotton swabs. The ends cover a wider area than a toothpick does, plus it's not so apt to drip or leave blops of paint.
12. Use Q-Tips brand cotton swabs to clean out food from the corners of square containers. Soak the container first in hot, sudsy water.
13. Have you ever stepped in mud or something nasty and gotten it in the indents and designs on your shoe soles? Before the substance dries, use wet cotton swabs to scrape it out.
14. Q-Tips work great for applying ointments in between the toes of your feet. They're just the right size!
15. If the small, permanent screen in the cold water supply line of your washing machine gets plugged with debris like mine does, then have I got a unique use for you. Use a couple Q-Tips to clean the screen out once a month. Nothing else fits inside the line like a cotton swab does.
2007-11-20 06:31:26 · answer #1 · answered by kayboff 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋
are your sinuses messed up? Sometimes when you have sinus issues, your ears feel clogged. It could also be water. You could have punctured your eardrum when you cleaned your ears too but you said doctors don't see anything. Dont push with the q-tip. See if it clears up if you dont use a q-tip in that ear for a few days.
2016-04-05 00:18:43 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A star for you! That's the only thing I use them for. My doctor said not to, so I am just more careful now. For getting wax out of ears it's either Q-tips or bobby pins. Q-tips seem safer.
2007-11-20 09:35:03 · answer #3 · answered by curious connie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Q-tips are great for a lot of things. I use them to clean the keyboard,my fistula and teeny tiny places I cant reach with anything else. Never thought of using them for my ears. My mother told me the same thing yours did.
2007-11-20 09:59:21 · answer #4 · answered by phlada64 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I gently clean my ears with Q-tips, Q-tips are also good for cleaning the keyboard & tv remote control.
2007-11-20 05:41:59 · answer #5 · answered by EM 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anything that has a hole in it can be cleaned with a q-tip. Just use your imagination and go for it.
2007-11-20 09:51:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Kay about covered it... lol
Try warm water from the shower in those ears!
2007-11-20 07:20:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use them to clean of smudged mascara. My husband sticks 'em in his ears.
2007-11-20 08:31:33 · answer #8 · answered by Granny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well use q-tip are q-tips made for make up an stuff too. Ithink there just a tool like a knife it has many uses
2007-11-20 05:52:22 · answer #9 · answered by Ben 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I use them to clean my keyboard and around the buttons on my many remotes! LOL
2007-11-20 06:37:46 · answer #10 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋