Useful Info on Household products

15 years ago

I found this on another board, thought I'd share

USEFUL INFO ON HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS

1. Budweiser beer conditions the hair

2. Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish

3. Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 minutes

4. Mayonnaise will KILL LICE, it will also condition your hair

5. Elmer's Glue - paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off and see the dead skin and blackheads if any

6. Shiny Hair - use brewed Lipton Tea

7. Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water

8. Minor burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste

9. Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it!

10. Arthritis? WD-40 Spray and rub in, kill insect stings too

11 Bee stings - meat tenderizer

12. Chigger bite - Preparation H

13. Puffy eyes - Preparation H

14. Paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals)

15. Stinky feet - Jello !

16. Athletes feet - cornstarch

17. Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks vapor rub

18. Kool aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent section and run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet. (Wow, and we drink this stuff)

19. Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint also Kool Aid in Dannon plain yogurt as a finger paint! , your kids will love it and it won't hurt them if they eat it!

20. Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CD's! Wipe off with a coffee filter paper

21. Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray

22. Pam will also remove paint, and grease from your hands! Keep a can in your garage for your hubby

23. Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls

24. When the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with corn starch and watch them slide on

25. Heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar !

26. Body paint - Crisco mixed with food coloring. Heat the Crisco in the microwave, pour in to an empty film container and mix with the food color of your choice!

27 Tie Dye T-shirt - mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container, tie a rubber band around a section of the T-shirt and soak

28. Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda and cup of milk of magnesia , soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many years!

29. A Slinky will hold toast and CD's!

30. To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate toothpaste

31. Wine stains, pour on the Morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt.

32. To remove wax - Take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, it will absorb into the towel.

33. Remove labels off glassware etc. rub with Peanut butter !

34. Baked on food - fill container with water, get a Bounce paper softener and the static from the Bounce towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it. Soak overnight. Also; you can use 2 Efferdent tablets, soak overnight!

35. Crayon on the wall - Colgate toothpaste and brush it!

36. Dirty grout - Listerine

37. Stains on clothes - Colgate

38. Grass stains - Karo Syrup

39. Grease Stains - Coca Cola , it will also remove grease stains from the driveway overnight. We know it will take corrosion from car batteries!

40. Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax - sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours. Maybe this will work if you get them back again.

41. To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer Add a little Clorox , or 2 Bayer aspirin, or just use 7-up instead of water.

42. When you go to buy bread in the grocery store, have you ever wondered which is the freshest, so you "squeeze" for freshness or softness? Did you know that bread is delivered fresh to the stores five days a week? Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Each day has a different color twist tie. They are: Monday = Blue, Tuesday = Green, Thursday = Red, Friday = White and Saturday = Yellow . So if today was Thursday, you would want red twist tie; not white which is Fridays (almost a week old)! The colors go alphabetically by color Blue - Green - Red - White - Yellow , Monday through Saturday. Very easy to remember. I thought this was interesting. I looked in the grocery store and the bread wrappers DO have different twist tie! s, and even the ones with the plastic clips have different colors. You learn something new everyday! Enjoy fresh bread when you buy bread with the right color on the day you are shopping.

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Comments (8)

mboston_gw
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Not sure that all the companies use the same color order for bread. The bread guy for the type I use told me to always go with green if I am shopping on Sat. Usually it is the date furthest away from that date.

Soaking feet in tea will also help with stinky feet.
minnie_tx
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Glad to have this list again
there will be naysayers but if only a few work good for us!!!
dotmom
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
They don't all apply to me, but i've taken note to a few. Thanks.
A product I use different than the way it was intended is, I get dry scaly patches on my forehead and on the side of my nose. I tried a lot of OTC things, but one day I thought it looked like dandruff, even though I didn't have it on my head. So I rub some dandruff shampoo, full strength, on the area, let it sit for a couple minutes, then rinse it off. It went away on a couple days. Now I do the treatment a couple times a week, and it stays away. I had a couple weeks, a while ago when I was sick and didn't do it, and sure enough the scaly stuff was coming back. I've often wondered if it would work on psoriasis, at least mild cases.
lynn_d
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
I agree, they are great to have on hand!!!

Okay...who is going to be the first to post a Snopes link? LOL!!!
maire_cate
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
As for the last one about the color of bread ties... I check the date rather than the little tag. Sometimes Pepperidge Farm will have the same color plastic tag on bread with 2 different dates.
Jasdip
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
I tried the Bounce in a burned casserole dish a year ago, and it does not work.

What does work for me everytime, is just put some hot water in the saucepan, skillet, etc, and boil it gently and scrape with a wooden spoon.

I do use cooking spray on squeaky door hinges. That works.
cynic
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Been through these email things before. Doesn't seem to help so no sense repeating the past. A few are true, some are partially true (Beer for instance is a good conditioner but it doesn't have to be Bud) some might work but there's far better options and some are really questionable. As sort of a student of human nature, it's curious how email gains instant credibility so often.
lynn_d
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Jasdip, what I have found works for me, without fail, is Bartender's friend. I use stainless steel pans and that recommendation came with them to keep them looking new. I put a bit of water in the pan or casserole dish then sprinkle a liberal amount of Bartender's Friend. Let it sit for an hour or two, then I usually use a plastic scrubby and it all comes right off.