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Everyday Uses For Household Items Animals Pet Being a Pill? Can't get your dog or cat to swallow a needed pill? Try this trick: Cover the pill with butter, peanut butter or cream cheese. It will go down fast! Give your dog a dry shampoo. Rub Johnson & Johnson® Baby Powder into your dog's fur, wait a few minutes, then brush out. Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce® will magnetically attract all the loose hairs. Auto Remove grease from a car windshield. Keep a bottle filled with Canada Dry® Club Soda in the trunk of your car. Body Use as toilet paper after an episiotomy. Huggies® Baby Wipes are gentle enough for a baby and perfect after an operation on the more sensitive areas of your body. Relieve an upset stomach. Drink Canada Dry®® Club Soda to soothe indigestion. Soothe hemorrhoids. Use Huggies® Baby Wipes as toilet paper to avoid aggravating sensitive hemorrhoids. Clean scrapes and bruises. Huggies® Baby Wipes are great for cleaning a minor abrasion. Cleaning, pots pans, etc. Clean a toilet. Drop in two Alka-Seltzer® tablets, wait twenty minutes, brush, and flush. The citric acid and effervescent action clean vitreous china. Clean a vase. To remove a stain from the bottom of a glass vase or cruet, fill with water and drop in two Alka-Seltzer® tablets. Clean a thermos bottle. Fill the bottle with water, drop in four Alka-Seltzer® tablets, and let soak for an hour (or longer, if necessary). Clean grease from walls. Sprinkle Johnson & Johnson® Baby Powder on asoft cloth and rub the spot until the grease disappears. Clean a microwave oven. Sprinkle Arm & Hammer® Baking Soda on a damp sponge, scrub, and rinse. Clean baked-on food from a cooking pan. Put a Bounce® sheet in the pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The antistatic agents apparently weaken the bond between the food and the pan while the fabric softening agents soften the baked-on food. Remove burned-on grease from a pot or pan. Fill the pot or pan with water, drop in six Alka-Seltzer® tablets, let soak for one hour, then scrub as usual. Clean countertops. Pour Canada Dry®® Club Soda directly on the counter, wipe with a soft cloth, then rinse with warm water, and wipe dry. Clean a vase. Place one teaspoon Cascade® in a dirty glass vase, fill with water, and let sit overnight. The next morning, simply rinse clean. Clean cooked-on oil from a popcorn popper or baked-on food from a pot or pan. Mix a heaping tablespoon of Cascade® with hot water, put it in the popper (pot or pan), and let soak overnight. Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a used sheet of Bounce®. Remove coffee and tea stains from glass cookware. Soak the glassware in a solution of two tablespoons Cascade® to two quarts warm water. Clean a thermos bottle. Fill the bottle with two tablespoons Cascade® and hot water. Let sit for thirty minutes, then swish clean with a bottle brush and rinse thoroughly. Clean and shine porcelain fixtures. Pour Canada Dry®® Club Soda over the fixtures. Clean chrome or stainless steel. Use Canada Dry® Club Soda in a spray bottle. Clean diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and emeralds. Simply soak the gems in Canada Dry® Club Soda. Cooking & Food Make fluffy pancakes, waffles, and matzah balls. Substitute Canada Dry® Club Soda for the liquid used in the recipes. Make inexpensive soft drinks. Add Canada Dry® to fruit juice for a low-cost and healthy beverage. Crafts Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through a sheetof Bounce® to eliminate the static cling on the thread before sewing. Drains Unclog a drain. Clear the sink drain by dropping three Alka-Seltzer® tablets down the drain followed by a cup of Heinz White Vinegar. Wait a few minutes, then run the hot water. Fabrics Prevent sticky sheets on a hot, summer night. Sprinkle Johnson & Johnson® Baby Powder between the sheets to absorb perspiration. Lipstick on Your Collar? If the fabric is washable, pour a small amount of rubbing alcohol on a dampened cloth. Place the stain-side down on white paper towels and dab the area. Repeat until lipstick is gone and wash as usual. Ink Removal Spray hair spray to remove ink out of fabric (Thanks Lari!) Get your whites whiter than white. Mix one-half cup Cascade®, one-half cup Clorox®, and one gallon hot water in a plastic bucket. Soak clothing in this mixture overnight, dump the solution and clothes into the washing machine, and wash as usual. Add one-half cup Heinz® White Vinegar to the rinse water. Dye fabric brown inexpensively. Soak the fabric in a bucket of strong black Maxwell House® coffee. This technique is also a good way to cover-up a coffee stain on a white table cloth. Whiten white polyester. Mix one cup Cascade® and one gallon warm water in a plastic bucket. Soak the clothes in this mixture overnight, then run them through the washing machine. Cascade® removes the gray due to detergent residue build-up on white polyester. Prewash stains on clothes. Wet the fabric, and sprinkle Cascade® on the stain. Scrub gently with an old toothbrush, rinse, and run through the regular wash cycle. Clean grease stains from double-knit fabrics. Pour on Canada Dry® Club Soda and scrub gently. Face Give yourself a facial. Mash a banana and add one tablespoon SueBee®® Honey. Cover your face with the mixture, let sit fifteen minutes, then rinse with warm water. Canker Sores: A wet tea bag on a cancer(mouth) sore diminishes the pain and the sore heals faster. (mcbrideae@yahoo.com) Feet Keep shoes and sneakers dry and comfortable. Dust the insides with Johnson & Johnson® Baby Clean shoes. Simply wipe the shoes with a Huggies® Baby Wipe. Powder. Eliminate static cling from pantyhose. Rub a damp, used sheet of Bounce® over the hose. Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce® in your shoes or sneakers overnight so they'll smell great in the morning. Furniture Helps Eliminate static electricity from your television screen. Since Bounce® is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce® to keep dust from resettling. Eliminate static electricity from venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce® to prevent dust from resettling. Hair Give your hair a dry shampoo. Work Johnson & Johnson® Baby Powder into your hair, then brush out. Change blond hair dyed green by chlorine back to its original color. Simply rinse your green hair with Canada Dry® Club Soda. Condition hair and prevent split ends and frizzies. Mix one tablespoon SueBee® honey and two teaspoons Star® Olive Oil. Warm the mixture (but not too hot), dip your fingers into it, and rub it into the strands of hair. Soak a towel in hot water, wring out completely, and wrap around your head for twenty minutes. Then shampoo as usual, lathering well to remove the olive oil. Hair Mask Miracle Whip® is great for an at home hair mask. put it on wait 5 min. and wash out. (Thanks to Allison - Cheeseymmon@msn.com) Hands Help rubber gloves slip on easily. Sprinkle Johnson & Johnson® Baby Powder inside the gloves. Soften rough hands. Apply Johnson & Johnson® Baby Powder as you would hand lotion. Clean hands after pumping gas or changing the oil. Keep a box of Huggies® Baby Wipes in the trunk of the car. Bandage won't come off easily. To avoid the sudden pain of pulling a bandage off, first soak a cotton ball in baby oil and then rub it on the bandage. This really eases the trauma for young children and grownups alike. Home Betterment Fertilize a garden or houseplants. Work Maxwell House® Coffee coffee grounds into the topsoil. Make a poor man's lava lamp. Fill a glass with Canada Dry® Club soda and drop in two raisins. The carbonation will cause the raisins to repeatedly bob to the surface and the sink again. Freshen the air in your home. Place an individual sheet of Bounce® in a drawer or hang one in the closet. Repair scratched woodwork. Mix a teaspoon instant Maxwell House® coffee with two teaspoons water. Apply to the scratch with a cotton ball. Preserve newspaper clippings. Dissolve one Milk of Magnesia® tablet in one quart Canada Dry® Club Soda. Let the mixture stand overnight. The next day, stir the mixture well, then soak your clipping in the solution for one hour. Blot the newspaper clipping between two sheets of Bounty and place on a screen to dry. Start a charcoal fire. Remove the top and bottom of an empty Maxwell Hous®e coffee can and punch a few holes in the sides of the can. Stand the can in your barbecue grill, fill it with charcoal briquets, add lighter fluid, and light. When the coals glow, remove the hot can with tongs and set in a safe place. Loosen rusty nuts and bolts. Pour Canada Dry® Club Soda over them. The carbonation bubbles away rust. Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce® inside empty luggage before storing. Prevent musty closets. Fill an empty Maxwell House® Coffee can with Kingsford charcoal briquets, punch holes in the plastic cover, and set on the floor in the back of the closet. Freshen the air in your car. Place a sheet of Bounce® under the front seat. Water your plants. Feed flat Canada Dry® Club Soda to your house plants or outdoor plants. The minerals in club soda are beneficial to green plants. Spread grass seed or fertilizer. Punch holes in the bottom of an empty can of Maxwell House® Coffee, fill with grass seed or fertilizer, cover with the plastic lid, and shake the can as you walk through your garden. Clean bathtub rings. Sprinkle Cascade® on a wet sponge and scrub. Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a sheet of Bounce® at the bottom of the wastebasket. Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce® at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper. Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sandpapering. A used sheet of Bounce® will collect sawdust like a tack cloth. Clean dirt, grease, and grime from walls, glass, porcelain, wooden furniture, and the outsides of appliances. Dissolve one-quarter cup Cascade® in one gallon of very hot water. Scrub, then wipe clean with a dry cloth. Cascade® is spot-resistant and contains water-softening agents, so everything gets shiny clean without rinsing. Household Accessories Store game pieces. Store loose dice, cards, playing pieces, and small toys in an empty Huggies® Baby Wipes box. Store crayons. Keep crayons in an empty Huggies® Baby Wipes box. Store screws, nuts, and bolts. Use empty Huggies® Baby Wipes boxes in the workshop to hold loose screws, bolts, nuts, nails, drill bits, and spare parts. Store crafts. Organize ribbons, beads, glues, strings in empty Huggies® Baby Wipes boxes. Store game pieces. Store loose dice, cards, playing pieces, and small toys in an empty Huggies® Baby Wipes box. Insects Soothe insect bites. Dissolve two Alka-Seltzer® tablets in a glass of water, dip a cloth into the solution, and place the cloth on the bite for twenty minutes. Repel ants. Sprinkle dried Maxwell House® coffee grounds outside doors and cracks. Coffee deters ants. Repel ants. Sprinkle Johnson & Johnson® Baby Powder in cracks, along a window sill, or under doors where ants enter. Ants will not walk throughbaby powder. Repel mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce® through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season. Jewelry Untangle a chain necklace. Dusting the chain with Johnson & Johnson® Baby Powder will make it easier to untangle. Clean diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and emeralds. Simply soak the gems in Canada Dry® Club Soda. Legs Prevent friction burns when shaving your legs with an electric razor. Dust legs lightly with Johnson & Johnson® Baby Powder before shaving. Lubrication Cure a squeaky floor board. Sprinkle Johnson & Johnson® Baby Powder into the crevices along the edges. Polishing Jewelry Drop two Alka-Seltzer® tablets into a glass of water and immerse the jewelry for two minutes. Skin Clean sand off wet skin. Sprinkle Johnson & Johnson® Baby Powder onskin to remove moisture, and the sand virtually fall off by itself. Smoking Get short-term relief from nicotine withdrawl symptoms. As long as you're not on a low-sodium diet or have peptic ulcers, drink two Alka-Seltzer® tablets dissolved in a glass of water at every meal. Stains Hide a stain on a white suit. Rub Johnson & Johnson® Baby Powder into the stain. Remove food stains from clothes. Immediately blot up the spills on any washable fabric, sponge with Canada Dry® Club Soda, then wash the item in the wash through a regular cycle. Remove wine spills or other spots from carpet. Apply Canada Dry® Club Soda to the stain, rub it in, wait a few minutes, and sponge it off. Prevent white shirts from absorbing oil and grime. Lightly sprinkle Johnson & Johnson® Baby Powder on the shirt before and after ironing. Blot up spilled coffee from a rug or carpet. Huggies® Baby Wipes absorb coffee without leaving a stain. Back to the Tips Page