Household tips

BW · 07-17-2010, 12:01 AM

share your useful household tips here!

Let me start- I never realized this before, but bread stays much longer if you put it in the fridge.

BW · 07-17-2010, 12:04 AM

soap water in a spray bottle can be used to kill a variety of small household things

**steups** · 07-17-2010, 12:18 AM

Great idea for a thread BW...I hate to have to look up how to do a specific chore on de internet and have to trawl thru a bunch of stuff that's not pertinent to life in the tropics. Lookin forward to reading this [I am smiling at ur bread in the fridge enlightenment tho...

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**guyguy** · 07-17-2010, 12:48 AM

Originally Posted by Breadwinner

... but bread stays much longer if you put it in the fridge.

Even longer if you freeze it.

**guyguy** · 07-17-2010, 12:52 AM

So your buddy gave you a beer or soda in a can but shook it up thoroughly so that it will explode in your face and soak your clothes when you pull the tab. Well, take the can and tap the top and sides with your fingers, or anything else that's handy, then pull the tab. The contents will not explode. Don't let your buddy see you doing this and pull the same trick on him/her.

**amzz** · 07-17-2010, 07:36 AM

Originally Posted by guyguy

So your buddy gave you a beer or soda in a can but shook it up thoroughly so that it will explode in your face and soak your clothes when you pull the tab. Well, take the can and tap the top and sides with your fingers, or anything else that's handy, then pull the tab. The contents will not explode. Don't let your buddy see you doing this and pull the same trick on him/her.

why would this work?

**Solachica** · 07-17-2010, 10:17 AM

I do the bread in the fridge or freezer.

**Chicabonita** · 07-17-2010, 01:34 PM

If you want to remove bleach smell from your hands, pour a little vinegar or lemon juice over your hands then rinse with water.

**guyguy** · 07-17-2010, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by amzz

why would this work?

Like yuh fugget yuh Chemistry an Physics arredy? Try it and see if ah lyin. But jess for you, when you pull the tab, hold the part that opens away from you.

**guyguy** · 07-17-2010, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by Chicabonita

If you want to remove bleach smell from your hands, pour a little vinegar or lemon juice over your hands then rinse with water.

Wouldn't some soap work just as well?

**Chicabonita** · 07-17-2010, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by guyguy

Wouldn't some soap work just as well?

Probably after several times....

BW · 07-17-2010, 03:01 PM

question: removing laundry detergent from ones hands. How is it best done.

**Falcon** · 07-17-2010, 07:19 PM

hair spray removes pen marks from fabric

vinegar solution dissolves away limescale

mop up stains with COLD water rather than warm

a blowdryer used in removing old tape will save you the gluey residue

(bread is cheap and one of the last remaining emblems of our freedom. Why would you chill it or freeze it (!

) when you can just get a fresher loaf, or simply buy smaller loaves.)

**guyguy** · 07-17-2010, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by Falcon

(bread is cheap and one of the last remaining emblems of our freedom. Why would you chill it or freeze it (!

) when you can just get a fresher loaf, or simply buy smaller loaves.)

Many of us are not as fortunate as you are to live upstairs from a bakery.

**Ducky** · 07-17-2010, 08:14 PM

If you have tiled floors and want a great shine without a hassle, use white vinegar in your mopping water. (HAHA dat sounds like an ad). The vinegary smell leaves by time the floor is dry and the shine is unbelievable

**steups** · 07-18-2010, 09:15 AM

My tip wuz goin tuh be tuh juss pay sumbodee tuh do it buh ah change meh mind...

**Sly1** · 07-21-2010, 10:52 AM

CHEESE! CHEESE!
How to keep cheese from getting mould. Week and months I am refering to. Yes it does work.
VINEGAR! Pour some vinegar over your cheese, it matters not what kind of cheese. Wrap the cheese in a paper towel, put in a plastic bag and pour some white vinegar to moisten the paper towel. Use as normal and replenish vinegar as needed.

I buy my cheeses in bulk and cut off large pieces to be used in one week or so and leave the large pieces wrapped in vinegar. My Mother in Law taught me this method of preserving cheeses. She lives in a very small town where there is not much variety of foods so we take her specialty cheeses in bulk which she loves.

**ebony02** · 07-21-2010, 11:15 AM

1. Comet works on everything.

2. Make sure to change sheets, pillow cases and beddings every week. You'd be surprised at how much bacteria and dead skin cells are on your sheets.

3. Also change bathroom towels weekly.

4. If eating bacon, remember it does not need any oil in the frying pan. It has its own.

5. If you do not have a pressure cooker, soak your peas/beans overnight with baking soda.

6. Clorox spray cuts any and all bathroom mildew in 5 seconds flat!

7. Boric acid is great for killing roaches.

**mivs** · 07-21-2010, 09:35 PM

clean toilet bowl-pour in one cup of white vinegar, let it stand for five minutes, and flush

Clean windows- spray vinegar a bottle. Dry with a soft cloth.

remove decals- soak a cloth in white vinegar and cover the decal for several minutes until the vinegar soaks in. The decal should peel off easily.

**Sly1** · 07-22-2010, 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by mivs

clean toilet bowl-pour in one cup of white vinegar, let it stand for five minutes, and flush

Clean windows- spray vinegar a bottle. Dry with a soft cloth.

remove decals- soak a cloth in white vinegar and cover the decal for several minutes until the vinegar soaks in. The decal should peel off easily.

MIVS: I will try the vinegar to remove sticky lables. Good idea on the toilet bowl too will try that.

**letric** · 07-22-2010, 08:55 AM

This is Patently True

Make patent leather shoes shine by rubbing petroleum jelly
on the surface and buffing with a soft cloth.

**letric** · 07-23-2010, 12:24 PM

Bumper stickers have their place, but if yours are still showing
your support for a candidate who lost in the election, it might
be time for a change. The trouble is sometimes those stickers
have more staying power than the politicians. To remove an
outdated sticker, coat it liberally with vinegar, let it sit until
the vinegar has thoroughly penetrated the paper, then scrape
it off. The vinegar will looser the glue and make the rest of the
job easier,.

**Sly1** · 07-23-2010, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by letric

Bumper stickers have their place, but if yours are still showing
your support for a candidate who lost in the election, it might
be time for a change. The trouble is sometimes those stickers
have more staying power than the politicians. To remove an
outdated sticker, coat it liberally with vinegar, let it sit until
the vinegar has thoroughly penetrated the paper, then scrape
it off. The vinegar will looser the glue and make the rest of the
job easier,.

Or participate in the Cash for Clunkers...this is not meant to be a joke, this is what happened in US.

**Ducky** · 07-23-2010, 05:21 PM

Warm soapy water cleans off jewelry that has been locked away for too long and has lost its shine. Just some warm water and a little dishwashing liquid, let it sit for about five to ten minutes and then rinse in warm water and Voila!