Do you know of any unusual uses for regular products? For example, my aunt always cleaned her battery terminals in her car with coke.
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You can fix a scratch on a CD/DVD with Toothpaste, Duct-tape can be used on your feet to prevent blisters, vinegar can be used as a cleaning agent for household cleaning like stubborn crud on your stove... etc.
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tooth paste- cleans the plastic around windows and makes them look like new baking soda- sprinkled on carpets makes them smell fresh vinegar- makes windows clean the end of an unused matchstick- makes verucas go away coke- for cleaning the toilet there are loads of them
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coke for cleaning the toilet or windows but i never thought you could clean your car battery with coke?
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Use dental floss instead of string - it's way stronger.
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toothpaste is excellent to clean rings, diamonds sparkle! Its great to clean silver (jewerly and dishes) Ketchup works good with silver as well. The best thing I found lately is the stainless steel cleaner spray takes the stratches out of CD's and also It cleans glass perfect. Sort of spendy but have never found anything clean the cd's like it.
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Coke--for the toilet and in the wash BEFORE the clothes for really greasy stuff. Shaving cream as a re-treater for greasy clothes. Vinegar cleans windows and a cup of white vinegar in the wash water with NEW jeans turned inside out helps keep the color longer. toothpaste fills in holes left behind by tacks and pushpins, it's like putty when it dries.
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DREFT and BIZ detergents contain enzymes that eat the bacterias left by dog and cat stains. Google for specific use detail. Mixed one ounce per quart of water and kept in a sprayer, makes a very useful cleaner/deodorizer for carpets and uphostery. May also be used in carpet cleaning machines in a stronger solution. An economic shortcut to "special" cleaners that do the same thing. What makes them different? They were originally designed to wash cloth baby diapers which contain the same waste products discussed.
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Empty jam jars - great for pouring fats from frying pans into.
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Palmolive dish soap is good as a flea shampoo for dogs.
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Toothpaste - is great for pimples, it drys them out. Must be paste not gel. Vinegar - cleans the lime build up in coffee makers. Tomato Sauce - cleans copper bottom pots and pans with ease. Makes copper look new again.
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Fabric softener dryer sheets can be cut in half and placed inside pillow cases or under sheets to make your linens smell great. Also, throw one in your suitcase or garment bag when traveling for nice smelling clothes. Old (or new) pantyhose are great to use in the garden. Use them to tie up heavy vegetable plants and keep your edibles off the ground. They are flexible and dry quickly. Toothpaste can be used to dry up a pimple.
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Colas for cleaning glass. (but NOT orange soda!LOL!!) My dad always used coke to clean our windshields. His mom saw that and then one day she wanted to clean the windshield herself and didn't have coke, she had Orange Crush. So she figured it would work just as well:-) What a sticky sweet gloppy mess she made. My dad was furious! Cut a lemon in half. Pour a little puddle of salt. Dip the cut lemon into the salt and this is great for scrubbing surfaces, cleaning cutting boards, polishing brass and copper. It cleans and deodorizes. Put a sheet of aluminum foil in your sink or in a pan. Boil some water. Add some salt and about 1-2 cups of baking soda. Place a silver item in contact with foil. Pour water with soda over the item. It will make all the tarnish disappear.
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I use vinegar and/or baking soda for most cleaning. I use vinegar in my dishwasher instead of jet dry. It does a great job, and it's cheap! Club soda is great for getting stains out of carpets. The pumice stone you use for rough skin on heels and elbows is great for cleaning the toilet bowl and the inside of your oven. (check in a small, hidden spot first to be sure it won't scratch yours.)
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Many regular products have many other useful purposes, like: 1. bicarbonate of soda, neutralizes battery acid on car auto batteries. 2. open a can of coca cola and pour it on your cars windshield. turn on the wipers and all the road grease and grime disappears. 3. in a pinch, use a chocolate candy bar to shine black shoes. 4. an opened biscuit, polishes patent leather 5. pure alcohol cleans all kinds of glass much better than shelf products. 6. vinegar and water cleans your coffee pot. let it run through two cycles. one to clean one to clean out the vinegar, with clear water. 7. duct tape has many uses, especially in your automobile. it will hold a leaky water hose, a window water leak, hold a light in place and much more
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i use distilled white vingegar to mop my floors and wipe down doors and cabinets. it cleans really well and i dont have to worry about my pets having a lick and poisioning themselves!
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