Give Household Products New Uses
This post from Wise Bread was worth sharing: new uses for mayonnaise, olive oil, shaving cream, charcoal briquettes...check out the related posts at the bottom as well.
Peanut butter is my mom's old standby for chewing gum in little girls' hair, and hubby is a big fan of dishwashing liquid instead of stain removers on clothes. For a cheap detangler, we refill the spray bottle with a bit of hair conditioner and add enough water to fill it up.
Have you found unexpected uses for common household products?
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3 Responses to “Give Household Products New Uses”
September 16th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
I use rubbing alcohol to clean my bathroom fixtures, mirrors, and granite countertops. Nothing shines to a polish quite as well!
September 16th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Once my daughter made a huge mess with chewing gum in the car. I had nothing with me (of course) but I found that hand lotion will also take gum off stuff.
I use baking soda as a mild abrasive for cleaning.
September 17th, 2007 at 8:58 am
shaving cream (the plain foam, not the gel) can be used to clean sneakers.
those dumb “fake” credit cards that come with applications sometimes in the mail can be used as a food scraper for teflon or baking stones-like the Pampered Chef scrapers except more flexible, and of course free!
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