Do you know that rubbing alcohol is use to remove hair spray from bathroom mirrors and curling iron?
Don't spend time on cold winter mornings scraping frost off your windshield. Keep a spray bottle of alcohol in your car. Just spray it on the windshield, and you'll be able to wipe the frost off easily.
When you wash your windows during cold weather, add a half cup of rubbing alcohol to every quart of water. After washing them down, polish the windows with newspaper. This will keep them free of frost all winter. If you don't have alcohol handy, try the same recipe with anti-freeze.
If your new shoes are pinching your feet, try swabbing the tight spot with a cotton ball soaked in alcohol. Walk around in the shoes for a few minutes to see if they've loosened up enough to be comfortable.
Clean dirty venetian by wrapping an old rag around a spatula to make a neat tool for cleaning the delicate slats in Venetian blinds. Dampen the rag with rubbing alcohol, secure it with a rubber band, and you're on your way to cleaner blinds.
If you shirt collars are constantly stained, wipe your neck with rubbing alcohol each morning before you get dressed.
Polish those chrome bathroom fixtures with rubbing alcohol. It will leave them spotless, and since it evaporates, you won't have to rinse.
If a tick has a hold on your dog, dab a little alcohol on its back, then pull it out with tweezers. Make sure you pull it out straight and clean. Anything you leave behind can become infected.
Make an emergency ice pack. To make a slushy ice pack that will mold around an injury, mix one part of rubbing alcohol with three parts water in a zip lock bag. The alcohol will keep it from freezing completely, resulting in frozen "slush." When you need to use it, simply take it out, pop it into another bag or wrap in a cloth and apply to the injury. It also works great for soothing headaches.
Alcohol can be use to clean your phone. For the small areas, use a cotton swab. For the larger areas, use a paper towel or cloth. The alcohol will tidy up the phone and kill germs at the same time.
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Monday, September 15, 2008
TEA AND TEABAGS
When your eyes ache from reading or staring at a computer all day, pamper yourself with some tea. You can drink a cup. or you can wet two tea bags with warm or cool water, and lie down with one tea bag on each eye. Relax for 15 minutes and you will feel invigorated. Chilled chamomile tea bags are particularly effective against puffiness.
To feed you houseplants, for lush, luxurious ferns, give them an occasional spot of tea. Use tea instead of water once in a while, or work wet tea leaves into the soil.
If you can't afford expensive cuts of meat, try marinating or cooking your meat in tea. The tannins in tea work as a tenderizer to make the meat tasty and delicious.
Burns and Sunburns. If you stayed out on the beach just a little too long, and even your sunscreen didn't keep you from getting an uncomfortable sunburn. Wet tea bags can take out the sting. Just pat them onto affected areas or keep in place with gauze. You can put tea into your bath water. This works for other types of burns as well.
Bleeding gums after extractions. If you've had a tooth pulled, or if you have a youngster who just lost a tooth, tea bags can help stop the bleeding. Just wet a tea bag with cool water and press into the spot the tooth came from.
Dust down. Sprinkle damp tea leaves over the ashes of your fireplace before cleaning it out. The tea will help keep the ashes from rising and getting all over the place while you lift them out.
Remove old furniture polish. Boil two tea bags in a quart of water and let cool. Soak a soft cloth in the tea and wring out. Wipe off and old polish, let dry, buff and then decide if you need to reapply polish.
Mirror shine. Brew up a batch of strong tea, let it cool, then use it to clean your mirrors. Buffit dry with a soft cloth for a great Streak-free shine.
Tea for roses. Tea leaves sprinkled under your rose bushes will give them a new lease on life in mid-summer. Tea provides tannic acid, which roses love.
Messy shave. A wet tea bag is a soothing way to treat shaving nicks and cuts.
Fresh breath. A cup of mint tea is a good tasting breath freshener for after meals, especially if you can't brush you teeth, or don't like gum or candy mints. Carry a few mint tea bags with you so you'll always be prepared.
To feed you houseplants, for lush, luxurious ferns, give them an occasional spot of tea. Use tea instead of water once in a while, or work wet tea leaves into the soil.
If you can't afford expensive cuts of meat, try marinating or cooking your meat in tea. The tannins in tea work as a tenderizer to make the meat tasty and delicious.
Burns and Sunburns. If you stayed out on the beach just a little too long, and even your sunscreen didn't keep you from getting an uncomfortable sunburn. Wet tea bags can take out the sting. Just pat them onto affected areas or keep in place with gauze. You can put tea into your bath water. This works for other types of burns as well.
Bleeding gums after extractions. If you've had a tooth pulled, or if you have a youngster who just lost a tooth, tea bags can help stop the bleeding. Just wet a tea bag with cool water and press into the spot the tooth came from.
Dust down. Sprinkle damp tea leaves over the ashes of your fireplace before cleaning it out. The tea will help keep the ashes from rising and getting all over the place while you lift them out.
Remove old furniture polish. Boil two tea bags in a quart of water and let cool. Soak a soft cloth in the tea and wring out. Wipe off and old polish, let dry, buff and then decide if you need to reapply polish.
Mirror shine. Brew up a batch of strong tea, let it cool, then use it to clean your mirrors. Buffit dry with a soft cloth for a great Streak-free shine.
Tea for roses. Tea leaves sprinkled under your rose bushes will give them a new lease on life in mid-summer. Tea provides tannic acid, which roses love.
Messy shave. A wet tea bag is a soothing way to treat shaving nicks and cuts.
Fresh breath. A cup of mint tea is a good tasting breath freshener for after meals, especially if you can't brush you teeth, or don't like gum or candy mints. Carry a few mint tea bags with you so you'll always be prepared.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
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