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Household products with multiple uses.

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Services for Real Estate Pros with CreativNess (Formally Ness Lindsay)

How many of you use vinegar to cook and clean with? Do you just drink Coca-Cola or do you also sanitize your toilet with it? If you do, then you know there are many products out there that serve double, even triple duty, so why not make the most of those products and save money to boot!

A thin coat of PAM cooking spray on the hood and grill of your car will prevent insects from sticking, before you head out on that long trip.

Are your dresser drawers sticking? Use Chap Stick.

Try Downy liquid fabric softener to clean those paintbrushes.

Colgate toothpaste will remove crayon from walls,

Gargle 1 tsp of vinegar in a glass of water to ease a sore throat. More vinegar applications, can be found at this informative site

Relieve diaper rash, sunburn, and bee stings by applying a paste of baking soda and water.

For even more baking soda applications, check out this site


Loosen stuck zippers, Untangle jewellery chains, "Here's a favourite of mine"... removing residual tape adhesive and that gummy mess from price stickers. Remove black scuff marks from floors, all with WD40. Nail polish remover also works for scuff marks.

Coca-Cola will remove grease and blood stains from clothes, gum from hair, marker stains from carpets and prevent an asthma attack. Clean a toilet; pour around bowl, leave for a while, flush clean. "I'm definitely trying this one...I'm out of toilet bowl cleaner at the moment!". Here are some more interesting ones 51 potential uses for Coke 

For a mosquito, bee and yellow jacket repellent; tie a fabric softener sheet through a belt loop
To prevent dust from settling on computer monitors and venetian blinds; wipe them down with one and no more dust. 

Use paper towels to remove candle wax from carpet and upholstery, place a paper towel over wax, then press a warm iron over towel. Keep lettuce fresh longer; wrap around lettuce head to soak up excess moisture. Remove silk from fresh corn; just run a damp paper towel across the ear. 

Visit: Unusual uses for household items with Joey Green...Too funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I_liZdQCNQ

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Joe Harvey
Lake Worth Real Estate - Lake Worth, FL

Great info!!

Jul 28, 2010 04:00 AM
Krista Lombardi
Prudential Calfornia Realty - San Diego, CA

The Coca Cola and toilet sanitization made me click.  Never would have thought of it!

Jul 28, 2010 04:01 AM
Kyle Jan
Scottsdale, AZ
Phoenix AZ Homes for Sale

Nothing beats some good old fashion home remedies for things. 

Jul 28, 2010 04:05 AM
Faina Reinhardt
HotRentalsNY.com - Manhattan, NY

Vanessa,

I don't think I can drink Coca Cola ever again.  If it cleans toilets and removes blood stains, I can't even imagine what it does to our insides...Yuk!!!!!

Jul 28, 2010 04:06 AM
Sonya Nevins
Sonya R. Nevins, STAR REALTY, LLC (Waterbury, CT) - Waterbury, CT

Lots of useful tips for household products.  Good info, thanks.

Sonya R Nevins (Star Realty, LLC) Waterbury, CT

Jul 28, 2010 04:14 AM
Ness Lindsay
CreativNess (Formally Ness Lindsay) - Halton Hills, ON

Thank you everyone for your excellent comments.  It's always great to have some home remedies for some quick last minute fixes to pass along to home sellers.

Faina, Yes, It does make you wonder sometimes, if Coca Cola can clean toilets and remove stains among other things, what exactly does it do to your insides. Something, I wouldn't necessarily wish to explore. I don't drink Coca Cola and each time I see a can of it, it just SCREAMS Gut Rot!

Hopefully, you all find this post useful thought for the purposes of passing along to home sellers if they are ever caught in a last minute jam.

We appreciate you,

 

Jul 28, 2010 04:38 AM