Daily Anecdotes and Remedies - Uses for Table Salt: Cleaning tarnished brass: Start with a paste of equal parts salt and flour with a few tablespoons of white vinegar. Apply to your favorite brass candlesticks or copper bowl with a soft cloth and rub. Add table salt to the water when boiling eggs to keep the shells from cracking. Uses for Tidy Cat: Create emergency traction for automobiles: Keep a bag of Tidy Cat in your car trunk in case you get stuck in the ice or snow. When poured under the tire, it provides excellent traction. Soak up car oil and transmission fluid: Tidy Cat works as an absorbent to pick up transmission leaks from garage floors. Pour a thick layer of unused Tidy Cat over the puddle, wait 24 hours, and sweep up with a broom. Scrub clean with a solution of detergent and hot water. Deodorize a garbage can: Cover bottom of garbage can with one inch of unused Tidy Cat to absorb grease and moisture. Prevent mildew in bathtub: Pour unused Tidy Cat in a flat box and place in your bathtub when you leave your house for a long time to prevent mildew. (Keep the bathroom door closed if you have cats so they don’t use it.) Deodorize a stale refrigerator: Pour unused Tidy Cat in a flat box, place it on the middle shelf, and shut the door for five days. Provide traction on snow-covered driveways and sidewalks: Sprinkle unused Tidy Cat on the snow-covered walk. Prevent musty, damp odors in a closed summer house: Fill shallow boxes with unused Tidy Cat. Place one in each room before closing up the house to soak up musty, lingering odors. Deodorize sneakers: Fill the feet of knee high hose with unused Tidy Cat, tie the ends, and place inside sneakers overnight. Prevent grease fires in barbecue grills: Cover bottom of grill with a three-quarter inch layer of unused Tidy Cat to reduce fires.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 00:39:34 +0000
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