Most Interesting list of Home Remedies
Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish.
Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 minutes.
Mayonnaise will KILL LICE. It will also condition your hair.
Elmer's glue- paint on your face, allow to dry, peel off and see the dead skin and blackheads, if any.
Shiny Hair - Rinse in brewed Lipton Tea.
Sunburn - empty a large jat of instant Nestea into your bath water.
Minor Burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste.
Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it!
Arthritis? WD-40 Spray and rub in; kills insect sting pain, too.
Bee stings - apply meat tenderizer.
Chigger bite - Preparation H.
Puffy eyelids - Preparation H ( avoid eyes )
Paper cut - Crazy glue or chapstick ( glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals ).
Stinky feet - Jello!
Athletes feet - cornstarch
Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks vapor rub
Kool Aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in detergent section and run a cycle. It will also clean a toilet.
Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint.
Kool Aid mixed with Plain yogurt as a finger paint. Your kids will love it, and it won't hurt them if they eat it.
Peanut Butter - will get scratches out of CD's. Wipe off with a paper coffee filter.
Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray.
Pam will also remove paint and grease from your hands! Keep a can in your garage and shop.
Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls.
When the doll clothes are hard to put on - sprinkle with cornstarch.
Heavy Dandruff - rinse scalp with vinegar!
Body Paint - Crisco mixed with food coloring. Heat the crisco in the microwave, pour into empty 35 mm film container and mix with food color of your choice and allow to cool.
Tie-dye T-shirts - Mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container, tie a rubber band around section of T-shirt and soak.
Preserving a newspaper clipping - Large bottle of club soda and 1/2 cup of milk of magnesia. Soak for 20 minutes and let dry, will last for many years.
A slinky will hold toast or CD's.
To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colguate toothpaste and wipe clean.
Wine stains - pour on Morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt.
To remove wax - Iron a paper towel over the wax stain, the heat will because the wax to absorb into the towel.
Remove labels off glassware etc. - rub with peanut butter.
Baked on food - Fill the container with water, put in a Bounce static remover and softener sheet. Soak overnight. The static from the Bounce towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it. Also you can use 2 Efferdent tablets, soak overnight.
Crayon on the wall - Colgate toothpaste and brush it.
Dirty grout - Listerine
Stains on clothes - Colgate toothpaste
Grass stains - Karo syrup, rub in, let soak and wash.
Grease Stains - Coca Cola, it will also remove grease stains from the driveway overnight. We know it will take corrosion from batteries.
Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax, sprinkle and let stand for 2-4 hours
To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer, add a little clorox or 2 Bayer aspirin in the water. Or just use 7-up instead of water.
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