Gonna start a new thread in here. I, like a lot of you, have breathing problems and can not handle the harsh smells of a lot of cleaners. I know using natural things would be great, BUT not always possible. I love Mr. Cleans NEW scent. It has Febreze Fresh Scent. I like to use this for just about all surface cleaning. I take an empty spray bottle, fill it about half full with the Mr. Clean and half water. Then I have a great cleaner for just about anything without that harsh smell!
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That's a GREAT idea! I like natural because of allergies....Do you ever make homade lemonade? Instead of putting sugar in it next time fill a spray bottle with it....This is a GREAT grease cutter works great on stoves!Boil the peelings in a little water on the stove for a great room deodorizer. I really like the Mr.Clean Magic Erasers too!
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Just a couple random natural hints:
Cat digging up your carpet?
Slice a lemon and place slices where the cat scratches. Cats don't like lemon!
Ants walking in thru the windows or door sills?
Peel a cucumber and place peels along ant trails. Apparently, ants don't do salad!
Cat digging up your carpet?
Slice a lemon and place slices where the cat scratches. Cats don't like lemon!
Ants walking in thru the windows or door sills?
Peel a cucumber and place peels along ant trails. Apparently, ants don't do salad!
Great Tips
Bed Sheets
After drying sheets, put both sheets and one pillowcase in the other
pillow case. Fold neatly in a square. Next time you change sheets,
you just take the one pillow case and all the sheets and pillow case
are inside. No need to look for matches.
Clean your glass shower
To clean the glass in your shower easily, apply lemon juice to the
glass with a sponge. Then, take newspaper and wipe the lemon juice
off the glass. It will be clean and sparkle with no scrubbing!
Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the stove,
set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy.
No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really
works.
Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all
broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up
mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into
egg. Just throw bag away when done easy.
Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it
with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get
to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less
sugar/calories per serving.
Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place
them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will
keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.
Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet
newspapers put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover
with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some
gardening plastic. They will not get through wet newspapers.
Broken Glass
Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken glass pieces of glass.
The fibers catch ones you can't see!
No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.
Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with
cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the
squirrels won't come near it.
Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an
empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can
be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.
Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip, and you will not
have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling
when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and static is
gone.
Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill it with
hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry the cup. Next, add
your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes
right out.
Foggy Windshield
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the
glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser!
Works better than a cloth!
Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include
something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for
an hour or two. Voila! It unseals easily.
Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot cheaper than
shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great
way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you
tried it in your hair.
Good-bye, Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2" with
Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dishwashing liquid, mix well. You
will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!
Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take
it "home," & can't digest it, so it kills them. It may take a
week or
so, especially if it rains, but it works & you don't have the worry
about pets or small children being harmed!
Take baby powder to the beach
Keep a small bottle of baby powder in your beach bag. When you're
ready to leave the beach, sprinkle yourself and kids with the powder,
and the sand will slide right off your skin.
Bed Sheets
After drying sheets, put both sheets and one pillowcase in the other
pillow case. Fold neatly in a square. Next time you change sheets,
you just take the one pillow case and all the sheets and pillow case
are inside. No need to look for matches.
Clean your glass shower
To clean the glass in your shower easily, apply lemon juice to the
glass with a sponge. Then, take newspaper and wipe the lemon juice
off the glass. It will be clean and sparkle with no scrubbing!
Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the stove,
set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy.
No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really
works.
Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all
broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up
mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into
egg. Just throw bag away when done easy.
Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it
with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get
to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less
sugar/calories per serving.
Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place
them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will
keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.
Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet
newspapers put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover
with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some
gardening plastic. They will not get through wet newspapers.
Broken Glass
Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken glass pieces of glass.
The fibers catch ones you can't see!
No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.
Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with
cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the
squirrels won't come near it.
Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an
empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can
be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.
Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip, and you will not
have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling
when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and static is
gone.
Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill it with
hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry the cup. Next, add
your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes
right out.
Foggy Windshield
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the
glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser!
Works better than a cloth!
Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include
something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for
an hour or two. Voila! It unseals easily.
Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot cheaper than
shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great
way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you
tried it in your hair.
Good-bye, Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2" with
Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dishwashing liquid, mix well. You
will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!
Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take
it "home," & can't digest it, so it kills them. It may take a
week or
so, especially if it rains, but it works & you don't have the worry
about pets or small children being harmed!
Take baby powder to the beach
Keep a small bottle of baby powder in your beach bag. When you're
ready to leave the beach, sprinkle yourself and kids with the powder,
and the sand will slide right off your skin.
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