Good To Know

[David357]

From time to time, we find some off-the-wall ideas or suggestions that are "Good To Know".

Please feel free to share with us any ideas or suggestions that you feel can help out in day to day living. ThumbUp

Here are a few examples:

 

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[Jack Klarich]

Homemade weed killer

1 cup of salt

1 gallon vinegar

A splash of Dawn dish soap

 

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[Jack Klarich]

Baking soda and vinegar down the drains once a week

Keeps them smelling clean

 

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Caulk Removal

 

[David357]

Use Homemade Hardwood Floor Cleaner For Sparkling Floors.

Take your hardwood floors from dull to “oh la la!” with this homemade hardwood floor cleaner. This eco-friendly cleaner is made with a few cups of vinegar, castile soap as well as a few other ingredients. Mix them all together and you will get these beautiful shining floors.

If you have wood floors, then you know that keeping them clean and glowing can be a challenge. From streaky cleaners to ones that leave a waxy buildup, finding the perfect cleaner for your hardwood floors that isn’t harsh or filled with chemicals can be costly. Instead, toss together this eco-friendly homemade wood-floor cleaner that will wash your floors for only pennies. Spray directly on wood floors, make the cleaner in a bucket, or pour over cotton clothes to make reusable floor wipes. Plus, this floor cleaner isn’t harsh on hardwoods and cleans without leaving unwanted streaks or waxy residue.

Ingredients: 1/2 cup vinegar, 1 tablespoon castile soap, 1/4 cup rubbing alcohol, 2 cups warm water, essential oil (optional), plastic spray bottle.

Blend all ingredients together and pour the solution in a plastic spray bottle. Apply this cleaner over stained hardwood areas and you’ll see the amazing results!

 

[David357]

Use A Lint Roller To Clean Screen Doors.

 

[hogcowboy]

Use A Lint Roller To Clean Screen Doors.

Whoever suggested this has never seen a west Texas screen.

 

[David357]

Remove burnt on food and other messes from your store burners with this simple cleaning hack. Using a cup of ammonia and zip-lock bags, allow the burners to soak overnight. In the morning you will have shiny, clean and like-new stove burners!

 

[David357]

Use A Vinegar Solution Or An "Angry Mama" To Clean Your Microwave (No Scrubbing Required).

If you are looking for an easier, convenient, scrub-free way to clean your microwave then this is it. You can use a vinegar and water solution in a microwave safe bowl to steam clean your microwave or you can purchase an Angry Mama which will conveniently help steam away hardened food and other microwave junk in seconds.

The vinegar and water solution works great and is a lot more economical.ThumbUp

 

[David357]

Clean Your Glass Stovetop With 3 Ingredients.

All you need is baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, and Dawn dish soap to make your stovetop like new again. Layer on the mixture, add a little “elbow grease” and let it sit for 3 minutes before wiping it all clean. Amazing!

 

[David357]

Window cleaning

Beat the clock and get your windows seriously clean and shiny by adding a dash of dishwasher rinse aid to the water. Suddenly – streak-free windows!

 

[rhino 2]

Bathroom mirror fogging up while shaving..:Shrug:..Wipe it down with a very little Shaving Cream,-ThumbUp

Or if by chance your Dog is handy have him lick it...Dog licked car windows wound't fog up either so it might also work on mirrors ...:laugh:

 

[David357]

This video is loaded with some really good and easy to make home repair tips.ThumbUp

Enjoy!

 

[2006gold]

Whoever suggested this has never seen a west Texas screen.

Ever been atop a mesa, look up to see a sand storm rolling in? Can't get down fast enough.

 

[2006gold]

Some good ideas in that video.

 

[hogcowboy]

Ever been atop a mesa, look up to see a sand storm rolling in? Can't get down fast enough.

Hello Midland/Odessa area.

 

[paws]

Ever been atop a mesa, look up to see a sand storm rolling in? Can't get down fast enough.

Hello Midland/Odessa area.

Guilty as charged! We’ve probably got more sand in our craw than anyone in the U.S. I don’t know if even Arizona gets this much. I’m sure southern New Mexico gets their fair share.

 

[David357]

Clean Your Glass Stovetop With 3 Ingredients.

All you need is baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, and Dawn dish soap to make your stovetop like new again. Layer on the mixture, add a little “elbow grease” and let it sit for 3 minutes before wiping it all clean. Amazing!

 

[rhino 2]

If you could collect all the plastic water bottles thrown away each day in the United States, And then line them on the center line of Rt 80 headed west starting from the George Washington Bridge...

You would probably be run over before you made it to Fort Lee.....

 

[trike lady]

I had seen a lot of sand storms when I lived out in the sticks in Deming. I could see I-10 from where they were and the sand being blown around and coming towards their place. A couple of weeks ago they had a tornado touch down at their place and damage one of their buildings.

 

[David357]

Clean Out Your Dishwasher With Bleach, Vinegar, And Baking Soda.

In this 4 step cleaning process, you will use baking soda, bleach, and vinegar in a separate washing cycle to get your dishwasher smelling and looking like new.

 

[Lee H. Mann]

Enema for the dishwasher

My dishwasher was very disturbed my my suggesting the above.

She said I might not get dinner tonight !!

 

[rhino 2]

A little baking power mixed in with pancake batter will make for thick fluffy pancakes...

Baking power,..... Not to be confused with baking soda.....

 

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[ol' school]

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Now that is funny right there Sully!!! :rofl:

 

[Sully]